From yesterday's decision by Judge Colleen Lawless (C.D. Ill.) in Doe v. Bd. of Trustees of Univ. of Illinois: In his complaint, Plaintiff seeks relief under Title IX and other theories following his ...

Growing up, Shelley Lynn Thornton said she had a nice childhood with parents who she knew adopted her and took good care of her. As a teenager, she said her biggest concerns were "shoes and boys." She ...

Here’s a look at the US Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. Case 1971 – The case is filed by Norma McCorvey, known in court documents as Jane Roe, against Henry Wade, the district attorney of Dallas ...

A daughter of the woman whose legal challenge led to the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling said on Tuesday that if the Supreme Court overturns the landmark decision, it could set women back 50 years. Melissa ...

Plaintiffs (Jane Roe and John Doe) sued defendants, a daughter and mother, pseudonymously as “Jenna Smith” and “Mother Smith.” Jenna and Mother Smith told other students that John had sexually ...

Norma McCorvey, who was 22, unwed, mired in addiction and poverty, and desperate for a way out of an unwanted pregnancy when she became Jane Roe, the pseudonymous plaintiff in the 1973 U.S. Supreme ...