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(CNSNews.com) - Norma McCorvey, the “Jane Roe” of the infamous 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion on demand in the United States, protested the health-care reform bill on Capitol Hill Tuesday because it proposes federal funding for abortions. “No abortion is to be paid for with tax-funded dollars,” McCorvey, now a pro-life activist, told CNSNews.com after the protest. “It’s against the laws of God. Roe versus Wade is a bad law and I’m sorry that I ever did it.” McCorvey, joined dozens of other protestors in the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to speak out against...

<p>Norma McCorvey, the "Roe" from the Roe v Wade Supreme Court Decision, was arrested today on the Notre Dame Campus while protesting the visit by Barack Obama.</p>

Breaking News! AIPNEWS.com Exclusive According to AIPNEWS.com correspondents who are on the ground at Notre Dame, as expected, Norma McCorvey, the "Roe" in Roe v Wade, was just arrested on campus as she and others prayed and protested the honors which are being bestowed by the Catholic institution's leaders on pro-abortion politician Barack Obama tomorrow. Apparently there were more than twenty pro-life witnesses who were taken into custody along with Norma McCorvey. We will be updating this story as more information becomes available. If you have additional information on the historic events which are taking place in South Bend, and...

Norma McCorvey, the woman who was the “Jane Roe” in the U.S. legal decision “Roe v. Wade,” has said Notre Dame's choice of President Barack Obama to be the commencement speaker gives its graduates a poor example. She also expressed surprise more parents have not pulled out of commencement. Speaking to Damien Thompson, the Britain-based editor of the Catholic Herald and writer for the Daily Telegraph, McCorvey said “Obama is not the ideal person to speak to a young bunch of kids that are going out into the world for the first time.” “These people will have to remember that...

The woman whose pregnancy provoked the Roe v Wade court case that legalised abortion in the United States in 1973 has condemned the decision by Notre Dame University to invite the fiercely pro-abortion Barack Obama to deliver its commencement address on May 17. Norma McCorvey - the "Jane Roe" of Roe v Wade - is now a Catholic pro-life campaigner. And she has joined 60 Catholic bishops in condemning the university 's decision to honour the most "pro-choice" politician ever to sit in Congress. "Obama is not the ideal person to speak to a young bunch of kids that are...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Norma McCorvey, the former Jane Roe of the infamous Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, has recorded a new television commercial speaking out against abortion. The commercial is running on stations in several states as the part of educational campaigns pro-life groups are undertaking."Back in 1973, I was a very confused twenty-one year old with one child and facing an unplanned pregnancy," she says in the ad. "At the time I fought to obtain a legal abortion, but truth be told, I have three daughters and never had an abortion.""Upon knowing God. I realize that...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Norma McCorvey, the Jane Roe of the infamous Row v. Wade Supreme Court decision, has released a new video calling on pro-life voters to vote pro-life. She is concerned that now is the best chance to overturn the case that allowed virtually unlimited abortions for any reason throughout pregnancy."Most every American alive today has heard of Roe vs. Wade and knows what that means. But few people know that I was Jane Roe in the case 35 years ago that legalized abortion on demand," McCorvey says in the clip."Today as a born again Christian and...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Norma McCorvey, the former Jane Roe of the infamous Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case that ushered in an era of unlimited abortions, has just finished making her first-ever television commercial. McCorvey, who became pro-life over a decade ago, hopes the commercial will change hearts and minds on abortion.In the new commercial, produced by the pro-life firm VirtueMedia, McCorvey speaks out against abortion and denounces the limited role she had in the high court case.She talks about the way activist lawyers used her divorce case to promote their pro-abortion agenda."Back in 1973, I was a...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 /Christian Newswire/ -- On Tuesday, January 22 – the 35th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision – Texas Congressman and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will hold a press conference with pro-life activist Norma Leah McCorvey. McCorvey, who runs Crossing over Ministry, is "Jane Roe" of the infamous Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. What: Announcement by Norma McCorvey ("Jane Roe") and Congressman Ron Paul When: 10:30 AM ET, Tuesday, January 22, 2008 (The 35th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision) Where: Phoenix Park Hotel (Capitol Hill North), Georgian Room (2nd...

Contact: Norma McCorvey, Crossing Over Ministry, 214-343-1069; Dr. Thomas Keinath, Senior Pastor, Calvary Temple International, 973-694-2938; Hector D. Ferrer, Creative Director, New Creations Drama Ministry, 201-928-4175 WAYNE, NJ., Oct. 8 /Christian Newswire/ -- Ms. McCorvey former "Roe" in Roe vs. Wade in 1971 challenged the abortion laws in Texas. On appeal, her case went before the Supreme Court. In 1973 the Supreme Court legalized abortion in his country. Ms. McCorvey, however, has never had an abortion. Moreover, in 1995 she accepted the LORD. Her conversion to Christianity inspired her to start Crossing Over Ministry where she serves as National Director. Her ministry...

