The Justice Foundation Continues
the Battle to Overturn Roe v. Wade
BY INEZ KIRCHNER
WRITER
2019 marks the 46th
anniversary of the
Supreme Court’s historic
ruling in the 1973 case of
Roe v. Wade, which made
abortion legal and accessible
to women throughout the
United States.
In 1969, Norma McCorvey, or better
known as “Jane Roe,” an alias in the
case, fell pregnant and sought to have
an abortion, which was only legal in
her home state of Texas if a full-term
pregnancy would risk the mother’s life.
With guidance, McCorvey took legal
action against Dallas District Attorney,
Henry Wade, claiming “criminalizing
abortions in most instances violated a
woman’s constitutional right to privacy,”
referring to the Fourteenth Amendment,
“…nor shall any state deprive any
person of life, liberty, or property,
without due process of law.” Later in life,
McCorvey became a Christian and an
activist to reverse the case she
propelled in 1973.
Since the ruling, there was an
unsuccessful attempt in 1992 to
overturn Roe v. Wade, but one local
nonprofit believes the United States is
closer than ever to relinquishing
control back to the states to decide to
ban, further restrict, modify, or keep
abortion legal. The Justice Foundation,
founded in 1993, is
working within the
legal system to reverse
Roe v. Wade, and
ultimately ban
abortion across the
United States. The
organization also
works with schools, pregnancy crisis
centers, law enforcement, and churches
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