Norma McCorvey, plaintiff in Roe v. Wade abortion case, dies at 69

Norma McCorvey, the once-anonymous plaintiff in the Roe v.Wade case in which the Supreme Court affirmed the right of women to have abortions, has died. She was 69. McCorvey, who later joined the anti-abortion movement, died Saturday in Katy, Texas, the Associated Press reported. As the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, McCorvey represented thousands of women…