Norma Leah Nelson McCorvey, also known by the pseudonym "Jane Roe", was the plaintiff in the landmark American legal case Roe v. Wade in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that individual state laws banning abortion were unconstitutional. Later in her life, McCorvey became an Evangelical Protestant, in her remaining years, a Roman Catholic, & took part in the anti-abortion movement. McCorvey stated then that her involvement in Roe was "the biggest mistake of [her] life." However, in the Nick Sweeney documentary AKA Jane Roe, McCorvey said, in what she called her "deathbed confession", that "she never really supported the antiabortion movement" & that she had been paid for her anti-abortion sentiments. Wikipedia
Born: Norma Leah Nelson, September 22, 1947, Simmesport, Louisiana, U.S.
Died: February 18, 2017, Katy, Texas, U.S.
Other names: Jane Roe
Known for: Plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), anti-abortion activist Partner(s): Connie Gonzales (1970–1993)
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