Editing Roe v. Wade (section)

==== Norma McCorvey ====
A few years after the Supreme Court decided ''Roe'', [[Norma McCorvey]] made a claim—which she recanted many years later—that she had a nightmare about "little babies lying around with daggers in their hearts". She said this was the first of recurring [[nightmare]]s that kept her awake at night.<ref name="autogenerated1">[https://books.google.com/books?id=Dj2CAlbeX8UC&pg=PT38 Won by Love: Norma McCorvey, Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade, Speaks Out for the Unborn as She Shares Her New Conviction For Life] by Norma McCorvey and Gary Thomas, Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1997, Chapter 5, The Shadow Plaintiff pages 38–39</ref> She became worried and wondered, "What really, had I done?"<ref name="autogenerated2">[https://books.google.com/books?id=Dj2CAlbeX8UC&pg=PT38 Won by Love: Norma McCorvey, Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade, Speaks Out for the Unborn as She Shares Her New Conviction For Life] by Norma McCorvey and Gary Thomas, Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1997, Chapter 5, The Shadow Plaintiff pages 38</ref> and "Well, how do they kill a baby inside a mother's stomach anyway?" McCorvey later claimed:

<blockquote>I couldn't get the thought out of my mind. I realize it sounds very naïve, especially for a woman who had already conceived and delivered three children. Though I had seen and experienced more than my share of the world, there were some things about which I still didn't have a clue—and this was one of them. Ironically enough, Jane Roe may have known less about abortion than anyone else.<ref name="autogenerated3">[https://books.google.com/books?id=Dj2CAlbeX8UC&pg=PT39 Won by Love: Norma McCorvey, Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade, Speaks Out for the Unborn as She Shares Her New Conviction For Life] by Norma McCorvey and Gary Thomas, Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1997, Chapter 5, The Shadow Plaintiff pages 39</ref></blockquote>

McCorvey joined with and accompanied others in the anti-abortion movement. During this time, McCorvey said that she had publicly lied about being raped and apologized for making the false claim.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/153030575/ This Woman and This Man Made History] by Lloyd Shearer, Parade magazine, May 8, 1983; for a book which relied on Shearer, see [https://archive.org/details/stormcentersupre00davi/page/22/mode/2up Storm center: the Supreme Court in American politics] by David M. O'Brien, New York City: W. W. Norton, 1986, pages 22–24</ref><ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/09/08/The-woman-whose-famous-abortion-case-led-to-the/9459558072000/ The woman whose famous abortion case led to the...], UPI archives, September 8, 1987</ref> Norma McCorvey became part of the movement against abortion from 1995 until shortly before her death in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39016181 |title=Roe v Wade: Woman in US abortion legal test case dies |website=bbc.co.uk |date=February 18, 2017}}</ref> In 1998, she testified to Congress:
{{blockquote|It was my [[pseudonym]], Jane Roe, which had been used to create the "right" to abortion out of legal thin air. But Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee never told me that what I was signing would allow women to come up to me 15, 20 years later and say, "Thank you for allowing me to have my five or six abortions. Without you, it wouldn't have been possible." Sarah never mentioned women using abortions as a form of birth control. We talked about truly desperate and needy women, not women already wearing [[Maternity clothing|maternity clothes]].<ref>McCorvey, Norma. [https://books.google.com/books?id=4b0TAAAAIAAJ Testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights] (January 21, 1998), [http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/hansard/hans35.nsf/(ATT)/A4C48AF367A417A84825661A007776E1/$file/C0520006.PDF also quoted in the parliament of Western Australia (PDF)] (May 20, 1998); for a description of an incident which brought McCorvey to reflect about "women already wearing maternity clothes", see ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Dj2CAlbeX8UC&pg=PT60 Won by Love: Norma McCorvey, Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade, Speaks Out for the Unborn as She Shares Her New Conviction For Life]'', Norma McCorvey and Gary Thomas, Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1997, page 60.</ref>}}

[[File:Edith Jones in Iraq (cropped).jpg|thumb|Judge Edith Jones]]
In 2002, along with [[Sandra Cano (Mary Doe)]] from ''Doe v. Bolton'' and [[Bernard Nathanson]], a co-founder of NARAL Pro-Choice America, McCorvey appeared in a television advertisement intended to persuade the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|Bush administration]] to nominate Supreme Court Justices who would oppose abortion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pro-life ad campaign features former abortion-rights figures |url=https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/pro-life-ad-campaign-features-former-abortion-rights-figures/ |date=January 15, 2002 |work=Baptist Press |access-date=December 22, 2021 }}</ref>

