Norma McCorvey

Norma Leah Nelson McCorvey (née Nelson; September 22, 1947 – February 18, 2017), also known by the pseudonym Jane Roe, was the plaintiff in the landmark 1973 American legal case ''Roe v. Wade'' in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that individual state laws banning abortion were unconstitutional.

Later in her life, McCorvey became an Evangelical Protestant and in her remaining years, a Catholic, and took part in the anti-abortion movement. McCorvey stated then that her involvement in ''Roe'' was "the biggest mistake of [her] life". However, in the Nick Sweeney documentary ''AKA Jane Roe'', McCorvey said, in what she called her "deathbed confession", that "she never really supported the anti-abortion movement" and that she had been paid for her professed anti-abortion sentiments. Provided by Wikipedia