While browsing the news, I read an astonishing article released last Friday morning. According to The Associated Press, Norma McCorvey, the “Jane Roe” of Roe v. Wade (U.S. Supreme Court, 1973), has been granted an appeals hearing by the New Orleans 5th U.S. District Circuit Court of Appeals.

Why the appeal, many of you might wonder?

Surely Norma McCorvey — the bastion of pro-choice and women’s reproductive rights — has done her part to secure the legalized ending of human pre-infant life, protecting and preserving the rights of women in this country.

Well, here is some more of the story:

McCorvey, a woman 21 years old in 1973, went on to have her baby, possibly due to the fact that the Supreme Court’s decision came after McCorvey gave birth to her infant; Texas law at that time prohibited women from having abortions.

The “Roe baby,” along with two other babies McCorvey gave birth to previously, was put up for adoption.

So, where is “Jane Roe”now? Well, some might say she pulled a 180. McCorvey has been an anti-abortion activist for the last 10 years.

She is still fighting for the rights of women: the rights of unborn women and unborn humans in general.

McCorvey is appealing to have the decision of Roe vs. Wade overturned, and I applaud her.

An interesting part of McCorvey’s appeal is that it currently has no opposition from the “Wade” side of the case.

Dallas County District Attorney Bill Hill, who took over after Henry Wade, believes he has no authority to argue the appeal because the law no longer exists.

Don’t fret, though, pro-choicers; according to the article more than 20 Texas law school professors have filed a brief to argue on the district court’s behalf.

They are professionally concerned about allowing an unbalanced hearing to proceed and want to defend the original ruling of the court.

Regardless of the current or future legal proceedings of this historic case, it is my opinion that McCorvey, like some of us other non-aborted humans, has reached a point where she realizes that abortion is not an effective or psychologically safe means of birth control.

I would personally argue that a women’s right to choose occurs when a woman, barring horrible punishable immoral acts such as incest and rape, decides whether to have sex with a man.

Birth control, no matter what form, has a chance of failing.

When this happens, it is no surprise to any of us that you women could get pregnant. It takes two, guys.

So be a man, be a woman, be responsible, deal whole-heartedly with the consequences of your actions and get ready to be a great dad, or follow McCorvey’s example.

Give someone who desperately wants to be in your shoes, but doesn’t have the means, the chance to be a loving parent to a human infant.

Chris Janson

Graduate Student

Community and Regional Planning