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: Abortion, Roe v. Wade, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Polls: Americans on the Dobbs decision and related topics Most Americans who consider themselves "pro-choice" favor abortion restrictions Roe v. Wade has spread scientific illiteracy about when life begins Chelsea Clinton: ‘Roe’ Helped Add ‘Three and a Half Trillion Dollars to Our Economy’ Gorsuch affirms independence, refuses opinion on Roe Pagination 1 Next page Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.(ESV, Proverbs 17:27)
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: Abortion, Roe v. Wade, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Polls: Americans on the Dobbs decision and related topics Most Americans who consider themselves "pro-choice" favor abortion restrictions Roe v. Wade has spread scientific illiteracy about when life begins Chelsea Clinton: ‘Roe’ Helped Add ‘Three and a Half Trillion Dollars to Our Economy’ Gorsuch affirms independence, refuses opinion on Roe Pagination 1 Next page Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.(ESV, Proverbs 17:27)
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