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The Doe v. Bolton Supreme Court decision bears my name.
I am Sandra Cano, the former "Doe" of Doe v. Bolton.
Doe v. Bolton is the companion case to Roe v.
Wade. Using my name and life, Doe v. Bolton falsely
created the health exception that led to abortion on demand and
partial birth abortion. How it got there is still pretty much a
mystery to me. I only sought legal assistance to get a divorce from
my husband and to get my children from foster care. I was very
vulnerable: poor and pregnant with my fourth child, but abortion
never crossed my mind. Although it apparently was utmost in the
mind of the attorney from whom I sought help. At one point during
the legal proceedings, it was necessary for me to flee to Oklahoma
to avoid the pressure being applied to have the abortion scheduled
for me by this same attorney.
Please understand even though I have lived what many would
consider an unstable life and overcome many devastating
circumstances, at NO TIME did I ever have an abortion. I did not
seek an abortion nor do I believe in abortion. Yet my name and life
is now forever linked with the slaughter of 40-50 million
babies.
I have tried to understand how it all happened. How did my
divorce and child custody case become the basis by which bloody
murder is done on infants thriving in the wombs of their mothers?
How can cunning, wicked lawyers use an uneducated, defenseless
pregnant woman to twist the American court system in such a
fraudulent way? Doe has been a nightmare.
Over the last 32 years, I have become a prisoner of the case. It
took me until 1988 to get my records unsealed in order for me to
try and find the answer to those questions and to join in the
movement to stop abortion in America. When pro abortion advocates
found out about my efforts; my car was vandalized on one occasion
and at another time, someone shot at me while I was on my front
porch holding my grandbaby.
I am angry. I feel like my name, life, and identity have been
stolen and put on this case without my knowledge and against my
wishes. How dare they use my name and my life this way!
One of the Justices of the Supreme Court said during oral
argument in my case "What does it matter if she is real or not."
Well I am real and it does matter. I was in court under a false
name and lies. I was never cross-examined in court. Doe v.
Bolton is based on a lie and deceit. It needs to be retried or
overturned. Doe v. Bolton is against my wishes. Abortion
is wrong. I love children. I would never harm a child and yet
because of this case I feel like I bear the guilt of over 46
million innocent children being killed. The Supreme Court is also
guilty. The bottom line is I want abortion stopped in my name. I
want the case which was supposedly to benefit me, be either
overturned or retried. If it is retried, at least I will have an
opportunity to speak for myself in court, something that never
happened before. My lawyers at The Justice Foundation have
collected affidavits from over one thousand women hurt by abortion.
We have filed those affidavits and a Rule 60 Motion to reverse
Doe which is now on its way to the Supreme Court through
the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. I am also giving you
a copy of my affidavit in the case. Millions of babies have been
killed. Millions of women have been hurt horribly. It is time to
get my name and life out of this case and its time to stop the
killing.
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