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    Norma Leah Nelson McCorvey (September 22, 1947 – February 18, 2017), also known by the pseudonym "Jane Roe", was the plaintiff in the landmark American...
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  • case was brought by Norma McCorvey—under the legal pseudonym "Jane Roe"—who, in 1969, became pregnant with her third child. McCorvey wanted an abortion...
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    2015-02-23. Kaufman, Ellie; Nottingham, Shawn (18 February 2017). "Norma McCorvey, plaintiff in Roe. v. Wade abortion case, dies". CNN. Butz, Melissa...
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  • conductor, and producer Kez McCorvey (born 1972), American football player Norma McCorvey (1947–2017), American activist Woody McCorvey, American football coach...
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    Shelley Lynn Thornton (born June 2, 1970) is the biological daughter of Norma McCorvey. Also referred to by the pseudonym "Roe Baby", Thornton is the child...
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    Sarah Weddington (category McMurry University alumni)
    Representatives. She was best known for representing "Jane Roe" (real name Norma McCorvey) in the landmark Roe v. Wade case before the United States Supreme Court...
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  • Chomsky, Peter Singer, Alan Dershowitz, Nat Hentoff, Randall Terry and Norma McCorvey, among others. Footage of Paul Jennings Hill, who murdered physician...
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  • Flowers. The court ultimately ruled in favor of plaintiff Jane Roe (Norma McCorvey), a landmark decision that established a right to an abortion. Roe was...
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    names from anonymous plaintiffs later revealed to be, respectively, Norma McCorvey and Sandra Cano. A Toronto woman, publicly known only as Jane Doe, waged...
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  • book, written by Joshua Prager. The book is a biographical account of Norma McCorvey, known as "Jane Roe" in the 1973 landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision...
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  • Jordanian author Norma McCorvey (1947–2017), the "Jane Roe" in the "Roe v. Wade" abortion case Norma Jeane Mortenson (1926–1962, baptized Norma Jean Baker)...
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  • Linda Ellerbee, Whoopi Goldberg, Elizabeth Janeway, Ursula Le Guin, Norma McCorvey, Rita Moreno, and Grace Paley. Their stories were collected by Angela...
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  • Texas criminal statutes prohibiting doctors from performing abortions. Norma McCorvey ("Jane Roe"), a single woman, was signed up as the representative plaintiff...
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  • Cyril Means Lucy Davenport as Betty Friedan Summer Joy Campbell as Norma McCorvey Tomi Lahren as Sally Blackmun Jon Voight as Warren E. Burger Robert...
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  • patient's water breaks too early, rendering the fetus unviable. In 1971, Norma McCorvey, then an unmarried pregnant woman who would later be known as Jane Roe...
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  • Armor of Light. Schenck stated that he was part of a group that paid Norma McCorvey (also known as Jane Roe from the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court...
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    compared to Norma McCorvey, the "Jane Roe" of Roe v. Wade, the United States Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in 1973. McCorvey joined the anti-abortion...
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    attracted attention for her opinion in the case of McCorvey v. Hill (2004), which was a request by Norma McCorvey – the 'Jane Roe' of Roe v. Wade – to vacate...
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    McCorvey v. Hill, 385 F.3d 846 (5th Cir. 2004), was a case in which the original litigant in Roe v. Wade, Norma McCorvey, also known as 'Jane Roe', requested...
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    bankruptcy cases. Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington argued in favor of Norma McCorvey, also known as Jane Roe, and her right to have an abortion in the case...
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    brought to the U.S. Supreme Court when a woman in Texas by the name of Norma McCorvey wanted to get an abortion. In the case, she was given the pseudonym...
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  • 1973 United States Supreme Court decision on the issue of abortion Norma McCorvey, plaintiff known pseudonymously as "Jane Roe" Return on equity or ROE...
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    San Francisco Giants baseball game by Braves coach Roger McDowell. Quinn had objected to McDowell's uttering of homophobic slurs and use of a baseball...
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    Jane Horney (1918–1945), Swedish spy during WWII Jane Roe, alias of Norma McCorvey (1947–2017), plaintiff in the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court...
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    Lejeune, career military officer and Commandant of the US Marine Corps Norma McCorvey - anonymous plaintiff in 1973 U.S. Supreme Court landmark abortion case...
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    Baptist Lafargue (1864–?), American educator, newspaper publisher, editor Norma McCorvey, "Jane Roe" in the landmark Roe v. Wade (1972) decision, in which the...
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  • the United States Constitution. Linda Coffee, a leading attorney for Norma McCorvey in Roe v. Wade, said the Supreme Court's decision to overturn it "flies...
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    an award-winning story Jessica McClure (born 1986), "Baby Jessica", rescued after falling into a well Norma McCorvey (1947–2017), as "Jane Roe", was...
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  • Shelley Lynn Thornton as the unknown child of the plaintiff Jane Roe (Norma McCorvey), whose conception in 1969 led to the landmark case Roe v. Wade. He...
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  • 2016) 1947 – David Drewry, English glaciologist and geophysicist 1947 – Norma McCorvey, American activist (d. 2017) 1947 – Robert Morace, American author and...
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