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That's a lot easier said than done, of course. "It's way harder than they ever tell you it will be," says Ganzy McCorvey, 19, who lost 104 lb. at Wellspring in 2007, only to gain half of it back. "I felt really guilty making my mom eat the same things as me. And then there were my friends, who always wanted to go to Wendy's." Other former Wellspring students experienced similar roller-coaster cycles of losses and gains...
Thirty years after Roe v. Wade and companion case Doe v. Bolton, Norma McCorvey and Sandra Cano—“Jane Roe” and “Jane Doe” respectively—have returned to court: they are challenging their own eponymous decisions. After working in an abortion clinic for several years after Roe, McCorvey came to the realization that what she was doing was wrong and now speaks publicly against the case for which she is well known. Cano never wanted an abortion and says that Doe was motivated by the ambitions...
Along with their own testimony, McCorvey and Cano have each submitted affidavits from hundreds of American women who chose abortion (many of them more than once) and experienced painful physical and emotional consequences. These affidavits open one’s eyes to the truth about abortion: it is not pro-woman. “I considered myself a murderer. I became disconnected, unable to really extend love or have meaningful [and] successful relationships,” one woman writes. Another says, “My life has been filled with guilt and regret over what I did to my unborn...
...Norma McCorvey, the young pregnant woman who was the "Roe" in Roe v. Wade, has undergone a dramatic transformation from pro-choice poster child to pro-life activist. Do you maintain contact with her? What was your relationship like during the trial? Was there any indication she was not committed to her decision...
...choice movement has taken a serious hit, at least symbolically: Norma McCorvey--the Jane Roe of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion--joined the antiabortion group Operation Rescue, and was baptized by its leader. It was only a partial conversion, however: McCorvey says she still supports the right to an abortion during the first trimester, but not beyond...