Norma McCorvey: Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade Dies at 69

Norma McCorvey was the plaintiff known as Jane Roe in the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. Born on September 22, 1947, in Simmesport, Louisiana, she was an unmarried pregnant woman in Texas in 1969.

She sued the Dallas County district attorney Henry Wade in 1970 to challenge Texas abortion laws, and the 1973 Supreme Court ruling legalized abortion nationwide. She never had an abortion and gave her baby up for adoption. In the 1990s she became an anti-abortion activist.

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

Achievements: Plaintiff in Roe v. Wade (1973).

Birth: September 22, 1947 - Simmesport, Louisiana.

Profession: Plaintiff and activist.

Interesting Facts: She later became an anti-abortion activist.