"...they (the rights) involve fundamental human freedom, which I think recent cases have indicated are beginning to be given the same priority treatment that First Amendment rights have always afforded."
-Linda Coffee, lawyer for Jane Roe, District Court arguments
Leading Roles
Jane Roe
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Sarah Weddington
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Norma McCorvey was the winning plaintiff in Roe v. Wade. She became the anonymous “Jane Roe” when she decided she wanted nothing to do with the case, she just wanted the right (EndRoe). Roe was a young, poor 23 year old woman who had been recently divorced, and did not have family to support her (The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History).
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Sarah Weddington was Jane Roe’s winning lawyer in Roe v. Wade. She was a young, inexperienced lawyer with the odds against her. She herself had an abortion, in which she traveled to Mexico to make sure it was safe (The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History).
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Henry Wade |
Jay Floyd |
Robert Flowers |
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Robert Flowers was Henry Wade’s lawyer in the reargument of Roe v. Wade. He reargued the case for Wade on October, 11 1972 (Oyez). |