Margie Pitts Hames

Margie Pitts Hames (December 8, 1933 – July 19, 1994) was an Atlanta civil rights lawyer who argued the abortion rights case Doe v. Bolton before the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1951, Hames graduated from Kittrell High School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

While working as a legal secretary, Hames began studying law at Middle Tennessee State University. She later transferred to Vanderbilt University, where she earned bachelor's and law degrees in 1961.

In 1962, Hames entered law practice in Atlanta with the law firm of Fisher & Phillips, specializing in labor-management relations. In 1969, after the birth of her two children, Hames started volunteer work for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The Ford Foundation had funded this project with the goal of preventing confrontations between civil rights demonstrators and law enforcement. Sandra Cano was attempting to gain a divorce and custody of her previous two children at the time she sought legal representation. Cano held pro-life views, and claimed that Hames had manipulated her.

Hames was the main lawyer in Doe v. Bolton when it came before the US Supreme Court along with Roe v. Wade. On January 22, 1973, the court overturned the Georgia law. The US Supreme Court rejected Cano's challenge.