Perjury in Roe v. Wade: What Should the Supreme Court Do Now?

United States
February 10, 2008 7:18pm CST
I read an article over the Internet months ago that Norma McCorvey (Jane Roe in Roe v. Wade) admitted that she had lied when she testified before th Supreme Court. She claimed she became pregnant after being raped. Her attorney had advised her to fabricate this lie in order to gain the sympathy of the judges. Apparently, the strategy worked. Furthermore, Dr. Bernard Nathanson, the founder of National Abortion Rights Action League, also lied to the Supreme Court, by claiming that 10,000 women died each year from illegal back alley abortions. He now admits that there were in fact, only a total of about 29 such cases. So I'm wondering what the Supreme Court should do now? Remember Gary Dotson? He was convicted or rape and sentenced to prison based solely on the testimony of the "victim". Then later on, the "victim" recanted her story, and DNA evidence further proved his innocence. Dotson was subsequently cleared of his conviction, and rightfully so. So in the case of Roe v. Wade, where two key witnesses admitted to perjury, what's the right thing to do?
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@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
11 Feb 08
Unfortunately Supreme Court rulings don't work the same way as criminal trials. Even with blatantly perjured testimony, it's highly unlikely that the ruling will be reconsidered.