Jane Roe says her turn to anti-abortion activism was 'all an act'
By: KTHV
I didn't realize she was gay.
This is from the original article from Daily Beast:
Reverend Schenck, the much more reasonable of the two evangelical leaders featured in the film, also watches the confession and is taken aback. But he’s not surprised, and easily corroborates, saying, “I had never heard her say anything like this… But I knew what we were doing. And there were times when I was sure she knew. And I wondered, Is she playing us? What I didn’t have the guts to say was, because I know damn well we’re playing her. ” Reverend Schenck admits that McCorvey was “a target,” a “needy” person in need of love and protection, and that “as clergy,” people like Schenck and Benham were “used to those personalities” and thus easily able to exploit her weaknesses. He also confirms that she was “coached on what to say” in her anti-abortion speeches. Benham denies McCorvey was paid; Schenck insists she was, saying that “at a few points, she was actually on the payroll, as it were.” AKA Jane Roe finds documents disclosing at least $456,911 in “benevolent gifts” from the anti-abortion movement to McCorvey.
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WASHINGTON — Norma McCorvey, whose lawsuit led to the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case legalizing abortion, revealed in an upcoming documentary that her 1995 turn against abortion "was all an act" and she had been paid to promote anti-abortion causes.
"AKA Jane Roe," which premieres on FX Networks on May 22, was filmed in 2017 before McCorvey's death.
In what she described as a "deathbed confession," McCorvey told filmmakers her switch to anti-abortion activism in the 90s was "all an act," according to reviews of the documentary by the Los Angeles Times and the Daily Beast.
"I was the big fish. I think it was a mutual thing. 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 said, according to the Los Angeles Times. "It was all an act. I did it well, too. I am a good actress."
McCorvey's legal challenge under the pseudonym "Jane Roe" led to the U.S. Supreme Court's historic decision that legalized abortion. More than 20 years after the court's ruling, she shocked abortion advocates by announcing that she had become an opponent of the procedure.
She died of heart failure in 2017 at the age of 69.
Norma McCorvey, Jane Roe in the 1973 court case, left, and her attorney Gloria Allred hold hands as they leave the Supreme Court building in Washington, DC., Wednesday, April 26, 1989 after sitting in while the court listened to arguments in a Missouri abortion case. AP
According to the Daily Beast, the documentary also features filmmakers showing McCorvey's confession to her friends and acquaintances on both the pro-choice and anti-abortion sides.
Rob Schenck, an evangelical minister and former leader of the anti-abortion rights group Operation Rescue, confirmed that McCorvey was paid and "coached on what to say" in her speeches.
The film also notes that the Texas woman never had an abortion. By the time the case was decided, her third child, who she gave up for adoption, was already a toddler, according to Business Insider.
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It appears that one of the preacher involved with this might have had some misgivings later on (not the other one tho!):
Reverend Benham then blurts out, “Yeah, but she chose to be used. That’s called work. That’s what you’re paid to be doing!” Schenck’s thinking is quite different: “For Christians like me, there is no more important or authoritative voice than Jesus,” he explains. “And he said, ‘What does it profit in the end if he should gain the whole world and lose his soul?’ When you do what we did to Norma, you lose your soul.”
In fact, Reverend Schenck underlines his own conversion , which took place in the last decade: “I still identify as an evangelical, but I like to think of myself as lovingly critical of my community. I guess in some ways I’d like to use whatever years I have remaining to undo the damage that I did and that many movement leaders did on the pro-life side. I used to think that Roe v. Wade would never be overturned. I think Roe v. Wade could be overturned now. And I think the result of that would be chaos and pain. And to impose that kind of crisis on a woman is unthinkable.”
go to the link here in this comment to read more about it. THV only gives a summary
I read this story online yesterday. go figure. further proof that the basic tenets of some evangelicals own religious version of xtianity have no real meaning to them and that anything outside their professed values is acceptable to reach their nefarious goals. fortunately for America, those that they align themselves with now will be the first ones to throw them under the bus when blame for today is assessed in the near future. the fringe cults of mainstream xtianity are nothing more than a tax exempt business with the sole purpose of laundering money to perpetuate rightwing fascism.
For many of these sad religious zealots the ends justify the means. They have themselves so thoroughly convinced that fertilized eggs have some magical immortal soul that they can justify lying, cheating, bribing and stealing to "save" them. Sure, they never think about the almost 50% of fertilized eggs that end in miscarriage making their imagined deity the largest abortion provider in the universe, but on behalf of that God they believe they can and should do anything it takes to force what they imagine to be their Gods will on others around them.
Does this bother anyone?:
Since Jane took a payoff once, did she get another payoff to "Change" her Story ? Asking for a friend.
Why don't you try and find out? Or get your friend to do it. This seed is about her being paid off to "convert" and turn anti-choice. Let's talk about that, shall we?
They say everyone has a price. Roe sold her soul to the anti-choice freaks. At least she came out with the truth.
Since this Seed IS about being paid off to convert, is it not plausible for her to get paid to
Re-Convert"? After all, medical bills do get a bit out of hand when sick.
The seed says nothing about re-re-converting. But that shouldn't stop you from googling it to find out.
This is about her "deathbed" confession
deathbed confessions historically carry extra weight
Yes, they do, because most people feel the need to unburden themselves and what's the point in lying about stuff anymore?
Indeed Trout Giggles, google is your friend.
I think some prefer to . . . . . you can fill in the blank. . . .
Tell your friend that maybe at the end she did not need their money anymore
Sadly, she tarnished her own legacy for money.
Either she changed her mind about abortion and became pro life, or she lied about it for money and damaged the pro choice movement.
Historic personages should not let money dictate their actions.
That's the story. Paid supporters. It goes on everywhere. Not surprised in the least.
Regardless of where Ms. McCorvey actually stood on the issue of abortion, the SCOTUS decision and the landmark Roe case was a rational and good decision, as it expanded the rights of women.
Does it matter what next underhanded sneaky commandment breaking thing the Evangelicals do? Yesterday on another seed they were saying healthcare choices are between the patient and the doctor. Or does that not apply to everyone?
Yeah, I noticed that, too
Health care choices go out the window when we're discussing abortion.
"An abortion is between a woman and her doctor" have the anti-choicers putting their fingers in their ears
I read this yesterday. It was a really strange story.
I didn't know she was gay either.
Another thing I didn't know was she never had an abortion. She had three kids and gave two up for adoption and her first was raised by her mother.
Goes on to say they just used her and she used them for a payday. Called herself a good actress.
Really odd.