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Oct 13, 2022 · Norma McCorvey is the real name of the woman many Americans now know as the Roe in Roe v. Wade. Her story shows the ways class, religion and money shape abortion politics in the United States.
Sep 9, 2021 · The Roe Baby. Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, never had the abortion she was seeking. She gave her baby girl up for adoption, and now that baby is an adult. After decades of...
Jul 2, 2022 · July 2, 2022. Norma McCorvey, the Jane Roe at the center of Roe v. Wade, was an imperfect plaintiff. When she undertook Roe as a young single woman in Dallas, she gave no thought to the fight...
Feb 18, 2017 · Norma McCorvey, the anonymous plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion in the United States, reshaping the nation’s social and political...
Feb 18, 2017 · Norma McCorvey, who was 22, unwed, mired in addiction and poverty, and desperate for a way out of an unwanted pregnancy when she became Jane Roe, the pseudonymous plaintiff in the 1973 U.S....
Jun 23, 2022 · In 1969, 21-year-old Norma McCorvey became pregnant. It was her third pregnancy; because of struggles with money and substance abuse, she did not parent either child. This time, she wanted an ...
May 4, 2022 · In 1970, a woman in Texas named Norma McCorvey was five months pregnant with her third child and wanted to have an abortion. Two Dallas lawyers, Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee, represented...
