I Am Roe: My Life, "Roe v. Wade," and Freedom of Choice
Memoir
By: Norma McCorvey
Date: 1994
Source: McCorvey, Norma, with Andy Meisler. I Am Roe: My Life, "Roe v. Wade," and Freedom of Choice. New York: HarperCollins, 1994, 117–123.
About the Author: Norma McCorvey (1947–) was born into a broken home. By twenty-three, she was pregnant for the third time and wanted an abortion. This led her to becoming the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade (1973). McCorvey, though, was not directly involved in the suit, and it was not until the late 1980s that she publicly announced herself as "Jane Roe."
Introduction
Even though abortion was decried by some ancient medical texts, most midwives were knowledgeable about which herbs and roots generally promoted removal of what were euphemistically called "blockages." Common law put much emphasis on the idea of "quickening," which is when "viability" (capable of surviving...
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