ADVISORY/An Original Plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court's January 22, 1973 Abortion Decision to Address Pro Life Union's Annual Dinner.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Sunday (Nov. 19) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Press Conference to be Held Prior to This Dinner at 4:00 P.M. On Sunday, November 19, 2000 in Salon B on The Mezzanine Level Mezzanine level The period in a company's development just before it goes public. of The Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel with a height of 250 feet (76 m) and length of 400 feet that (122 m) occupies the west side of Grand Army Plaza, from which it derives its name, and extends along Central Park South in Manhattan. At 17th and Race Streets in Philadelphia Sandra Race Cano, the plaintiff "Mary Doe" in the U.S. Supreme Court's January 22, 1973 Doe v. Bolton Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court overturning the abortion law of Georgia. The Supreme Court's decision was released on January 22, 1973, the same day as the decision in the more well-known case of Roe v. decision, is the featured speaker at our annual dinner. This dinner attracts at least 1,500 people and begins at 5:00 P.M. on Sunday, November 19, 2000 at the Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel. Doe v. Bolton is the companion case to Roe v. Wade Roe v. Wade, case decided in 1973 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Along with Doe v. Bolton, this decision legalized abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy. , which established "a constitutional right to abortion." Doe v. Bolton established this "right" throughout all nine months of pregnancy. Doe v. Bolton also provided the foundation for the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 June 28, 2000 decision that declared Nebraska's ban on partial birth abortion Abortion, Partial Birth Definition Partial birth abortion is a method of late-term (after 20 weeks) abortion that terminates a pregnancy and results in the death and intact removal of a fetus. to be unconstitutional. Sandra Cano never sought or obtained an abortion. She was a poor, pregnant, uneducated woman who was used by her activist attorney, Margie Pitts Haines, to promote a personal agenda. In 1970, Sandra Cano went to Atlanta Legal Aid to obtain free legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. for a divorce and help in getting her children out of foster care. It was never her intention, at any time, to get an abortion. She has never believed in abortion and has always opposed abortion. Sandra was never permitted to testify in court on her own behalf and at no time was she ever directly questioned by any court official regarding the facts in the matter. Today, Sandra Cano, a grandmother living on a fixed income and raising two grandchildren, carries the weight of all the innocent babies who have been killed as a result of the Supreme Court decision in her name. She desires for everyone to know the truth about this case. |
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