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May 20, 2020

In Deathbed Confession, Plaintiff in Roe v. Wade Admitted She Was Paid by Abortion Foes
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The woman at the center of the landmark 1973 Supreme Court Roe v. Wade
case ruling legalizing abortion has revealed she was later paid by the
anti-abortion movement to become a prominent Christian anti-choice
activist. The late Norma Mc Corvey is seen in a new documentary making
what she describes as a deathbed confession. She says, "I was the big
fish. I think it was a mutual thing. I took their money, and they'd put
me out in front of the cameras and tell me what to say. That's what I'd
say. It was all an act. I did it well, too. I am a good actress." The
film "AKA Jane Roe" reveals Mc Corvey received at least $450,000 in
gifts from the anti-abortion movement.


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