Norma Leah Nelson McCorvey, 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. Wikipedia
Born: September 22, 1947, Simmesport, LA
Died: February 18, 2017 (age 69 years), Katy, TX
Children: Shelley Lynn Thornton
Spouse: Woody McCorvey (m. 1963–1965)
Full name: Norma Leah Nelson
Parents: Olin Nelson and Mary Sandefur Nelson
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