Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff 'Jane Roe' in the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe vs Wade decision legalising abortion virtually on demand, died on February 18 at an assisted-living facility in Katy. She was 69.
The New York Times said a New York journalist named Joshua Prager, who interviewed her many times for a book he is writing about the Roe decision, confirmed that she had died. The cause of death was heart failure. Her funeral will be private, family members said.
McCorvey became a pro-life supporter in 1995 after spending years as a proponent of legal abortion. She also became a born-again Christian. A couple of years later, she said she felt called to join the Catholic Church of her youth. Her mother was Catholic and her father was a Jehovah's Witness. After instruction in the faith, she was accepted into the Church in 1998.
