Mystery of baby at center of Roe v. Wade revealed

[mystery-ak]

 Mystery of baby at center of Roe v. Wade revealed
By Jackie Salo   
September 9, 2021 12:57pm

The child at the center of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case that established a woman’s right to abortion, has come forward after decades of secrecy.

Shelley Lynn Thornton, 51, has revealed herself as the youngest daughter born to Norma McCorvey, whose lawsuit under the pseudonym “Jane Roe” led to the Supreme Court’s 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationally, according to journalist Joshua Prager’s book, “The Family Roe: An American Story.”

“Secrets and lies are, like, the two worst things in the whole world,” Thornton told Prager in an excerpt of the book published in The Atlantic on Thursday.

Her biological mother had been 22, unmarried, unemployed, and pregnant with her third daughter in 1969 when she sought to have an abortion in Texas, where the procedure was illegal except to save a woman’s life.

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https://nypost.com/2021/09/09/roe-v-wade-baby-revealed-to-be-shelley-lynn-thornton/

[Kamaji]

That's a very interesting back story.  I'm glad she felt comfortable coming forward with it.

[jmyrlefuller]

I just hope she didn't inherit her mother's penchant for putting the words in her mouth of anyone who was willing to pay her. It doesn't seem like she did... and it's clear that her mother left some emotional trauma. I think she's telling the truth.

[Hoodat]

“The only thing I knew about being pro-life or pro-choice or even Roe v. Wade was that this person had made it OK for people to go out and be promiscuous,” Thornton said.

And that is why abortion is man's best friend.  It's for men, not for women.