✣ Roe v Wade plaintiff turned pro-lifer dies at 69
What happened? Norma McCorvey, the Roe of the infamous US abortion judgment Roe v Wade, has died. In 1969, aged 22, she sought an abortion after becoming pregnant with her third child. The case went to the Supreme Court, with McCorvey taking the pseudonym “Jane Roe”. McCorvey later said she was exploited by her legal team to lead the Supreme Court to effectively legalise abortion in America.
Years later, McCorvey became a pro-life activist and then a Catholic.
