Norma Leah McCorvey

Wiki - Norma McCorvey Norma Leah McCorvey (née Nelson; September 22, 1947 – February 18, 2017), better known by the legal pseudonym "Jane Roe", was the plaintiff in the landmark American lawsuit Roe v. Wade in 1973.

Norma McCorvey was born on September 22, 1947 in Simmesport, Louisiana, USA. She is an actress, known for I Was Wrong (2007), Lake of Fire (2006) and Roe vs. Roe: Baptism by Fire (1998). She was previously married to Woody McCorvey. Parents: Mary Sandefur Nelson (mother), Olin Nelson (father)

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"Jane Roe" of 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision. In 1969, 21 year old Norma Leah McCorvey unsuccessfully sought a legal abortion in the state of Texas, lacking credible evidence of a threat to her health. She was referred to Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee, attornies looking for clients to challenge the current law. After three years the case reached the U. S. Supreme Court. McCorvey's name was not revealed. She was represented as Jane Roe. The defendant was Dallas County D.A. Henry Wade. Thus, Roe v. Wade. The court's favorable decision, written by Justice Harry Blackmun, made abortion legal nationwide in the first trimester of pregnancy, on the basis of a woman's right to privacy.

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