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Thu Jan-20-05 03:52 PM
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Question about Roe vs. Wade -- just historical curiosity |
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Was Wade the pro- or anti-choice side?
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Thu Jan-20-05 03:54 PM
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Edited on Thu Jan-20-05 03:57 PM by DelawareValleyDem
He was District Attorney of Dallas
Useless trivia: He would have been the prosecutor in Lee Harvey Oswald's expected trial
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Thu Jan-20-05 03:54 PM
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2. Wade was the DA of Dallas county... |
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He was the anti-choice side.
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Thu Jan-20-05 03:55 PM
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wasn't that the law about the best way for people to cross a river. I think it just shows how government tries to get into our lives. telling us how to cross a river!!!
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Thu Jan-20-05 03:56 PM
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5. I beleive Wade was the Texas attorney general. |
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Edited on Thu Jan-20-05 03:58 PM by patcox2
Roe was the psuedonym of the woman who wanted an abortion and sued to have the texas statute making abortion illegal struck down. Wade would have been the public official, probably texas attorney general, defending the constitutionality of laws prohibting abortions.
Roe is one of the traditional fake names used in legal proceedings to protect someone's anonymity, John Doe, Richard Roe, Mary Roe.
On edit, I stand corrected. Strange state, texas, apparently they leave it to the DA in the county where the suit was filed to defend constitutional attacks on state statutes, most states let the state AG do it.
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Thu Jan-20-05 03:57 PM
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6. Wade was DA of Dallas County. |
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