In 1969, a 25-year-old single woman, Norma McCorvey using the pseudonym “Jane Roe”, challenged the criminal abortion laws in Texas. The state forbade abortion and called it unconstitutional ...

She was 76. U.S. News // 7 years ago Norma McCorvey, aka Jane Roe of landmark abortion case, dies Norma McCorvey, who was Jane Roe in the 1973 case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion in the U.S ...

Jackson Women's Health Organization ... in her arguments on behalf of Norma McCorvey - or for the purposes of this case, Jane Roe. Weddington didn't share that when she got pregnant during ...

“I still believe in a woman’s right to an abortion,” she ... By a twist of fate, or providence, McCorvey was cast in the role of Jane Roe and spent most of her adult life following one ...