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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jane Roe canonical | 3 |
| Norma McCorvey | 3 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | pseudonym ⓘ |
| associatedCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| caseCitation |
Roe v. Wade
ⓘ
surface form:
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
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| caseDecisionYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| caseOverruledBy | Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ |
| caseType | constitutional law case ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis |
Due Process Clause
ⓘ
surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause
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| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| decisionOutcome | recognized a constitutional right to choose abortion ⓘ |
| field |
abortion rights
ⓘ
reproductive rights ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
Jane Roe
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Norma McCorvey
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| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| involves |
right to terminate pregnancy
ⓘ
state abortion laws ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| legalDoctrine | substantive due process ⓘ |
| legalRole | plaintiff ⓘ |
| legalStanding | pregnant woman seeking abortion ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Jane Roe
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Norma McCorvey
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| notableFor | being the lead plaintiff in Roe v. Wade ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Henry Wade ⓘ |
| overruledYear | 2022 ⓘ |
| realName |
Jane Roe
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
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 ⓘ |
| topicCategory |
landmark United States Supreme Court cases
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women’s rights in the United States ⓘ |
| usedIn | Roe v. Wade ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Norma McCorvey