1971 – The case is filed by Norma McCorvey, known in court documents as Jane Roe, against Henry Wade, the district attorney of Dallas County, who enforced a Texas law that prohibited abortion, except ...

A daughter of the woman whose legal challenge led to the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling said on Tuesday that if the Supreme Court overturns the landmark decision, it could set women back 50 years. Melissa ...

Growing up, Shelley Lynn Thornton said she had a nice childhood with parents who she knew adopted her and took good care of her. As a teenager, she said her biggest concerns were "shoes and boys." She ...

Norma McCorvey, who was 22, unwed, mired in addiction and poverty, and desperate for a way out of an unwanted pregnancy when she became Jane Roe, the pseudonymous plaintiff of the 1973 U.S. Supreme ...

Gerald Grover, operating as Flashy Feet Productions, was sued for invasion of privacy, misappropriation of likeness and breach of contract on Aug. 7 in New York Supreme Court for Suffolk County over ...

Lucia Mar Unified School District was hit with a child sex abuse lawsuit on Nov. 6 in California Superior Court for San Luis Obispo County. The action was brought by Slater Slater Schulman on behalf ...