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'Baby Roe' says Norma McCorvey 'didn't deserve' to meet her

Oct 04, 2021 View Original Article
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    98% Very Conservative

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  • Policy Leaning

    100% Very Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -14% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The publication had then described her as pro-life because she had told the journalist 'she couldn't see herself having an abortion.'
55% : But she realized that abortion was 'not part of who I was' and decided to keep the baby - a son - and ensure he felt wanted.
53% : Thornton said she was unhappy with this description because she regarded pro-life as 'a bunch of religious fanatics going around and doing protests.'
47% : Anti-abortion campaigners have intensified their efforts since Donald Trump was elected president and appointed two conservative justices to the US Supreme Court, hopeful they can convince the right-leaning court to re-examine Roe v. Wade.
40% : When the Enquirer had tracked her down, her adoptive mom Ruth told the journalist 'we don't believe in abortion,' she said.
40% : 'The Heartbeat bill'Multiple governors have signed legislation outlawing abortion if a doctor can detect a so-called 'fetal heartbeat,' part of a concerted effort to restrict abortion rights in states across the country.
39% : Her interview comes amid fresh debate over abortion in America after Texas recently passed the heartbeat bill - a law that bans abortion after an embryo is 6 weeks old - and as the newly convened, conservative Supreme Court prepares to hear a case from Mississippi's last remaining abortion clinic.
39% : when she first became pregnant at 20, decided abortion was not 'part of who
39% : Roe v. Wade: The landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in America
38% : But she revealed that, when she fell pregnant at 20, she decided abortion was 'not part of who I was.'
38% : Thornton said her ties to the Roe v. Wade case had caused her to rethink her views on abortion.
38% : The landmark ruling legalized abortion nationwide but divided public opinion and has been under attack ever since.
37% : The baby at the center of Roe vs Wade has spoken out on camera for the first time to say she fears people blame her for abortion being legal and explain why she never met her biological mother Norma McCorvey in person, after speaking to her on the phone once as a teenager and getting the sense she only ever wanted to use her for publicity.
37% : Thornton, a married mother of three, said her views on abortion are now complex
37% : At the time, abortion was illegal except for where the mother's life was at risk.
35% : Georgia, Ohio, Missouri, and Louisiana have enacted 'heartbeat laws' recently, and Alabama passed an even more restrictive version in May, amounting to a near total ban on abortion from the moment of conception.
32% : 'A lot of people didn't know I existed,' she said, adding she fears the world blames her for abortion being legal.
31% : 'My whole thinking is that, "oh God everybody is going to hate me because everyone is going to blame me for abortion being legal,' she said.

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