Norma McCorvey, plaintiff in Roe v. Wade abortion ruling, dies at 69
19 February 2017 |
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Norma McCorvey, the anonymous plaintiff known as Jane Roe in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe vs. Wade ruling legalising abortion, died Saturday at the age of 69, a journalist close to McCorvey said.
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