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: Bioethics, Roe v. Wade, Abortion Why Some Support Abortion (Even When They Know It’s Wrong) Mississippi AG argues Supreme Court should reverse ‘wrong’ Roe v. Wade ruling Roe v. Wade: CT's Response Over the Decades “In abortion publishing, Christians and other pro-lifers are badly losing the history war.” Surprise... The shameful campaign against Kavanaugh was motivated by Roe v. Wade all along Pagination Previous page 3 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: Bioethics, Roe v. Wade, Abortion Why Some Support Abortion (Even When They Know It’s Wrong) Mississippi AG argues Supreme Court should reverse ‘wrong’ Roe v. Wade ruling Roe v. Wade: CT's Response Over the Decades “In abortion publishing, Christians and other pro-lifers are badly losing the history war.” Surprise... The shameful campaign against Kavanaugh was motivated by Roe v. Wade all along Pagination Previous page 3 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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