As a party to the original litigation, she sought to reopen the case in [[United States district court|U.S. District Court]] in Texas to have ''Roe v. Wade'' overturned. However, the [[Fifth Circuit]] decided that her case was moot, in ''[[McCorvey v. Hill]]''.<ref>{{cite court |litigants=McCorvey v. Hill |vol=385 |reporter=F.3d |opinion=846 |court=5th Cir. |date=2004 |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/385/846/582508/ |access-date=May 17, 2018 }}</ref> In a concurring opinion, Judge [[Edith Jones]] agreed that McCorvey was raising legitimate questions about emotional and other harm suffered by women who have had abortions, about increased resources available for the care of unwanted children, and about new scientific understanding of fetal development. However, Jones said she was compelled to agree that the case was moot.<ref>{{Cite web|title=FindLaw's United States Fifth Circuit case and opinions.|url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-5th-circuit/1344628.html|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Findlaw|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Adams|first=Andrew|date=2004|title=Aborting Roe: Jane Roe Questions the Viability of Roe v. Wade|journal=Tex. Rev. L. & Pol.}}</ref> On February 22, 2005, the Supreme Court refused to grant a [[writ of certiorari]], and McCorvey's appeal ended.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Supreme Court declines to revisist abortion case McCorvey v. Hill|website=Westlaw|url=https://content.next.westlaw.com/Document/Ibdeb312153f211dbbd2dfa5ce1d08a25/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)|access-date=2021-11-29}}</ref>

In an interview shortly before her death, McCorvey stated that she had taken an anti-abortion position because she had been paid to do so and that her campaign against abortion had been an act. She also stated that it did not matter to her if women wanted to have an abortion and they should be free to choose.<ref name="FRBS-20200519">{{cite news |last1=Porterfield |first1=Carlie |title='Roe Vs. Wade' Plaintiff Was Paid To Switch Sides In Abortion Fight, Documentary Reveals |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/05/19/roe-vs-wade-plaintiff-was-paid-to-switch-sides-in-abortion-fight-documentary-reveals/#5a50f4d37c08 |access-date=20 May 2020 |work=[[Forbes]] |date=19 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520061338/https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/05/19/roe-vs-wade-plaintiff-was-paid-to-switch-sides-in-abortion-fight-documentary-reveals/ |archive-date=20 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |last1=Serjeant |first1=Jill |title=Plaintiff in Roe v. Wade U.S. abortion case says she was paid to switch sides |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-jane-roe-idUSKBN22V33D |access-date=20 May 2020 |work=www.reuters.com |publisher=Reuters |date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520061612/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-jane-roe-idUSKBN22V33D?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook |archive-date=20 May 2020}}</ref> [[Rob Schenck]], a [[Evangelical Methodist Church|Methodist]] pastor and activist who once had anti-abortion views stated that he and others helped entice McCorvey to claim she changed sides and also stated that what they had done with her was "highly unethical" and he had "profound regret" over the matter.<ref>Lozano, Alicia Victoria. [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anti-abortion-movement-paid-jane-roe-thousands-switch-sides-documentary-n1210826 "Anti-abortion rights movement paid 'Jane Roe' thousands to switch sides, documentary reveals"] ''[[NBC News]]'' (May 19, 2020).</ref>

[[Frank Pavone]], a priest with whom McCorvey talked after the interview, reflected after her death that "There was no indication whatsoever, at the end of her life," that she had given up her pro-life positions. Pavone stated that following the interview, McCorvey talked positively with him about a message she wanted him to convey at the next March for Life. The message concerned encouraging young people to oppose abortion.<ref>[https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/44580/the-painful-journey-of-jane-roe-and-the-pro-life-movement The 'painful journey' of Jane Roe and the pro-life movement] by J.D.Flynn, ''Catholic News Agency'', May 19, 2020 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20211206230433/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/44580/the-painful-journey-of-jane-roe-and-the-pro-life-movement Archived] December 6, 2021)</ref>