"Jane Roe," whose real name was Norma McCorvey, was an advocate for abortion rights, until she switched sides in the 1990s. AP/J. Scott Applewhite The “Jane Roe” who pursued the landmark Roe v.

Roe refers to Jane Roe, the pseudonym in this case for the woman who originally sought the abortion: Norma McCorvey. For the latest installment of the NPR Politics Podcast Book Club, we ...

Wade this summer. Joshua Prager has spent a decade researching the life of the woman at the heart of that landmark ruling, known as Jane Roe. The author of “The Family Roe: An American Story ...

Jane Roe and Kate Cox were both pregnant women in Texas who asked the courts to allow them to receive an abortion, 50 years apart. Jane Roe's real name was Norma McCorvey, which wasn't public ...

Garth Brooks has been accused of sexual assault and battery by a woman who goes by the name ‘Jane Roe’ in the complaint she filed against him. Country music star Garth Brooks is facing a ...

In this new era of Jane Crow, the right to choose is not only a question of bodily autonomy in life, but even in death.

The year was 1969. Norma McCorvey was 22, pregnant and unwed when she approached an attorney about wanting an abortion. The Dallas woman didn’t get one, but four years later, her lawsuit ...

This April 26, 1989, file photo shows Norma McCorvey, left, known as "Jane Roe" in the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, with attorney Gloria Allred in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Norma ...

According to the court documents obtained by CNN, Roe claimed that Brooks subjected her to various forms of sexual harassment and assault while she worked for him. She alleged that Brooks had ...