What other name is Norma McCorvey known by?
Norma McCorvey became pregnant by her boyfriend in 1969. She said she had been raped, thinking that this would make it possible for her to get a legal abortion. But Texas law then permitted abortion only to save the life of the mother. She and various pro-abortion organizations used her case to challenge the Texas abortion law in court, finally reaching the Supreme Court in 1973. The court documents all referred to her as “JANE ROE” to protect her privacy (though many years later she came forward). Henry Wade was the district attorney for Dallas County, Texas, who defended the law. Thus the case is known as “Roe versus Wade”. In its decision, the Supreme Court declared that all state laws restricting or limiting abortion were “unconstitutional”, and so legalized abortion on demand throughout the United States. Sources: http://www.pregnantpause.org/people/roe.
Pro-lifers with Norma McCorvey, Randall Terry and other D.C. area leaders to “desecrate” the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision outside the Sotomayor hearings at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 14, near Dirksen Entrance at corner of 1st and C St. WASHINGTON, July 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following was released today by Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue: Norma McCorvey, formally the “Jane Roe” of the Roe vs. Wade decision — that led to the death of over 50 million children by abortion — was arrested at the Sotomayor hearings for speaking out against child-killing by abortion. Miss McCorvey has become a strident pro-life advocate, calling on government officials to overturn the landmark case that “legalized” child-killing. She was arrested with: Francis Mahoney, Andrew Beacham, and Robert James. All of those arrested “preached” or “prophesied” to the Senators and the crowd that child-killing by abortion must be made illegal again. Next on the agenda: Pro-life advocates will
