Norma McCorvey
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Norma L. McCorvey (born September 22, 1947 in Simmesport, Louisiana) is best known as "Jane Roe" in the landmark Roe v. Wade lawsuit in which a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling recognized abortion as a constitutional right, overturning individual states' laws against abortion.
McCorvey now claims she became the "pawn" of two young and ambitious lawyers who were looking for a plaintiff with whom they could use to challenge the Texas state law prohibiting abortion.
In later years, after her 1995 conversion to Christianity, McCorvey became an advocate of the pro-life movement, fighting to make abortion illegal. In 2005, she petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn the 1973 decision, arguing that the case should be heard again in light of evidence that the procedure may harm women, but this petition was denied.
In 1998, she released a statement that affirmed her entrance into the Roman Catholic Church, and has been confirmed into the church as a full member.
External links
- CNN article, 1998 (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1998/roe.wade/stories/roe.profile/)
http://www.priestsforlife.org/testimony/roecatholicnormapressrelease.html