Mccorvey Quotes & Sayings

I deeply regret the damage my original case caused women. I want the Supreme Court to examine the evidence and have a spirit of justice for women and children. — Norma McCorvey

We live in a society today where these children can be wanted children. Even if you don't want to keep this child after you've had it, there's plenty of young couples out there, that want children. — Norma McCorvey

Instead of helping women in Roe v. Wade, I brought destruction to me & millions of women. — Norma McCorvey

But Sarah Weddingtonhad never told me that what I was signing would allow women to use abortions as a form of birth control. We talked about truly desperate and needy women, not women already wearing maternity clothes, — Norma McCorvey

I don't think there is a good reason for an abortion, but Dr. Jasper made me really realize it was just a racket. He was just doing it for the money. He didn't care about the women. — Norma McCorvey

I think it's safe to say that the entire abortion industry is based on a lie ... . I am dedicated to spending the rest of my life undoing the law that bears my name, — Norma McCorvey

I've got so much to do, I don't have time to sit down and be sad. — Norma McCorvey

It's not your body, it's not your choice, because you got that from God. He gave that to you. — Norma McCorvey

You read about me in history books, but now I am dedicated to spreading the truth about preserving the dignity of all human life from natural conception to natural death. — Norma McCorvey

I don't hate them any more like I used to. I just don't like them very much. — Norma McCorvey

They tried to discredit me. I used to tell them, There's many wonderful people out there who can't have children, who would want to have these children. — Norma McCorvey

I'm the computer operator for Operation Rescue National. — Norma McCorvey

Yet as she tells the story, the change came about when that director stopped treating her like an antagonist and treated her like a person. He apologized for publicly calling her "baby-killer" and started spending time with her during her smoking breaks in the parking lot. Later, McCorvey accepted an invitation to church from a seven-year-old girl whose mother also worked at Operation Rescue. Pro-abortion forces had dismissed McCorvey - her dubious record of drug-dealing, alcohol, lesbianism, and rape made bad public relations - but Christian leaders took the time to counsel her in the faith, keeping her out of the public spotlight for half a year. "Ultimately, God is the one who changes hearts," says McCorvey now. "A Christian witness is the biggest tool in effecting change. — Philip Yancey

Father God, we just ask You to open Your wide, wide arms and look down upon us, Lord, and lead us, and let us know what we should do to stop this, this terrible, terrible holocaust. — Norma McCorvey

It doesn't make any difference what religion you are, or how young you are or how old you are-if they go to these abortion mills and stand there and pray-that would make a lot of difference. — Norma McCorvey

The abortionist I worked for, he's a very greedy man, a selfish man. — Norma McCorvey

I did not go to the Supreme Court on behalf of a class of women. I wasn't pursuing any legal remedy to my unwanted pregnancy. I did not go to the federal courts for relief. I went to Sarah Weddington asking her if she knew how I could obtain an abortion. She and Linda Coffey said they didn't know where to get one. They lied to me just like I lied to them. Sarah already had an abortion. She knew where to get one. Sarah and Linda were just looking for somebody, anybody, to further their own agenda. I was their willing dupe. For this, I will forever be ashamed. — Norma McCorvey

I used the name Jane Roe because I didn't want my personal name to be involved in it. — Norma McCorvey

I didn't attend any of the court proceedings. — Norma McCorvey

I was the Jane Roe of Roe vs. Wade, but Jane Roe has been laid to rest. — Norma McCorvey

I think it's the pro-abortion people who are doing this to collect on their insurance, so they can go out and build bigger and better killing centers. — Norma McCorvey

I really didn't know there was two sides to the abortion issue. — Norma McCorvey

My case was wrongfully decided, and has caused great harm to the women and children of our nation. — Norma McCorvey

I am serving the Lord and helping women save babies. — Norma McCorvey

A news event in 1995 shocked both sides in the culture war controversy. Norma Leah McCorvey, the "Jane Roe" in the famous Supreme Court case of 1973, converted to Christ, got baptized, and joined the pro-life campaign. — Philip Yancey

Patients would come in and say, Well, my baby is going to have a cleft palate. I'm going like, that's not a reason. And the doctor would do the abortion. — Norma McCorvey

There's a feminist writer, Naomi Wolfe, who is reconsidering her position on abortion. — Norma McCorvey

I looked at a fetal development chart at the Operation Rescue Office in Dallas. I had a lot of emotions stirring up inside of me. That's when I decided that it was wrong in any stage of pregnancy. — Norma McCorvey

I felt like they only cared about what I could do for them, not what they could do for me. — Norma McCorvey

The holocaust against the unborn is the greatest sin they could ever do or even ever participate in. — Norma McCorvey

They could have been nice to me instead of treating me like an idiot. — Norma McCorvey

It was a mutual thing. I made a deal with them: I asked them if they did not bring out the place card of Malachi, I would let them have two minutes with each one of my patients. — Norma McCorvey

I think everyone should sit down and write a book. It's a lot like therapy but a lot less expensive. — Norma McCorvey

If they don't care about me, how can they possibly care about anyone else? — Norma McCorvey

Dr. Jasper didn't care if they got their checkups, their medications. — Norma McCorvey