Judging life and death

EARLIER this month, in a Texas courtroom, a motion was filed to re-open Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that made abortion legal in the United States.

The challenge is being brought by the one person who can do so: the 'Jane Roe' of Roe v. Wade, former fairground worker Norma McCorvey.

Attorney Allan Parker, of the Justice Foundation, a pro-life lobby, represents McCorvey. "Because Norma was a party, she can file a motion to reopen her own case that no one else in America could do," Parker says.