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[[File:normamccorvey.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Norma McCorvey]]

==Country==

United States

==Birth - Death==

1948 - 2017

==Occupation==

Activist

==Description==

Individual who, under the pseudonym 'Jane Roe', was a plaintiff in the famous 'Roe vs. Wade' Supreme Court case for women's abortion rights (1973).  Later in life she ironically became a Catholic Pro-Life activist.  Author of the books 'I Am Roe' (1994) and 'Won By Love' (1997).  

==See Also==

* [[Prominent LGBTQ Deaths in 2017]]

==Further Reading/Research==

* http://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/28/garden/at-home-with-norma-mccorvey-of-roe-dreams-and-choices.html
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/02/18/jane-roe-made-abortion-legal-then-a-minister-made-her-repent/?utm_term=.10d28d2623d2
* https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/18/obituaries/norma-mccorvey-dead-roe-v-wade.html
* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/18/norma-mccorvey-roe-v-wade-abortion-case-supreme-court

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