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Roe was pregnant.


_was_ not _is_.

> [2] McCorvey gave birth to a daughter at Dallas Osteopathic Hospital on June 2, 1970

At that point she lost standing similar to another Jane Doe whose case became moot because she already had the abortion [1] and the desired action (injunction against an abortion) is irrelevant because it's already happened.

[1]: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/supreme-court-issues-dec...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade#History_of_abortio...




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