Who is Wade in Roe vs. Wade?

Question

I'm doing some research & cannot find anything telling me who Wade is.

Answer 1

Here for you is the written opinion of the Supreme Court on the matter:http://www.tourolaw.edu/patch/Roe/

Henry Wade, District Attorney of Dallas County

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade

http://www.questia.com/library/roe-v-wade.jsp?CRID=roe_v_wade&OFFID=se1&KEY=roe_v._wade
scroll down for many answers.........



Since you are doing research you want to be complete - so here is the other side against- a paper......
http://www.rightgrrl.com/carolyn/roe.html


http://www.rightgrrl.com/carolyn/roe.html



you have to love the internet especially if you can use it.......I guess I won't get the ten points....but their is so much on roe v wade to find.

Good luck with your research...........By the way it's not just wiki that has all the information...you can find more and complete info on other sites.

Answer 2

Henry Menasco Wade (November 11, 1914—March 1, 2001), was a Texas lawyer who participated in two of the most notable US court cases of the 20th century, the prosecution of Jack Ruby for killing Lee Harvey Oswald and the US Supreme Court's decision legalizing abortion, Roe v. Wade.

Wade represented the State of Texas at the 1970 trial of Norma McCorvey, an indigent pregnant woman, charged with procuring an abortion, a criminal offense at the time. McCorvey, and her inexperienced attorney, feminist activist Sarah Weddington, were intent upon mounting a constitutional challenge to the Texas statute prohibiting abortion. Consequently, Wade was also the respondent as the case worked its way through the appellate process, culminating in the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision which made abortion legal in the United States. Until that decision, Wade had never lost a case

Answer 3

Henry Wade, District Attorney of Dallas County

Answer 4

Wade represented the State of Texas at the 1970 trial of Norma McCorvey, an indigent pregnant woman, charged with procuring an abortion, a criminal offense at the time. McCorvey, and her inexperienced attorney, feminist activist Sarah Weddington, were intent upon mounting a constitutional challenge to the Texas statute prohibiting abortion. Consequently, Wade was also the respondent as the case worked its way through the appellate process, culminating in the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision which made abortion legal in the United States. Until that decision, Wade had never lost a case. Despite this reversal--and the unpopularity of the results with many conservative Texas voters--Wade himself was not blamed, and his political career did not suffer. He continued to serve in office for an additional fourteen years, and afterwards remained a fixture around the new Crowley Courts Building, where members of the Dallas Bar called him "the Chief". In 1995, the Henry Wade Juvenile Center was named in his honor, and in 2000, shortly before his death from Parkinson's disease, Texas Lawyer magazine named him as one of the 102 most influential lawyers of the 20th century

Answer 5

Henry Wade, Dallas County DA

Answer 6

The Wade was Henry Wade, District Attorney of Dallas County, he represented Dallas County, Texas in the lawsuit.

Answer 7

Everyone is just copying and pasting wikipedia...here is the link to that site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wade
Jane Roe's real name is Norma McCorvey (she is now Pro Life).
They use Jane Roe (like John Doe) to protect her identity.
Wade (full name: Henry Menasco Wade) represented the State of Texas as the opposing attorney in 1970. It was the first major case he lost. It's all at wikipedia.
Good Luck.

Answer 8

Full case name: Jane Roe, et al. v. Henry Wade, District Attorney of Dallas County

Answer 9

i think it was a texas Distict atourney, in these type suits its usually a DA or assiant DA or governer or the state or something like that, that gets the suit


edit: Henry Wade, District Attorney of Dallas County

Answer 10

dwayne wade