Research Template to understanding The characters behind Roe V Wade
Norma McCorvey:
-Jane Roe Women’s Center
-Jane Roe Foundation
-A Choice for Women
-Gloria Allred
-Flip Benham (Operation Rescue)
-Roe No More Ministry
-Crossing Over Ministry
-Priests for Life (Pavone)
-Never had Abortion
Lawyers:
Sarah Weddington
-Called Linda Coffee 1 month prior to Coffee/McCorvey meeting
-Carter White House Director political affairs
-2 terms Texas House of Representatives
-Carter administration US department of Agriculture
-Was public star of hearing
Linda Coffee
-Clerked for Sarah Hughes (Swore in her long time friend LBJ on plane after JFK Assassination)
-Friends with Howard McCluskey
-McCluskey introduced Coffee to McCorvey
-Traveled to Israel as Baptist missionary(?) months after Roe V wade decision
-remained out of spotlight
-Drafted initial major arguments in case
Judges in decision of roe v wade:
Chiefs Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William O Douglas
William J Brennan Jr
Potter Stewart
Byron White
Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun
Lewis F Powell Jr
William Rehnquist
Dissenting judges
Byron White
William Rehnquist
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