] A federal appeals court has agreed to hear a request from
] the woman formerly known as "Jane Roe" to reconsider the
] 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade that
] legalized abortion.
]
] Norma McCorvey, who joined with anti-abortion activists
] nearly 10 years ago, is seeking to have the decision
] overturned, citing what she says is more than 30 years of
] evidence that abortions are psychologically harmful to
] women.
]
] A federal district judge threw out her initial request in
] June, saying it was not made within a reasonable time.
] But the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of
] Appeals has agreed to hear McCorvey's arguments March 2.
]
] "It's something that I've wanted ever since Day One, and
] it's happening," McCorvey said from her Dallas home.
]
] Dallas County District Attorney Bill Hill, whose
] predecessor Henry Wade who was named in the original
] lawsuit, has not filed a response to McCorvey's appeal.
] That may put the appeals court in the unusual position of
] hearing arguments from only one side.

Court to hear case to reopen Roe V. Wade