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“It is tragic and disappointing that the Court is not willing to consider the aftermath of 32 years of abortion and its devastating affect to women, their families, and our culture.”—Allan Parker, Norma McCorvey’s attorney

(AgapePress) – The pro-life community is reacting to yesterday’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, refusing to reconsider the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion. Norma McCorvey, the woman who was known as “Jane Roe” in the Roe v. Wade case, filed a petition asking the high court to rethink the fateful judgment of 32 years ago.

It was McCorvey’s protest of Texas’ abortion ban that led to the Supreme Court’s determination three decades ago that abortion is a woman’s constitutional right. Years later, however, the plaintiff became a Roman Catholic and came to regret her role in the case, which prompted her to pursue the legal challenge. In her appeal, she argued that the matter should be heard again in light of mounting evidence that abortion harms women.

In rejecting the petition, the Supreme Court basically stated without further comment that it would not hear the appeal. According to an Associated Press report, McCorvey told media at a Dallas news conference yesterday that she has now done everything she knows how to do to overturn Roe v. Wade and now “the weight of the world is no longer on my shoulders.”

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