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Bookmark or Share- Roe v. Wade - WikipediaOn January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court issued a 7–2 decision in favor of "Jane Roe" (Norma McCorvey) holding that women in the United States had a fundamental right to choose whether to have abortions without excessive government restriction and striking down Texas's abortion ban as unconstitutional.
- Norma McCorvey - WikipediaNorma Leah Nelson McCorvey (September 22, 1947 – February 18, 2017), also known by the pseudonym " Jane Roe ", was the plaintiff in the landmark American legal case Roe v. Wade in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that individual state laws banning abortion were unconstitutional.
- The story of Jane Roe, Norma McCorvey and abortion rights - NPRNorma 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.
- Who Was Norma McCorvey, the Woman Behind Roe v. Wade?Dubbed "Jane Roe," McCorvey sought an abortion after becoming pregnant in 1969 but was thwarted by Texas' restrictive reproductive laws
- Jane Roe's Baby Tells Her Story - The AtlanticRoe ’s pseudonymous plaintiff, Jane Roe, was a Dallas waitress named Norma McCorvey. Wishing to terminate her pregnancy, she filed suit in March 1970 against Dallas County District Attorney...
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