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Roe v. Wade SCOTUS Full Circle: The Return of Jane Roe

July 13, 2009 | By: doctor horton
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Today marked the beginning of the confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.  There are two things which are bound to come up during these hearings: the “umpire metaphor” and Roe v. Wade.  The latter made an unconventional early appearance today.

As Al Franken was making his opening statement, it was none other than the original “Jane Roe” who stood up and objected. 

The AP reports:

The plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, who became an anti-abortion protester in recent years, was among four protesters arrested Monday for disrupting Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing.

Better known as “Jane Roe,” 61-year-old Norma McCorvey of Texas began screaming during the opening statement of the newest senator, Al Franken, D-Minn.

McCorvey’s suit led to the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, but she later became an anti-abortion protester.

McCorvey shouted that Sotomayor was “wrong about abortion.”

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