The Latest Breaking News from Norma McCorvey

Coffee was just 30 when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with her argument that the constitutional right to privacy extended to abortion: “I thought, OK, well this is done now. I was thinking the [abortion] question was settled for as long as the country lasted.”

The now-dead landmark ruling enshrined constitutional protections for abortion care

In 1970, attorney Nancy Stearns allowed women to share their stories in the fight for abortion access in the courts for the first time. She speaks to Rachel Sharp about women losing their voices again in the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v Wade and whether abortion rights would have…

Melissa Mills’ mother Norma Corvey is the woman at the centre of the landmark 1973 ruling