Norma McCorvey, 'Roe' in Roe v. Wade, is dead at 69 Jim Sun, 02/19/17 8:30 pm Society & Culture Roe v. Wade Norma McCorvey, the woman behind the 1973 Supreme Court ruling Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion, died Saturday. She was 69 years old. McCorvey died of heart failure at an assisted-living home in Katy, Texas, according to journalist Joshua Prager. Prager is writing a book about Roe v. Wade and told USA TODAY he has spent hundreds of hours with McCorvey. McCorvey, who went by the pseudonym Jane Roe, challenged the constitutionality of abortion laws in Texas in 1971. At the time, it was illegal for women to have abortions unless their lives were at risk. Discussion josh p Sun, 02/19/17 5:28 pm Amazing that she didn't even Amazing that she didn’t even abort the child and that she became a professing believer. Related . . . Topics: Supreme Court, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, Roe v. Wade, GARBC Why Churches Should Care Deeply about the SCOTUS Abortion Case Why Some Support Abortion (Even When They Know It’s Wrong) Justice Clarence Thomas slams the precedent worship, is itching to overturn Roe Polls: Americans on the Dobbs decision and related topics 5 Things You Didn’t Know about “Jane Roe” Pagination 1 Next page A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.(ESV, Proverbs 15:18)
josh p Sun, 02/19/17 5:28 pm Amazing that she didn't even Amazing that she didn’t even abort the child and that she became a professing believer. Related . . . Topics: Supreme Court, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, Roe v. Wade, GARBC Why Churches Should Care Deeply about the SCOTUS Abortion Case Why Some Support Abortion (Even When They Know It’s Wrong) Justice Clarence Thomas slams the precedent worship, is itching to overturn Roe Polls: Americans on the Dobbs decision and related topics 5 Things You Didn’t Know about “Jane Roe” Pagination 1 Next page A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.(ESV, Proverbs 15:18)
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