Roe v Wade

On January 22, 1973 the United States ruled in Roe vs. Wade that women had a right to terminate their pregnancy at any point during the first 24 weeks. Roe’s real name was Norma McCorvey, who by the time of her third pregnancy didn’t want to carry the baby to full-term. McCorvey didn’t have money to travel yet could she afford an abortion in the six states that were legal. McCorvey was seen as the best person to be a plaintiff by Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington, who were both committed to advocacy for women. Coffee filed Roe vs. Wade in 1990. Years later Norma McCovery began to promote abortions rights for women years later McCovery sought Christ and began to argue against abortion. Roe, a pregnant single woman in 1970, brought a class action suit challenging the abortion laws of the Texas. The abortion laws in place made it a crime to obtain or attempt an abortion except on medical advice to save the life of the mother. Norma McCorvey, who was known as Jane Roe, to protect her identity was a Texas resident who sought to obtain an abortion. McCorvey was pregnant when she became the lead plaintiff in the case. In 1969 Norma McCorvey didn’t want to bring her third pregnancy to term. During this time abortions was only legal in six states in the United State. She didn’t have the financial funds to pay for an abortion or even to travel to legal states such as New York, Oregon, Alaska, California, Hawaii, and Washington. McCorvey mentioned to her doctor, Dr. Lane that she wanted an abortion he then referred her to an adoption lawyer in Dallas Henry McCluskey. McCluskey was drug and shot but before he died he got advice from another lawyer by the name Linda Coffee. In Jan 1970 after McCorvey came to see Henry McCluskey. McCluskey then returned Women activist Coffee a favor by calling her with a tip.
Coffee had been on the lookout for a plaintiff to file a suit against the abortion statutes in Texas. With her partner Sarah Weddington experience in abortion