Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in the case that made abortion legal, struggled with her role. Her personal papers offer insight into her life, her thinking — and her continued relevance. By Joshua ...

DALLAS — The archive for the Dallas lawyer who argued the Roe v. Wade case in the 1970s has sold at auction for more than $600,000. The winning bid for Linda Coffee's trove of documents was $615,633 ...

Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in the landmark lawsuit Roe v. Wade, speaks up as she joins other anti-abortion demonstrators inside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office on Capitol Hill in Washington.

This April 26, 1989, file photo shows Norma McCorvey, left, known as "Jane Roe" in the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, with attorney Gloria Allred in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Norma McCorvey ...

Norma McCorvey is the real name of the woman many Americans now know as the Roe in Roe v. Wade. Her story shows the ways class, religion and money... One of the biggest names in politics this year is ...

One of the biggest names in politics this year is a woman that many people know nothing about. Since the overturn of Roe v. Wade, countless political candidates are invoking that 1973 Supreme Court ...

Norma McCorvey, Jane Roe in the 1973 court case, left, and her attorney Gloria Allred hold hands as they leave the Supreme Court building in Washington after sitting in while the court listened to ...

Norma McCorvey was a simple soul who unwittingly, without a plan or goal or initial cause, became the central figure in one of the most divisive and consequential controversies of her time … and ...

"Jane Roe," whose real name was Norma McCorvey, was an advocate for abortion rights, until she switched sides in the 1990s. AP/J. Scott Applewhite The “Jane Roe” who pursued the landmark Roe v. Wade ...