Official Press Biography of Norma L.
McCorvey
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Ms.
Norma L. McCorvey was born September 22, 1947 in Simmesport, Louisiana.
In 1969, at the age of twenty-two, Norma was introduced to two
lawyers from Texas, Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee; both were looking
to overturn the Texas statute which outlawed abortion.
They approached a pregnant Norma McCorvey. As a result, Norma signed on the dotted line making her the
plaintiff in an abortion suit against the State of Texas.
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This
case would later evolve into the infamous Supreme Court case, Roe v. Wade that
legalized abortion in this country. After
over 28 years of guilt induced drug binges and various jobs in abortion clinics
in an attempt to justify her involvement in the legalization of abortion, Norma
McCorvey did the unthinkable. As
the former “poster-girl” for abortion who, in the words of a friend,
“jumped off of the poster and into the arms of Christ,” Norma truly began to
live her life for herself. Norma
has commented on her conversion, saying “after being Jane Roe and working in
the reality of death at various abortion clinics, it began to eat away at my
soul. God was my saving grace that
literally saved my life.”
In
1995, Norma was baptized and gave her life to God.
She literally moved next door from the abortion clinic at which she was
working to the national offices of the prominent pro-life
organization, Operation Rescue. Later,
feeling a need to share her personal message, Norma founded Roe No More Ministry
in 1997 with the mission of exposing the lie that is Roe v. Wade.
Roe No More Ministry is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization based in
Dallas, Texas that focuses primarily on achieving the goal of educating the
nation about the truth behind Jane Roe.
In
1998, Miss Norma completed work on the autobiography that exposes the truth
about her life in the pro-abortion camp and later, her conversion to Christ.
In Won By Love, Miss Norma goes into great detail regarding her
work in the abortion industry that ultimately led her to drugs and suicide
attempts. The end to Won By Love
is not one of defeat—but rather quite the contrary.
Norma’s words in Won By Love embody Roe No More Ministry’s
focus of love and forgiveness, since, in reality Norma experienced profound love
and forgiveness.
Norma’s
faith journey eventually led her home, as she describes it, to the Roman
Catholic Church. In 1998, she was
confirmed a Catholic by Fr. Edward Robinson, O.P. of St. Albert’s Priory in
Dallas and Fr. Frank Pavone, the International Director of Priests for
Life.
While Ms. McCorvey is unapologetically Roman Catholic, she prides herself
in maintaining a non-denominational ministry.
Roe
No More Ministry, as Norma has built it, is “dedicated to spreading the truth:
to know things as they are;” Norma now speaks the truth, and she has dedicated
her whole life to spreading the truth as she lived it, including both her
involvement in Roe v. Wade and what she saw in various abortion clinics.
Since Roe No More’s inception in 1997, Miss Norma has traveled to three
countries and over 40 states sharing her story with church congregations, civic
organizations, university students, clergy, and rallies.
Norma has appeared on various major television news shows including NBC,
ABC, CBS, Larry King Live, and FOX’s Hannity and Colmes, in
addition to testifying before various Congressional committees.
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Roe No More Ministry is a not-for-profit organization, and is recognized as a 501(c)3 organization by the US Internal Revenue Service. |
