Pro-Life Drudge Features History-Making Affidavit of Norma McCorvey [aka Jane Roe]

Smoking Gun Via Drudge ^ | 6-17-2003 | Norma McCorvey

[Notwithstanding]

Norma McCorvey, the woman whose 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case helped make abortion legal in the United States, today petitioned to overturn the historic Roe v. Wade decision. Known for years as just Jane Roe, McCorvey (pictured right) filed the below affidavit in support of a motion in U.S. District Court in Dallas. McCorvey, 55, stated that the landmark case "was built upon false assumptions" and had "caused great harm to the women and children of our nation." McCorvey, who has been stridently pro-life for nearly 10 years, noted that when she filed her original lawsuit 30 years ago, she was unsure of what the term "abortion" even meant. "I had heard the word 'abort' when John Wayne was flying his plane and ordered the others to 'Abort the mission,'" she writes. In petitioning the court to re-open and overturn the case, McCorvey and her attorneys have submitted affidavits from 1000 women who say that they, too, regret their abortions. (11 pages)

[MattinNJ]

ping

[jgrubbs]

I just read all 11 pages of her affidavit.

It makes me sick to know that these children are butchered in America, the land of the free, daily, and it's legal.

[Notwithstanding]

[theDentist]

What does Drudge's stand on abortion have to do with this story?

[RedBloodedAmerican]

The headline of the linked article you sourced says

DISGRACE: Bishop charged in fatal hit and run

How come you didn't use the heading from the page for a title?

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Nothing. Go figure.

[Notwithstanding]

I find it notable that the most heavily monitored "news" source in the nation is prominently featuring this item.

[Notwithstanding]

Actually, that is not the headline, it is a link to another sotry. Bright people can figure that much out independently.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Oh! A personal insult from you! How original!

Typically people know how to post an article. Usually they aren't too stupid to not be able to follow the simplest of instructions from the websites owner.

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To: AKA Elena; american colleen; Antoninus; Aquinasfan; Aristophanes; ArrogantBustard; Askel5; ...

Drudge is staunch pro-lifer (see below)

and a registered Republican (elsewhere in this piece).

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PAGLIA: You're antiestablishment down the line, except when it comes to your politics. Do you really consider yourself a conservative?

DRUDGE: Oh, yeah. I'm a prolife conservative who doesn't want the government to tax me. There are issues that I'm so frightened of—1.2 million abortions a year scares the hell out of me. Oftentimes when I see these superstorms forming, you know, sometimes—I wouldn't be honest if I didn't think it was retribution. I also am opposed to big government. Now, you would argue: Well, how could you support a government interfering with the rights of a woman over her own body? But I would argue: No. That all life is sacred. Abortion is the issue that really motivates me.

6 posted on 06/13/2003 12:37 AM EDT by Notwithstanding
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[Notwithstanding]

Funny, there is NO headline on this article - and thus there is no rule as to what precisely the headline ought to be at FR - in fact, the guidelines posted at FR actually presume that not every item posted will have a pre-determined headline. Bright people know that, too.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Ok, so now I understand. My apologies. For a second I thought this thread was going to be about Norma and Roe v Wade. But it's really about Drudge and his personal opinions.

Maybe they can move this to Chat, just a thought.

[Notwithstanding]

Actually, you don't understand.
Its about hard breaking news - that Drudge refers to as "history making".

Your opinion is not influential. Drudge's is.

[Notwithstanding]

great news ping

[cgk]

Ping to post #4

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[RedBloodedAmerican]

"Most heavily monitored"?

Drudge is #8.

Not only did you change the title of the thread from the source, which makes finding this article doing a search of FR near impossible, you are using an important piece to promo Drudge. Sheese.