| | | | | | | News Alert | Sat., Feb. 18, 2017 12:26 p.m. |
| | | | | Norma McCorvey, ‘Jane Roe’ of Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion, dies at 69 | | When she filed suit in 1970, McCorvey was not looking for a sweeping ruling for all women but simply the right to legally and safely end a pregnancy that she did not wish to carry forward. The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 in 1973 that the constitutional right to privacy includes the choice to terminate a pregnancy. McCorvey later became a born-again Christian and a poster child for antiabortion activists. | | Read more » |
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