Linda Coffee, a leading attorney for Norma McCorvey in Roe v. Wade, said the Supreme Court's decision to overturn it "flies in the face of American freedom" and "destroys dignity of all American women".[198] Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in the US Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges that legalized same-sex marriage, criticized Thomas, whose own marriage required validation from the Supreme Court in order to be recognized by all states, for urging the Court to revisit and overrule its prior decisions.[199]