Roe vs. Wade

Norma L. McCorvey found out she was pregnant in September 1969. She went to talk to her friends about what she should do and they told her to claim she was raped. If she did this, she could get a legal abortion. In Texas, the only ways an abortion was possible was if a woman was raped, or incest, etc. Her plan went down the drain and she decided to get ab illegal abortion instead. Once she got to the place where the abortions were administered, she saw it had been closed down by the authorities. She was then referred to attorneys. Linda Caffe and Sarah Weddington filed a suit on behalf of McCorney, who changed her name to Jane Roe for the case.

At this point, McCorney want saying she was raped anymore and she admitted to lying.

Henry Wade was the defendant, representing the state of Texas. Roe vs Wade eventually reached the U.S. Supreme Court on appeal. On October of 1972, Texas assistant attorney general Henry Wade, while Weddington still represented Roe. The Roe court said abortion was a fundamental right under the United States Constitution. The ninth amendment in having "the right of privacy" and the fourteenth amendment in the concept of personal liberty.

In conclusion, McCorvey did end up having her baby. She said she was manipulated by her lawyers for future pregnant women who wanted abortions, because they, her lawyers, knew she wasn't going to be able to get an abortion. McCorvey didn't gave the money to raise a child, and gave him up for abortion.