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Norma Leah Nelson McCorvey (September 22, 1947 β February 18, 2017), 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 and in her remaining years, a Roman Catholic, and took part in the anti-abortion movement. McCorvey stated then that her involvement in Roe was "the biggest mistake of [her] life".
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1947-09-22
Deathday2017-02-18 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceSimmesport, United States of America
ReligionCatholic Church
ChildrenShelley Lynn Thornton
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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