<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Norma Leah McCorvey Nelson; (September 22, 1947--February 18, 2017), better known by the legal pseudonym "Jane Roe", was the plaintiff in the landmark American lawsuit Roe v. Wade in 1973 . The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that individual state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional . Later, McCorvey's views on abortion changed substantially; she became a Roman Catholic activist in the pro-life movement . </P> <P> McCorvey was born in Simmesport, Louisiana . She was briefly raised at her family's residence in Lettsworth in Pointe Coupee Parish . Later in her childhood, the family moved to Houston, Texas . McCorvey's father left the family when she was 13 years old and her parents subsequently divorced . She and her older brother were raised by their mother Mildred, a violent alcoholic . McCorvey's father died on September 27, 1995 . She was of partial Cajun ancestry . </P> <P> McCorvey had entered a Catholic boarding school prior to her minor troubles with law enforcement that started at the age of ten, when she robbed the cash register at a gas station and ran away to Oklahoma City with a friend . They tricked a hotel worker into letting them rent a room, and were there for two days when a maid walked in on her and her female friend kissing . McCorvey was arrested and brought to court, where she was declared a ward of the state and sent to state - run institutions . </P>

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