30 Facts About Norma McCorvey

Later in her life, McCorvey became an Evangelical Protestant and in her remaining years, a Catholic, and took part in the anti-abortion movement.

Norma McCorvey stated then that her involvement in Roe was "the biggest mistake of [her] life".

However, in the Nick Sweeney documentary AKA Jane Roe, Norma McCorvey said, in what she called her "deathbed confession", that "she never really supported the anti-abortion movement" and that she had been paid for her professed anti-abortion sentiments.

Norma McCorvey's mother was raised a Pentecostal but Norma McCorvey's father led her and the family as Jehovah's Witnesses.

Norma McCorvey had trouble with the law that began at the age of ten, when she robbed the cash register at a gas station and ran away to Oklahoma City with a friend.

Norma McCorvey was arrested and taken to court, where she was declared a ward of the state and a judge sent her to a Catholic boarding school, though she did not become Catholic until 1998.

Later, Norma McCorvey was sent to the State School for Girls in Gainesville, Texas, on and off from ages 11 to 15.

Norma McCorvey said this was the happiest time of her childhood, and every time she was sent home, would purposely do something bad to be sent back.

When Norma McCorvey's mother found out, her cousin said Norma McCorvey was lying.

Norma McCorvey later left him after he allegedly assaulted her.

Norma McCorvey moved in with her mother and gave birth to her first child, Melissa, in 1965.

However, the papers she had signed were adoption papers, giving her mother custody of Melissa, and Norma McCorvey was then kicked out of the house.

Norma McCorvey's mother disputed that version of the events, and said that McCorvey had agreed to the adoption.

In 1969, at the age of 21, Norma McCorvey became pregnant a third time and returned to Dallas.

Norma McCorvey attempted to obtain an illegal abortion, but the recommended clinic had been closed down by authorities.

Norma McCorvey stated that she was only interested in an abortion, but agreed to meet with McCluskey.

Norma McCorvey told the press that she was "Jane Roe" soon after the decision was reached, stating that she had sought an abortion because she was unemployable and greatly depressed.

Thornton became aware that Norma McCorvey was her birth mother in 1989, after a journalist for the National Enquirer tracked down Thornton, then a teenager, and told her about her prenatal history.

At a book signing, Norma McCorvey was befriended by Flip Benham, an evangelical minister and the national director of the anti-abortion organization Operation Rescue.

Norma McCorvey voiced remorse for her part in the Supreme Court decision and said she had been a pawn for abortion activists.

In 2004, McCorvey sought to have the US Supreme Court overturn Roe v Wade, saying that there was now evidence that the procedure harms women, but the case was ultimately dismissed in 2005.

On January 22,2008, Norma McCorvey endorsed Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul because of his anti-abortion position.

Norma McCorvey remained active in anti-abortion demonstrations, including one she participated in before President Barack Obama's commencement address to the graduates of the University of Notre Dame.

Norma McCorvey appeared in the 2013 film Doonby, in which she delivers an anti-abortion message.

Norma McCorvey is the subject of Joshua Prager's 2021 book, The Family Roe: An American Story.

Norma McCorvey moved out of the house she shared with Gonzalez in 2006, shortly after Gonzalez suffered a stroke.

Norma McCorvey died of cardiac arrest in Katy, Texas, on February 18,2017, at the age of 69.

Robert Schenck, a formerly anti-abortion evangelical pastor who worked with Norma McCorvey, verified the claim made in the documentary of Norma McCorvey receiving financial compensation.

Schenck said that he was surprised that Norma McCorvey said she favored abortion rights, although he said that he knew she "harboured doubts about the pro-life message she was telegraphing".

Abby Johnson, who worked for Planned Parenthood before joining the anti-abortion movement, said that Norma McCorvey called her on the phone days before her death to express remorse for abortion.