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Questions and answers added. Jan 17, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - Roe v Wade: Woman behind US abortion ruling was paid to recant. Jan 03, 2025
Anniversary information added. Sep 18, 2024
Add new Web site: CNN - Norma McCorvey, plaintiff in Roe. v. Wade, said she was paid to speak against abortion. Jul 03, 2024
First paragraph modernization. May 09, 2024
Anniversary information added. Feb 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Norma McCorvey. Aug 24, 2023
Add new Web site: CSUSB ScholarWorks - The Life and Legacy of Norma McCorvey. Jun 16, 2023
Add new Web site: NPR - The forgotten story of Jane Roe, who fought for and then against abortion rights. Apr 21, 2023
Media added. Jan 23, 2023
Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of Texas Online - Biography of Norma Leah Nelson McCorvey. Jan 13, 2023
Added a missing space in the introductory statement. Feb 09, 2021
Added the documentary AKA Jane Roe and her claim that she had been paid to change her position on abortion. May 21, 2020
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Norma McCorvey, ‘Roe’ in Roe v. Wade, Is Dead at 69. Sep 05, 2017
New article added. Apr 03, 2017
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