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Norma McCorvey
October 11, 2021
Magazine
Marin Cogan
Why Norma McCorvey Switched Sides
The perils of turning the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade into a political symbol
May 22, 2020
Jo Livingstone
The Two Lives of Norma McCorvey
The documentary “AKA Jane Roe” is a lesson in how the law dehumanizes those it claims to protect.
October 25, 2017
Moira Donegan
The undocumented teenager in the Trump administration’s crosshairs finally obtained her abortion.
February 22, 2017
Moira Donegan
What the Culture Wars Did to Norma McCorvey
The life of the anonymous plaintiff in Roe v. Wade is a lesson in what happens when a complex individual becomes a political pawn.
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