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Court to hear request to reopen Roe vs. Wade

A federal appeals court in New Orleans will hear arguments next month on whether to grant a request to reconsider the landmark Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.

The appeal came after U.S. District Judge David Godbey in June rejected an attempt by Norma McCorvey, ``Jane Roe'' in the 1973 decision, to have her case re-examined.

McCorvey, 56, now opposes abortion and argues that new evidence shows that the procedure is harmful to women.

After it hears arguments March 2, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could ask Godbey to consider rehearing the case.

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the landmark Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.

This is not true. Correctly stated, the RvW decision unConstitutionally removed the power from the states to determine the laws they could make regarding the restriction of abortion.