'Jane Roe' of Roe v Wade attacks Notre Dame decision to honour pro-abortion Obama

Telegraph (UK) ^ | May 2, 2009 | Damian Thompson

[Mrs. Don-o]

The woman whose pregnancy provoked the Roe v Wade court case that legalised abortion in the United States in 1973 has condemned the decision by Notre Dame University to invite the fiercely pro-abortion Barack Obama to deliver its commencement address on May 17.

Norma McCorvey - the "Jane Roe" of Roe v Wade - is now a Catholic pro-life campaigner. And she has joined 60 Catholic bishops in condemning the university 's decision to honour the most "pro-choice" politician ever to sit in Congress.

"Obama is not the ideal person to speak to a young bunch of kids that are going out into the world for the first time," she told me....

[Mrs. Don-o]

Story goes international: the original "Jane Roe," now a prolife Catholic, speaks out.

[ReformationFan]

Sarah Weddington and her fellow pro-aborts just used Miss McCorvey to achieve their own feminazistic ends. Glad Norma saw the light.

[rovenstinez]

Norma is the voice of experience. I guess people ought to at least listen to what she has to say.

[Lesforlife]

ND seems like ground zero in the good vs evil battle of this season!

Doubtful the Big One’s ego will let him bow out!!!

Grab your popcorn. . .

[GodGunsGuts]

Good for her...Way to go “Jane Roe”!

[krb]

Does anyone know the identity of the baby who survived Norma’s attempt to be allowed to abort her? She’d be a good spokesperson for the cause also!

[ex91B10]

If Fr Jenkins continues to ignore the clamor around him and BO actually gets on a podium, the good students and parents should just get up and walk out, just like participants in the recent Durban pow-wow did.

The press is going to cover it and such a jesture would be very hard to slight.

[GloriaJane]

Wonder if this will affect their foot ball season. If I were a fan, I know it would keep me away. And if I really really wanted to see their games, I would buy a ticket for the other team and go set on the other side.

[Tanniker Smith]

Norma McCorvey was thrown under the Democrat bus a long time ago. She's no longer the Rosa Parks of her cause and in fact wasn't even consequential to the case because they could've gotten anyone. At last that's what they said the last time abortion was an issue before the High Court.

(I think it was the Casey v Planned Parenthood decision the last time that the networks couldn't get enough of her.)

[Mrs. Don-o]

Here's what you can do, Gloria Jane:

The petition to UNINVITE Obama: the organizers have already delivered thick binders containing 300,000 signers to every member of the Notre Dame Board of Trustees and to the Apostolic Nuncio--- and they've gotten 50,242 additional signers since that first printing and delivery were made. So they'll be doing another printing!

Here's your chance: sign here, if you haven't already, and make your name live in history!

As a global abortion-industry protector and enabler, President Obama is, in fact, unfit to receive a platform or honors at any Catholic institution on earth.

What's needed now is protest, loud, big, deeply embarrassing, and (at least in terms of political capital) very, very costly to Obama and his deeply misled Catholic supporters.

Circle May 17 on your calendar. You're invited to South Bend.

[Old Sarge]

The press is going to cover it and such a jesture would be very hard to slight.

Simple solution: The Media would simply focus the cameras on The One (piss be upon him) and allow no shots of the walkouts to air.

"If we don't show it, it never happened..."

[JudyinCanada]

I read the book about Norma’s conversion, but it was years ago. I don’t recall that the baby survived, but I could be wrong. As I recall the book, she was “Won by Love”, as a group of pro-lifers rented some office space in the building, right next to where she was working in an abortion clinic.

[krb]

The baby was born and given up for adoption.

[JudyinCanada]

I didn’t know that, but am happy to hear it. Norma was badly used.

[rhema]

I read the book about Norma’s conversion, but it was years ago. I don’t recall that the baby survived, but I could be wrong. As I recall the book, she was “Won by Love”, as a group of pro-lifers rented some office space in the building, right next to where she was working in an abortion clinic.

It was Flip Benham of Operation Rescue.

What Happened to Jane Roe?

Roe v. McCorvey

[maxwellsmart_agent]

She was badly used and the names of the Justices were Blackmun, Burger, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall and Powell. Byron White and William Rehnquist were the only real men on the court at that time.

