Who was the Wade in the Roe v Wade case?

napi21

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Wed Jul-20-05 03:12 PM
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Who was the Wade in the Roe v Wade case?

I've been readint so many arguments about Robert's effect on Roe, what if....etc. I decided to go read the SC decision. I'm not an attorney, so it's not easy reading, for sure, but I spent all afternoon reading. I found that Roe was the anonymous name for the plaintiff, I found who her attorney was, I read about abortion laws back in the day of the Roman Empire and how they differed from the law in Greece, but NOTHING was mentioned of the name Wade!

I suppose someone who is involved in the law is going to have to answer this but WHO WAS WADE?

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Hamlette

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Wed Jul-20-05 03:14 PM
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1. district attorney, Dallas County n/t

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tx_dem41

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Wed Jul-20-05 03:14 PM
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2. DA of Dallas County at the time. n/t

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slackmaster

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Wed Jul-20-05 03:15 PM
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3. Attorney General of Texas IIRC - NOT

Edited on Wed Jul-20-05 03:17 PM by slackmaster

That's off the top of my head. Your Google results may vary.

OK, I googled him. DA of Dallas Co.

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tx_dem41

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Wed Jul-20-05 03:15 PM
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4. Wikipedia entry for Henry Wade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wade

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napi21

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Wed Jul-20-05 03:23 PM
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5. THANK YOU ALL!

I should have suspected something like that. I guess what I'm used to seeing is US v XXX or XXX v US because most of the cases I've read were argued by the US Feds.

Thanks.

I must say, it was enlightening, reading just how far these arguments have really gone! It was quite a shocker that the Greeks & Romans had laws governing abortion! The RW make it seem like this is all the Dems in the 70" who destroyed the world!

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Beaver Tail

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Wed Jul-20-05 03:44 PM
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6. I perfer to float

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