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When most Americans think of abortion, they frequently refer to the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case that legalized it. However, it is a lesser known case that helped make abortion so prevalent: Doe v. Bolton. Sandra Cano, the “Mary Doe” of the infamous case,never wanted an abortion. But, like Norma McCorvey, the Roe of Roe v. Wade, she was used to topple pro-life laws across the country. Now, Cano is in the hospital in poor health. sandracanoAs Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life tells LifeNews, “Sandra Cano, a dear friend and the Doe of the Doe v. Bolton...

Sandra Cano is the woman whose name was used against her will to legalize late-term abortion in Doe v. Bolton, handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973. As she recalled, she was trying to file for a divorce from her husband and regain custody of her small children. She never sought, had, or even believed in abortion. Sandra Cano, the former "Doe" of Doe v. Bolton. After she dropped out of school in the ninth grade, she married at 17 to a man she later learned was a convicted child molester. Throughout her marriage, Sandra's husband would disappear ...

A group of women who testify they were hurt by abortion are calling on President Bush and the Senate to select a justice willing to look at facts and evidence unavailable at the time of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. "There is not one aspect of my life that has not been affected by my abortion," said Dianne Donaudy, Georgia state leader for Operation Outcry. "We must have a nominee who believes in the rule of law." Operation Outcry says it represents more than 1,000 women whose affidavits were filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case brought...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Members of the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday will hold a private discussion on whether to take the case of Norma McCorvey, the former Roe of Roe v. Wade, who wants the nation's top court to overturn the decision that legalized abortion. The Justice Foundation, a pro-life law firm, has been handling the case for McCorvey. She wants the court to overturn the Roe case because she says new information has been brought to light that shows abortion hurts women. McCorvey's petition includes affidavits from hundreds of women who say that their abortion hurt them and...

© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com In a move hailed as a breakthrough by abortion opponents, a federal appeals court agreed to hear oral arguments in an attempt by the original plaintiff in Roe vs. Wade to overturn the landmark decision. Norma McCorvey Norma McCorvey – "Jane Roe" in the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case – wants to reopen the case that struck down all state laws restricting abortion, based on changes in law and new scientific research that make the prior decision "no longer just." As WorldNet Daily reported, a district court ruled it was too late for McCorvey to reopen the...

(CNSNews.com) - The plaintiff in one of the two famed Supreme Court cases that when combined, legalized abortion during all nine months of pregnancy, announced Monday she was filing a motion to try to have the historic verdict overturned. Sandra Cano, who was identified only as "Mary Doe" in the 1973 Doe v. Bolton case, is now a pro-life activist, as is Norma McCorvey, the woman referred to as "Jane Roe" in the more famous Roe v. Wade ruling from the same year. The Doe v. Bolton ruling broadened the health exception for late term abortions, allowing women virtually unfettered...

'Doe' of Doe v. Bolton Announces Historic Legal Effort at Press Conference 8/22/03 10:00:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor Contact: Anne Newman of The Justice Foundation, 210-771-0757 (cell) or 210-614-7157 ext. 208 News Advisory: "Doe" of Doe v. Bolton (companion case to Roe v. Wade) announces historic legal effort at press conference WHO: -- Sandra Cano, "Doe" in Doe v. Bolton -- the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case that created abortion on demand and also led to the gruesome "partial-birth abortion" procedure WHAT: Sandra Cano, the "Doe" of the Doe v. Bolton abortion case -- the companion...