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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
High court rejects appeal on abortion
From CNN Supreme Court Producer Bill Mears

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court turned back a legal appeal Tuesday from a Georgia woman who wanted the justices to reverse a 1973 ruling giving her the right to an abortion.

Sandra Cano was part of the original series of landmark rulings from the high court legalizing the medical procedure. The justices without comment refused to reopen the case. Cano, a resident of Atlanta, was "Mary Doe" in the Doe v. Bolton appeal that was a companion argument to the more famous Roe v. Wade, both decided on Jan. 22, 1973. Cano argued in her appeal that she had never wanted in abortion in the first place, had been living in an abusive relationship, and had been forced by her attorney to fight the abortion option in court.
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