Posted on 01/23/2006 8:11:11 PM PST by Sweetjustusnow
Action was brought for a declaratory and injunctive relief respecting Texas criminal abortion laws which were claimed to be unconstitutional. A three-judge United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 314 F.Supp. 1217, entered judgment declaring laws unconstitutional and an appeal was taken. The Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Blackmun, held that the Texas criminal abortion statutes prohibiting abortions at any stage of pregnancy except to save the life of the mother are unconstitutional;
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Similar to a report of the election of a little known German politician called Adolf Hitler!
Oh yeah.
The Jane Roe in this case is now Catholic and very active in the Pro life movement. She filed a Friend of Court brief to have Roe overturned. PS. She never did have that abortion.
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