Norma McCorvey
Norma McCorvey
Norma Leah McCorvey, better known by the legal pseudonym "Jane Roe", was the plaintiff in the landmark American lawsuit Roe v. Wade in 1973. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that individual state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional. Later, McCorvey's views on abortion changed substantially; she is now a Roman Catholic active in the pro-life movement...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth22 September 1947
CountryUnited States of America
children abortion harm
My case was wrongfully decided, and has caused great harm to the women and children of our nation.
children lying america
I’m Norma McCorvey, the former Jane Roe of the Roe vs. Wade decision that brought ‘legal’ child killing to America. I was persuaded by feminist attorneys to lie; to say that I was raped, and needed an abortion. It was all a lie,
children regret justice
I deeply regret the damage my original case caused women. I want the Supreme Court to examine the evidence and have a spirit of justice for women and children.
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We live in a society today where these children can be wanted children. Even if you don't want to keep this child after you've had it, there's plenty of young couples out there, that want children.
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isn't about any single individual. It is about the freedom of all women to make reproductive decisions free from government intrusion." ()
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The abortionist I worked for would charge women money and not even do an abortion. He would lie to them and tell them they were pregnant." ()
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I Am Roe: My Life, Roe v. Wade, and Freedom of Choice." ()
bread faith hope left together trying
We've got a little bread left and some more potatoes. We're just trying to keep our faith together and hope up." ()
depend ministry mostly running
It's not easy. We mostly depend on the ministry for money, but the ministry is running out." ()
hate
I don't hate them any more like I used to. I just don't like them very much." ()
Dr. Jasper didn't care if they got their checkups, their medications.
discredit people tried wonderful
They tried to discredit me. I used to tell them, There's many wonderful people out there who can't have children, who would want to have these children." ()
instead nice treating
They could have been nice to me instead of treating me like an idiot." ()
If they don't care about me, how can they possibly care about anyone else?