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Shelley gave birth to two daughters, in 1999 and 2000, and moved with her family to Tucson, where Doug had a new job. Roe v Wade: Woman behind US abortion ruling was paid to recant Im sure the abortion clinic paid her as well. Just what is the truth about Norma McCorvey? - Catholic Review This nineteen-year-old womans life was saved by that Texas law, a spokesman said. In fact, throughout her life, McCorvey never felt fully comfortable with either side of the abortion debate. You know how she can be mean and nasty and totally go off on people? Shelley asked, speaking of Norma. Norma McCorvey grew up poor in Louisiana and Texas, with an abusive mother and an absent father. But in 1995, McCorvey converted to evangelical Christianity after she befriended, Flip. When she was released from reform school, she went to live with a male relative. According to Pavone, Norma urged him to continue fighting to overturn Roe v. Wade. Around the age of 10, she says in AKA Jane Roe, she and . Her mother drank excessively. She especially welcomed the prospect of coming together with her half sisters. Its easy to get tripped up. Norma McCorvey and her attorney, Gloria Allred, outside the Supreme Court in 1989. She flipped from being a pro-choice activist in her 30s to a pro-life activist and born-again Christian in her 40's. McCorvey led a complex, sometimes tragic life. She found peace. Pavone wrote that Norma McCorvey suffered in so many ways. How Are We Feeling About The News That 'Jane Roe' Never Changed Her Norma could be salty and fun, but she was also self-absorbed and dishonest, and she remained, until her death in 2017, at the age of 69, fundamentally unhappy. To pro-life Americans, however, McCorvey was much more than Jane Roe.