Jane Roe, as in Roe vs. Wade, the landmark High Court pro-abortion case, was arrested today outside the Supreme Court, as she protested abortion during Sonia Sotomayor's hearings.
"Jane Roe" Norma McCorvey
Years ago, Roe, real name, Norma McCorvey, says she was misused by pro-abortion advocates, which led to the passage of Roe v. Wade and pro-abortion laws. Roe is now a Christian and an anti-abortionist.
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Abortion case plaintiff arrested at Senate hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The plaintiff in the landmark abortion-rights case Roe v. Wade, who became an abortion protester in recent years, was among four demonstrators arrested Monday for disrupting Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination hearing.
Norma McCorvey, 61, of Texas, better known as "Jane Roe," began screaming that Sotomayor was "wrong" about abortion during the opening statement of the newest member of the Senate, Al Franken, D-Minn.
McCorvey's suit led to the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. But in recent years, she switched sides to speak out against abortion...
She switched sides in 1995 when the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue moved next door to the Dallas women's clinic where she worked. She became friends with one of the anti-abortion leaders and became a Christian.
She began working for Operation Rescue. She even started her own "Roe No More Ministry."
In another high-profile demonstration in May, McCorvey was among at least 27 people arrested on trespassing charges when President Barack Obama spoke at the University of Notre Dame.
