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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| instanceOf |
pseudonym
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| associatedCourt |
Supreme Court of the United States
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| caseCitation |
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
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| caseDecisionYear |
1973
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| caseOverruledBy |
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
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| caseType |
constitutional law case
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| constitutionalBasis |
Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause
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| country |
United States
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| decisionOutcome |
recognized a constitutional right to choose abortion
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| field |
abortion rights
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reproductive rights → |
| hasAlias |
Norma McCorvey
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| hasGender |
female
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| involves |
right to terminate pregnancy
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state abortion laws → |
| jurisdiction |
United States
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| legalDoctrine |
substantive due process
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| legalRole |
plaintiff
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| legalStanding |
pregnant woman seeking abortion
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| namedAfter |
Norma McCorvey
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| notableFor |
being the lead plaintiff in Roe v. Wade
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| opposedBy |
Henry Wade
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| overruledYear |
2022
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| realName |
Norma McCorvey
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| relatedTo |
abortion in the United States
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right to privacy → |
| roleInCase |
symbolic representative of women seeking abortions
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| topicCategory |
landmark United States Supreme Court cases
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women’s rights in the United States → |
| usedIn |
Roe v. Wade
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Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Jane Roe
("Norma McCorvey")
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hasAlias |
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Roe v. Wade
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hasPetitioner |
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Jane Roe
("Norma McCorvey")
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namedAfter |
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Jane Roe
("Norma McCorvey")
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realName |