In 1973 one of the most historic, controversial, and strange cases was being heard in the Supreme Court about the extremely sensitive issue known as abortion. In this case Norma L McCovey, also known as Jane Roe, was suing the state of Texas for not allowing her to have an abortion on her unwanted child. At the time abortion was considered a common law crime, and unfortunately many women, being forced to extremes, were attempting to have illegal abortions known as, “Clothes hanger abortions” that were extremely dangerous to perform. At the end of the case, the court ruled in a 7-2 vote that Roe was entitled to an abortion and that the state of Texas and any other state outlawing abortions must change their rules. The court defended their
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At age 16 she was married for the first time to Woody McCovey but later left him after he abused her. She then moved in with her mom and had her first child. Soon after she moved in with her mom, Norma developed a drinking problem and began to identify herself as a lesbian. Norma’s mom, thinking that Norma wasn’t a responsible mother tricked Norma into signing away custody of her son and then kicked her out of her house. One year later Norma once again became pregnant, and placed the child up for adoption. At the age of 21 while working low wage jobs Norma became pregnant again. She decided that she would try to have an abortion, so she claimed that she was raped but because there was no police report she couldn’t have the operation. She then tried to have an illegal abortion but was unsuccessful at that too because the police had shut down every place performing them. When applying for adoption she was referred to two ambitious lawyers, Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington who were eager to make a name for themselves in law.(2) After the verdict of Roe vs Wade, Norma lived a quiet life in Texas with her long time lesbian partner, Connie Gonzales. She recently released a book called, “I am Roe” where Norma expresses her remorse for her part in the Roe vs Wade court case. She claims to now be prolife activist and recently petitioned to have the verdict of Roe vs Wade overturned in the court case McCorvey vs Hill, which was denied because her case was
At age 16 she was married for the first time to Woody McCovey but later left him after he abused her. She then moved in with her mom and had her first child. Soon after she moved in with her mom, Norma developed a drinking problem and began to identify herself as a lesbian. Norma’s mom, thinking that Norma wasn’t a responsible mother tricked Norma into signing away custody of her son and then kicked her out of her house. One year later Norma once again became pregnant, and placed the child up for adoption. At the age of 21 while working low wage jobs Norma became pregnant again. She decided that she would try to have an abortion, so she claimed that she was raped but because there was no police report she couldn’t have the operation. She then tried to have an illegal abortion but was unsuccessful at that too because the police had shut down every place performing them. When applying for adoption she was referred to two ambitious lawyers, Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington who were eager to make a name for themselves in law.(2) After the verdict of Roe vs Wade, Norma lived a quiet life in Texas with her long time lesbian partner, Connie Gonzales. She recently released a book called, “I am Roe” where Norma expresses her remorse for her part in the Roe vs Wade court case. She claims to now be prolife activist and recently petitioned to have the verdict of Roe vs Wade overturned in the court case McCorvey vs Hill, which was denied because her case was