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Norma Leah McCorvey (née Nelson; born September 22, 1947), better known by the legal pseudonym "Jane Roe", was the plaintiff in the landmark American lawsuit ''Roe v. Wade'' in 1973.〔Muhammad Aurang Zeb Mughal (2010) "Roe v. Wade." Brigitte H. Bechtold and Donna Cooper Graves (eds), ''An Encyclopedia of Infanticide''. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, pp. 227-228.〕〔("Norma McCorvey; Of Roe, Dreams And Choices" ) By Alex Witchel in ''The New York Times'' (July 28, 1994)〕 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that individual state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional. Later, McCorvey's views on abortion changed substantially. McCorvey is now a Roman Catholic active in the pro-life movement.〔(Roe v. McCorvey )〕 ==Personal life== McCorvey was born in either Lettsworth or Simmesport, Louisiana and raised in Houston, Texas. McCorvey's father left the family when she was 13 years old〔('These steps are covered with blood' ), The Guardian, 6 July 2009.〕 and her parents subsequently divorced. She and her older brother were raised by their mother Mildred, a violent alcoholic. McCorvey's father died on September 27, 1995. She is of partial Cajun and Cherokee ancestry.〔 McCorvey had entered a Catholic boarding school〔http://www.vanityfair.com/news/politics/2013/02/norma-mccorvey-roe-v-wade-abortion "The Accidental Activist", Vanity Fair. February 2013.〕 prior to her minor troubles with law enforcement that started at the age of ten, when she robbed the cash register at a gas station and ran away to Oklahoma City with a friend. They tricked a hotel worker into letting them rent a room, and were there for two days when a maid walked in on her and her female friend kissing. McCorvey was taken by the police and eventually to court, where she was declared a ward of the state and sent to Mount St. Michaels in Dallas. McCorvey was later sent to the State School for Girls in Gainesville, Florida on and off from ages 11–15. She said this was the happiest time of her childhood, and every time she was sent home, would purposely do something bad to be sent back. After being released, McCorvey lived with her mother’s cousin, who allegedly raped her every night for three weeks. When McCorvey's mother found out, her cousin said McCorvey was lying. While working at a restaurant, Norma met Woody McCorvey (born 1940), and she married him at the age of 16. She later left him after he abused her. She moved in with her mother and gave birth to her first child, Melissa, in 1965.〔("The Woman Behind Roe V. Wade" ). ''People''. May 22, 1989.〕 After Melissa's birth, McCorvey developed a serious drinking problem and began identifying as a lesbian. She went on a weekend trip to visit two friends, and left her baby with her mother. When she returned, her mother replaced Melissa with a baby doll and reported her to the police as having abandoned her baby, and called the police to take her out of the house. She would not tell her where Melissa was for weeks, and finally let her visit her child after three months. She let McCorvey move back in, and one day woke Norma up after a long day of work. She told her to sign insurance papers, and Norma did so without reading. However, she actually signed adoption papers, giving her mother custody of Melissa, and was then kicked out of the house. The following year, McCorvey again became pregnant and gave birth to a baby, who was placed for adoption. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norma McCorvey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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