-- BombThrowers: Norma McCorvey, better known as "Jane Roe" of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, died Saturday at 69.
Many people have never heard her real name. Many also don't know that she never actually had an abortion, or that she regretted her role in launching the abortion infanticide that has killed over 58 million babies since 1973, or that she spent the last 22 years of her life advocating her pro-life position.
In 1969, the 22-year-old McCorvey was living in Texas, unemployed and pregnant for the third time. Texas law forbade abortion except when the mother's life was in danger. At the urging of two young, activist lawyers, Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee, who wanted to challenge the Texas law, McCorvey used the "Jane Doe" pseudonym when she sued Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade (D).
