In 1970, Norma McCorvey, under the pseudonym "Jane Roe," filed a law suit challenging the Texas laws that criminalized abortion. The case eventually reached the United States Supreme Court as the now famous Roe vs. Wade. "Roe", is described as a pregnant woman who, "wished to terminate her pregnancy by an abortion performed by a competent, licensed physician, under safe and clinical conditions."
As Norma McCorvey tells the true story, she describes herself, "as having been relatively ignorant of the facts of her own case and claims that her attorneys simply used her for their own predetermined ends. They were looking for somebody, anybody, to use to further their own agenda. I was their most willing dupe." She had indeed become pregnant with her third child and sought to end her pregnancy, but she was not aware of all the implications of abortion or even what the term itself meant.
Another problem was that Norma claimed that her pregnancy was the result of a gang rape, in order to present a more sympathetic picture. As she has since admitted, this was totally untrue!
Norma also states that her actual involvement in the case was minimal. She signed the initial affidavit without even reading it and was never invited into court. Norma said, "I never testified! I was never present before any court on any level and I was never at any hearing on my case…I found out about the decision from the newspaper just like the rest of the country."
Norma never had an abortion! She gave her baby up for adoption!
Read the rest of Norma’s story in chapter 9 of ‘Legally Blind- to the child in the womb’
As Norma McCorvey tells the true story, she describes herself, "as having been relatively ignorant of the facts of her own case and claims that her attorneys simply used her for their own predetermined ends. They were looking for somebody, anybody, to use to further their own agenda. I was their most willing dupe." She had indeed become pregnant with her third child and sought to end her pregnancy, but she was not aware of all the implications of abortion or even what the term itself meant.
Another problem was that Norma claimed that her pregnancy was the result of a gang rape, in order to present a more sympathetic picture. As she has since admitted, this was totally untrue!
Norma also states that her actual involvement in the case was minimal. She signed the initial affidavit without even reading it and was never invited into court. Norma said, "I never testified! I was never present before any court on any level and I was never at any hearing on my case…I found out about the decision from the newspaper just like the rest of the country."
Norma never had an abortion! She gave her baby up for adoption!
Read the rest of Norma’s story in chapter 9 of ‘Legally Blind- to the child in the womb’
