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Norma Leah Nelson McCorvey (September 22, 1947 – February 18, 2017), also known by the pseudonym "Jane Roe", was the plaintiff in the landmark 1973 American legal case Roe v. Wade in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that individual state laws banning abortion were unconstitutional .
McCorvey joined with and accompanied others in the anti-abortion movement. During this time, McCorvey said that she had publicly lied about being raped and apologized for making the false claim. [231] [232] Norma McCorvey became part of the movement against abortion from 1995 until shortly before her death in 2017. [233]
Shelley Lynn Thornton was born to Norma McCorvey on June 2, 1970 at the Dallas Osteopathic Hospital. At only three days old, she was adopted by then-engaged Texas residents Ruth Schmidt and Billy Thornton. Shelley Lynn Thornton was two-and-a-half years old when the Roe v. Wade ruling was issued.
One of the people with us at our neighborhood clinic many mornings was the pastor who eventually had the distinction of baptizing Norma McCorvey in a swimming pool. If you don’t recognize who ...
Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington argued in favor of Norma McCorvey, also known as Jane Roe, and her right to have an abortion in the case Roe v Wade. Coffee came up with the name Jane Roe. Although Weddington is more well known for this case, Coffee was the one that came in contact with Norma McCorvey. [1]
[1] [2] [3] Having denounced the anti-abortion movement in 2019, Schenck stated in the 2020 documentary AKA Jane Roe that McCorvey was paid to pose as an anti-abortion rights activist and that "What we did with Norma was highly unethical". [15] [1] As of 2003, Schenck was a member of the National Pro-Life Religious Council. [16]
The book is a biographical account of Norma McCorvey, known as "Jane Roe" in the 1973 landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. The Roe case, which established a woman's constitutional right to an abortion, is one of the most controversial opinions in American jurisprudence. [1]
McCorvey v. Hill , 385 F.3d 846 ( 5th Cir. 2004), [ 1 ] was a case in which the original litigant in Roe v. Wade , [ 2 ] Norma McCorvey , also known as 'Jane Roe', requested the overturning of Roe .