[GloriaJane]

I’m not Catholic but my husband is. So I went outside and got him. I told him about the petition and he just signed it :)

[Salvation]

God bless Norma Corvey!

[Salvation]

The bishops who have so far expressed disapproval of Notre Dame's invitation to Obama (in alphabetical order) are:

The bishops who have so far expressed disapproval of Notre Dame's invitation to Obama (in alphabetical order) are:

1. Bishop John D'Arcy - Fort Wayne-South Bend, IN
2. Bishop Samuel Aquila - Fargo, ND
3. Bishop Gregory Aymond - Austin, TX
4. Bishop Gerald Barbarito - Palm Beach, FL
5. Bishop Leonard Blair - Toledo, OH
6. Archbishop Daniel Buechlein - Indianapolis, IN
7. Bishop Robert Baker - Birmingham, AL
8. Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz - Lincoln, NE
9. Archbishop Eusebius Beltran - Oklahoma City, OK
10. Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Cantú - San Antonio, TX
11. Archbishop Charles Chaput - Denver, CO
12. Bishop Paul Coakley - Salina, KS
13. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo - Houston, TX
14. Archbishop Timothy Dolan - New York, NY
15. Bishop Thomas Doran - Rockford, IL
16. Auxiliary Bishop John Dougherty - Scranton, PA
17. Bishop Robert Finn - Kansas City-St. Joseph, MO
18. Bishop Joseph Galante - Camden, NJ
19. Bishop Victor Galeone - St. Augustine, FL
20. Cardinal Francis George - Chicago, IL; President, USCCB
21. Bishop Gerald Gettelfinger - Evansville, IN
22. Archbishop José Gomez - San Antonio, TX
23. Bishop Bernard Harrington - Winona, MN
24. Bishop William Higi - Lafayette, IN
25. Archbishop Alfred Hughes - New Orleans, LA
26. Bishop Michael O. Jackels - Wichita, KS
27. Bishop James V. Johnston - Springfield-Cape Girardeau, MO
28. Bishop Peter Jugis - Charlotte, NC
29. Bishop Joseph Latino - Jackson, MS
30. Bishop John LeVoir - New Ulm, MN
31. Bishop Jerome Listecki - La Crosse, WI
32. Bishop William E. Lori - Bridgeport, CT
33. Bishop Paul Loverde - Arlington, VA
34. Bishop George Lucas - Springfield, IL
35. Bishop Robert Lynch - St. Petersburg, FL
36. Bishop Joseph Martino - Scranton, PA
37. Bishop John McCormack - Manchester, NH
38. Bishop Robert Morlino - Madison, WI
39. Bishop William Murphy - Rockville Centre, NY
40. Bishop George Murry - Youngstown, OH
41. Archbishop John J. Myers - Newark, NJ
42. Archbishop Joseph Naumann - Kansas City, KS
43. Bishop R. Walker Nickless - Sioux City, IA
44. Archbishop John C. Nienstedt - St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN
45. Archbishop Edwin O'Brien - Baltimore, MD
46. Bishop Thomas Olmsted - Phoenix, AZ
47. Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk - Cincinnati, OH
48. Bishop Glen Provost - Lake Charles, LA
49. Cardinal Justin Rigali - Philadelphia, PA; Chairman, USCCB Pro-Life Committee
50. Bishop Kevin Rhoades - Harrisburg, PA
51. Bishop Alexander Sample - Marquette, MI
52. Bishop Edward J. Slattery - Tulsa, OK
53. Bishop Richard Stika - Knoxville, TN
54. Bishop Anthony Taylor - Little Rock, AR
55. Bishop Robert Vasa - Baker, OR
56. Bishop Michael Warfel - Great Falls-Billings, MT
57. Bishop Thomas Wenski - Orlando, FL
58. Archbishop Donald Wuerl - Washington, D.C.
59. Bishop David Zubick - Pittsburgh, PA

URL: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/apr/09042807.html

For a list of contact information regarding the Notre Dame scandal, go to: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/mar/09032706.html

[chiefqc]

I concerned that there will be bloodshed if the empty suit’s arrogance will not allow him to cancel his appearance.

Seem like it may be a repeat of Kent State.