Woman at centre of Roe v. Wade abortion case took bribe to switch sides

Pro-life groups allegedly paid Norma McCorvey at least $450,000 to defect following ruling

Norma McCorvey
Norma McCorvey (L) with attorney Gloria Allred at pro-choice rally in 1989 - prior to her ‘conversion’
(Image credit: Greg Gibson/AFP via Getty Images)

A woman who played a central part in the historic Roe v. Wade US court case confessed on her deathbed that she was paid to speak out against abortion in later life, a new documentary reveals.

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 Sorcha Bradley is a writer at The Week and a regular on “The Week Unwrapped” podcast. She worked at The Week magazine for a year and a half before taking up her current role with the digital team, where she mostly covers UK current affairs and politics. Before joining The Week, Sorcha worked at slow-news start-up Tortoise Media. She has also written for Sky News, The Sunday Times, the London Evening Standard and Grazia magazine, among other publications. She has a master’s in newspaper journalism from City, University of London, where she specialised in political journalism.