“Roe”, Now Anti-Abortion, Ejected from Sotomayor Hearings

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There aren’t many court decisions as familiar to us as our own names. For many women, and perhaps as many men, Roe v. Wade is one, the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing women the right to abortion.

“Roe” was Norma McCorvey, who became active in the pro-life movement in 1995. Yesterday, she was one of four protesters ejected from confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor after disrupting the proceedings shouting about her cause.

Enormous attention is paid to winning and safeguarding our “rights”, much less on our responsibilities to use those rights thoughtfully. McCorvey grew disgusted by women who chose to use abortion as a form of birth control, not a carefully weighed, life-altering decision.

She’s interviewed here by The Guardian.

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