As the plaintiff in that infamous Supreme Court case Roe vs. Wade, my life has been inextricably tied to the abortion issue. I once told a reporter, "This issue is the only thing I live for. I live, eat, breathe, think everything about abortion." Thirty-four years later, I am 100% pro-life. The Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold the federal ban on partial-birth abortion is the first step in overturning Roe vs. Wade. Banning the procedure - an act of infanticide where a scissors is jammed into the base of the infant's skull, a tube inserted and its brain sucked...

'Roe' of Roe vs. Wade addresses pro-life event for L.A. Hispanics Norma McCorvey, the 'Roe' of the Roe vs. Wade 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, addressed an audience at Resurrection Church in East L.A. Oct. 8. By Paula Doyle 10/14/2005 OS ANGELES (CNS) -- More than 100 parishioners from a dozen East Los Angeles parishes turned out Oct. 8 at Resurrection Church for a Spanish-language respect life program featuring Norma McCorvey, the "Roe" of the Roe vs. Wade 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. "I think the archdiocese (of Los Angeles) is trying to light a spark in...

ITHACA NY--Following a thirty-three percent cut in its funding, the Cornell Coalition for Life was prevented from bringing pro-life activict Norma McCorvey to speak at Cornell, the Cornell Daily Sun reports. McCorvey is better known as Jane Roe, the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court case that created the right to abortion. In 1995, she converted to evangelical Christianity and founded an anti-abortion organization called Roe No More. McCorvey was scheduled to speak on campus, and the event was confirmed last year, the article says. However the University's Student Assembly Finance Committee cut the group's budget last...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a challenge to its landmark 1973 ruling legalizing abortion by the woman once known as "Jane Roe," who was at the center of the historic U.S. case. Without comment, justices declined to hear the appeal from Norma McCorvey and thus dodged a highly charged political debate for now. McCorvey's protest of Texas' abortion ban led to the Roe v. Wade ruling establishing a constitutional right to abortion. McCorvey, who says she now regrets her role in the decision, argued in court filings that the case should be heard again in light...

ASHINGTON, Feb. 22 - The United States Supreme Court announced today that it would hear arguments on Oregon's law authorizing doctors to help their terminally ill patients commit suicide, the only such state law in the country.The justices will hear arguments in the court term that begins this October. They will decide whether to overturn a ruling last May by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which upheld the law. The Bush administration has tried to overturn the law in the courts.Oregon is one of the few places in the world where people are allowed to...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Members of the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday will hold a private discussion on whether to take the case of Norma McCorvey, the former Roe of Roe v. Wade, who wants the nation's top court to overturn the decision that legalized abortion. The Justice Foundation, a pro-life law firm, has been handling the case for McCorvey. She wants the court to overturn the Roe case because she says new information has been brought to light that shows abortion hurts women. McCorvey's petition includes affidavits from hundreds of women who say that their abortion hurt them and...

(CNSNews.com) - The bitter cold in the nation's capital Tuesday did not deter a pro-life activist whose landmark court case led to the legalization of abortion in the United States 32 years ago. Standing outside the U.S. Supreme Court, 57-year-old Norma McCorvey was accompanied by about 35 people -- some with personal experiences with abortion, and others who are lawyers backing McCorvey's request for the high court to reverse Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that made abortion legal. McCorvey was identified as "Jane Roe" in that controversial case, but for the last decade has charged that she was deceived...

<p>There is a chance for a historic meeting tomorrow in Cleveland, OH -- President George W Bush campaigning with Norma McCorvey (Roe of Roe vs Wade), Father Frank Pavone, and Alveda King Tookes.</p> <p>Alveda is the niece of Martin Luther King, Jr.</p>

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The woman whose fictitious name helped usher in an era of legal abortion changed her mind ten years ago and says she regrets the small part she played in helping make abortion legal. Now, she's made up her mind about a presidential candidate -- because she hopes the key court case will someday be overturned. Norma McCorvey, the former plaintiff in the Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade decision, has endorsed President Bush in his re-election bid. "This year I am going to vote to re-elect President Bush, because he is committed to the cause of life...

New Orleans, LA (LifeNews.com) -- Though a three-judge panel of a federal appeals court turned back a request by Norma McCorvey to reopen the Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion, one of the panel's judges blasted the nation's high court for its landmark 1973 decision. Circuit Judge Edith H. Jones wrote the opinion for the court denying McCorvey's request. However, she also wrote a concurring opinion calling Roe an "exercise of raw judicial power," and citing evidence McCorvey presented showing abortions hurt women. Jones, a Reagan nominee, wrote that the "[Supreme] Court's rulings have rendered basic abortion policy beyond...