Roe v. Wade: Legacy of Lies
January 22, 2018, the cover date of this issue, marks the 45th anniversary of one of America’s most controversial decisions. In 1973, the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade was settled, legalizing abortion nationwide, creating devastating effects that can be neither ignored nor erased.
Twenty-one-year-old Norma McCorvey, also known as Jane Roe in the prominent court case, was unmarried and pregnant with her third child. Seeking an abortion, she was introduced to two young attorneys, Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffey. Looking to challenge the abortion laws in Texas, the young lawyers decided to use McCorvey to facilitate their scheme. Adopting the falsehood that McCorvey’s pregnancy was due to a gang rape, Weddington and Coffey built their case on lies that would eventually claim the lives of untold numbers of unborn, not just in Texas, but nationwide.
McCorvey grew to regret her actions, as she began to understand the truth about abortion. In testimony before Congress on January 21, 1998, McCorvey lamented her part in Roe v. Wade:
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