Jane Roe

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Jane Roe is the pseudonym of Norma McCorvey, the woman who was the lead plaintiff in the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court abortion rights case Roe v. Wade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf pseudonym
associatedCourt Supreme Court of the United States
caseCitation Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
caseDecisionYear 1973
caseOverruledBy Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
caseType constitutional law case
constitutionalBasis Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause
country United States
decisionOutcome recognized a constitutional right to choose abortion
field abortion rights
reproductive rights
hasAlias Norma McCorvey
hasGender female
involves right to terminate pregnancy
state abortion laws
jurisdiction United States
legalDoctrine substantive due process
legalRole plaintiff
legalStanding pregnant woman seeking abortion
namedAfter Norma McCorvey
notableFor being the lead plaintiff in Roe v. Wade
opposedBy Henry Wade
overruledYear 2022
realName Norma McCorvey
relatedTo abortion in the United States
right to privacy
roleInCase symbolic representative of women seeking abortions
topicCategory landmark United States Supreme Court cases
women’s rights in the United States
usedIn Roe v. Wade

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Jane Roe ("Norma McCorvey")
hasAlias
Roe v. Wade
hasPetitioner
Jane Roe ("Norma McCorvey")
namedAfter
Jane Roe ("Norma McCorvey")
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