"The answers Shelley had sought all her life were suddenly at hand. She listened as Hanft began to tell what she knew of her birth mother: that she lived in Texas, that she was in touch with the eldest of her three daughters, and that her name was Norma McCorvey. The name was not familiar to Shelley or Ruth. Although Ruth read the tabloids, she had missed a story about Norma that had run in Star magazine only a few weeks earlier under the headline âMom in Abortion Case Still Longs for Child She Tried to Get Rid Of.â Hanft began to circle around the subject of Roe, talking about unwanted pregnancies and abortion. Ruth interjected, âWe donât believe in abortion.â Hanft turned to Shelley. âUnfortunately,â she said, âyour birth mother is Jane Roe.â That name Shelley recognized. She had recently happened upon Holly Hunter playing Jane Roe in a TV movie. The bit of the movie she watched had left her with the thought that Jane Roe was indecent. âThe only thing I knew about being pro-life or pro-choice or even Roe v. Wade,â Shelley recalled, âwas that this person had made it okay for people to go out and be promiscuous.â"
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