Who is Roe and who is Wade?
2006-07-31 13:37:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade
2006-07-31 13:42:55 · answer #1 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Others have given you sufficient facts to identify the people involved. The case was filed in US District court requesting the court block enforcement of the then Texas law which regulated abortions. Henry Wade, the elected District Attorney from Dallas was named personally as a respondent in the suit. Roe was a pseudonym to "protect the privacy" of the claimant, a person now opposed to the decision.
2006-07-31 21:14:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norma Lee McCorvey (a.k.a. "Jane Roe"). Ms. McCorvey subsequently converted to Christianity, becoming a Roman Catholic, and petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 to overturn the decision. Her request was denied.
Henry Menasco Wade (who died in 2001) was the district attorney of Dallas County and represented the State of Texas in the case.
2006-07-31 20:46:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roe was a young lady that NOW enlisted to file suit against the county in Texas namely Wade.
Roe real name is McCormick, who turned her life around, opposes the abuse she received by the NOW organization and converted to Catholicism. She is a leading Pro-Life supporter against those who lied and deceived her in the original case. So, apparently the whole issue was based on a created lie by the National Organization of Women who exploited this poor women.
2006-07-31 20:46:33 · answer #4 · answered by Lives7 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norma L. McCorvey ("Jane Roe")
WADE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF DALLAS COUNTY
2006-07-31 20:45:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