Jane Roe of "Roe v. Wade" said she was paid by anti-abortion rights groups to support their movement

[sandensea]

Norma McCorvey — otherwise known as "Jane Roe" of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in the United States — said before her death that she was paid by anti-abortion rights groups to later oppose abortion.

McCorvey made the stunning revelation in the forthcoming documentary "AKA Jane Roe," set to premiere Friday on FX.

In an excerpt of the documentary reviewed by CBS News, McCorvey told director Nick Sweeney: "I was the big fish."

"I think it was a mutual thing," she added. "I took their money and they'd put me out in front of the cameras and tell me what to say. That's what I'd say."

McCorvey, the face of the abortion-rights movement at the time, came out against abortion in 1995 after purportedly finding religion at the hands of an evangelical minister.

At: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jane-roe-v-wade-norma-mccorvey-said-she-was-paid-by-anti-abortion-rights-groups/

Norma McCorvey, 1947-2017.

A soon-to-be released deathbed confession reveals that McCorvey had been bankrolled by anti-choice groups to come out against abortion rights in 1995.

[procon]

1. Sold her soul to the lying, dishonest Christians.

Hard to tell who is worse, but that was a match made in hell. What was the price, I wonder, for being the figurehead for the War on Women, and hurting women across the country? She was a Judas who set back the women's rights movement for decades for money,

[sandensea]

2. True. I'm glad she decided to come clean, even if belatedly.

And to your point, all this reminds me that Republicans often refer to whistle-blowers as "Judases."

My favorite anecdote has to be that of an FBI regional official who provided Robert Kennedy with evidence of J. Edgar Hoover's abuse of power in the early 1960s (the tip of the iceberg, no doubt).

Hoover, who had been very fond of the official (I forget his name), called him into his office and among other things called him a "Judas."

"I'm no Judas, Mr. Director," the man replied with his strong Boston accent.

"And you're no Jesus Christ."