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'Jane Roe' is anonymous no more. The very public fight against abortion bans in 2023

As the first full year since Roe v. Wade was overturned closes, the abortion landscape in the U.S. has changed legally, politically and medically.

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No Pseudonymity for #TheyLied Plaintiff Suing for Libel and Invasion of Privacy Over Rape Accusations

From Judge Nina Wang yesterday in Doe v. Roe (D. Colo.); note that I filed an objection to plaintiff's motion for pseudonymity: According to the allegations in the Complaint …, Plaintiff and Defendant dated for nearly a year while enrolled at Tulane University …. After their relationship ended in October…

Reason

An ex-anti-abortion evangelist on life as a pro-choice ‘traitor’

American Reverend Rob Schenck made a name for himself denouncing ‘baby killers’. Then he changed his mind.

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DJ Paul Oakenfold accused of sexual harassment by former assistant

The DJ, who denies the claims and describes them as baseless, is accused of masturbating in front of the PA, in incidents of increasing severity

The Guardian - UK

Radio host Glenn Beck says he bought Roe vs. Wade collection to ‘expose…culture of death’

WASHINGTON – Glenn Beck, conservative radio host and co-founder of Irving-based Blaze Media, said he is now the owner of an archive detailing the path to securing abortion rights in Roe vs. Wade.

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Conservative radio host Glenn Beck buys Roe v. Wade attorney Linda Coffee’s archive to highlight “bloody legacy”

Coffee, the last living member of the legal team that argued the landmark abortion case, put her archive up for auction. Beck bought it for $600,000. He says it will fit in with his “German eugenics” collection.

The Texas Tribune

You can own pieces of Roe v. Wade and Dallas history, for a price

DALLAS — A historic archive from the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade will be auctioned Friday in California.

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Call Jane stars Elizabeth Banks as a housewife driven to obtain an illegal abortion in 60s Chicago

Denied a legal abortion, Elizabeth Banks' character joins an activist group in the new film from Carol screenwriter Phyllis Nagy, which highlights the ongoing precarity of reproductive healthcare.

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It's All About the Jimmy Hats

Rethinking the constitutional defense of reproductive rights after Dobbs via the Ninth Amendment

Reason

Court Adopts Narrow Approach to Pseudonymity in Title IX Wrongful-Discipline Cases

A federal judge suggested that plaintiffs can sue as John Does only to the extent that identifying them would also identify nonparties who want to remain anonymous (such as the students who accused the plaintiffs of sexual misconduct).

Reason

Plaintiff in Title IX Wrongful Discipline Case Against University May Depose His Accuser

From Judge Reed O'Connor's order today in Doe v. Texas Christian Univ. (N.D. Tex.): [Non-party Jane] Roe's earlier reports of sexual assault by Plaintiff John Doe prompted Defendant TCU's institution of Title IX disciplinary proceedings against him and, in turn, gave rise to this suit…. [Doe subpoenaed Roe] to appear…

Reason

The forgotten story of Jane Roe, who fought for and then against abortion rights

Norma McCorvey is the real name of the woman many Americans now know as the Roe in Roe v. Wade. Her story shows the ways class, religion and money shape abortion politics in the United States.

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Diddy faces lawsuit from former nanny, calls allegations a ‘meritless shakedown’

LOS ANGELES — Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing legal action from a former nanny who claims she was wrongfully terminated.

Los Angeles Times

Parents launch sexual assault lawsuit against school alleging custodian spanked 8-year-old girl

School district ‘more concerned about keeping its hallways clean and garbage bins empty than ensuring its students were protected,’ lawyer says

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Salon

Indiana GOP go off the rails on abortion

Republicans rejected putting abortion on a state ballot, because they know voters would reject the ban

The Texas Tribune

Linda Coffee argued Roe v. Wade. Now, she’s watching its demise.

Coffee was just 30 when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with her argument that the constitutional right to privacy extended to abortion: “I thought, OK, well this is done now. I was thinking the [abortion] question was settled for as long as the country lasted.”

The Independent UK

‘They might have to give birth in chains’: Abortion access behind bars after the end of Roe v Wade

Abortion access in prisons was already ‘abysmal.’ The end of Roe v Wade made things even worse, Josh Marcus reports

Texas Observer

Roe’s Grassroots Beginnings

The landmark abortion case had its origins in campus activism at UT Austin, including journalists at a feminist newspaper called the Rag.

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At Dallas abortion rights protest, 10 Texans share their stories

DALLAS -- Nearly 50 years have passed since Jane Roe sued then-Dallas County Distrct Attorney Henry Wade for the right to have an abortion in Texas, forever making Dallas ground zero in the country’s ongoing fight about reproductive rights.

The Independent UK

Understanding Roe v Wade and why it was overturned

The now-dead landmark ruling enshrined constitutional protections for abortion care

The Independent UK

How a New York attorney gave women a voice in the legal battle for abortion rights for the first time

In 1970, attorney Nancy Stearns allowed women to share their stories in the fight for abortion access in the courts for the first time. She speaks to Rachel Sharp about women losing their voices again in the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v Wade and whether abortion rights would have…

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Texas Supreme Court allows enforcement of 1925 abortion ban scrapped in Roe v. Wade

WASHINGTON – The Texas Supreme Court ordered late Friday that the state’s century-old abortion ban, struck down in Roe v. Wade in 1973, can be enforced immediately.

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The US faces a new era after the Supreme Court's Roe v Wade ruling. But will it mean a return to the past?

With the constitutional right to abortion gone, healthcare providers, clinics and millions of Americans are grappling with a new reality. But will it mimic the time before Roe v Wade?

Evening Standard

Anne McElvoy: Democrats must box smart if they are to turn the tide on Roe vs Wade

Any non-celibate woman in her fertile years knows the anxiety about an unexpected positive pregnancy test — from disquiet to shock and panic if the barriers to having and bringing up a child are forbidding. From the moment of a positive test, a woman’s options are changed.

The Independent UK

Jane Roe’s daughter says she is ‘devastated’ by Supreme Court ruling which has undone her mother’s ‘sacrifice’

Melissa Mills’ mother Norma Corvey is the woman at the centre of the landmark 1973 ruling

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