Did the Supreme Court Make A Mistake? |
By the way, this was Ms. McCorvey's third pregnancy.
In 1970, Norma McCorvey, a doctor by the name of Hallford, and a couple called John and Mary Doe filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all women in similar situations, with all three cases being thrown out and the Texas law being reaffirmed.
Norman McCorvey testified that she had been raped by two men and later recanted that testimony by saying that she had gotten pregnant by her boyfriend.
Ms. McCorvey gave birth to her child and put the child up for adoption. Today, there is a woman alive and well, who could have very well been the first legal abortion in the state of Texas.
Even though Norma McCorvey had given birth to her child, she filed an appeal of her case to the United States Supreme Court.
Her case was heard by the Supreme Court the same day another case filed by a woman from Georgia was heard. Attorneys argued before the Supreme Court that the Georgia and Texas laws were unconstitutional in that they both infringed on a woman's right to privacy.