Norma McCorvey of Dallas, Texas (R), the "Roe" in the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Case, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee along with Sandra Cano of Atlanta, Georgia, the "Doe" in the Doe v. Bolton Supreme Court case, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC June 23, 2005. File photo courtesy REUTERS/Shaun Heasley
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(Reuters) Norma McCorvey, the anonymous plaintiff known as Jane Roe in the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe vs. Wade ruling legalizing abortion, died on  at the age of 69, a journalist close to McCorvey said.
McCorvey died on Saturday (Feb. 18) of heart failure at an assisted living home in Katy, Texas, Joshua Prager, a journalist who is writing a book about the decision, said in an email.
Her lawsuit, filed under the pseudonym Jane Roe, resulted in the court’s landmark decision that established a woman’s right to an abortion. The ruling has become the focus of a divisive political, legal and moral debate that has raged in the United States for decades.
(Reporting by Frank McGurty)
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