Shelley Lynn Thornton Biography
Shelley Lynn Thornton born (June 2 1970) is an American lady who is famously known to be the daughter of Jane Roe, Pseudonym for her mother Norma McCorvey.
Shelley Lynn Thornton Age
Shelley Lynn Thornton will be 52 years of age on June 2, 2022. She was born on June 2, 1970.
Under the pseudonym Jane Roe, McCorvey, a pregnant waitress in Dallas, sued Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade in March 1970, challenging Texas’ draconian abortion laws. Although she won the lawsuit — and pregnant women gained access to abortion — McCorvey went on to have a child because the court proceedings took so long.
Thornton was born on June 2, 1970, but it wasn’t until January 1973 that the final decision was made.
The child of McCorvey was given up for adoption. At the time, the baby was adopted by Ruth Schmidt and her soon-to-be husband Billy Thornton.
She never accepted to see or meet her biological mother in person and has “no regrets” not only because of how they were introduced, but also because of comments McCorvey made to the press about feeling bad for placing her for adoption and wishing she’d had the abortion.
Did Shelley Lynn Thornton Meet Jane Roe?
She never accepted to see or meet her biological mother in person and has “no regrets” not only because of how they were introduced, but also because of comments McCorvey made to the press about feeling bad for placing her for adoption and wishing she’d had the abortion.
She said,
“She didn’t deserve to meet me,” Thornton said. “She never did anything in her life to get that privilege back. She never expressed genuine feeling for me or genuine remorse for doing the things that she did, saying the things that she did over and over and over again. She wasn’t sorry, about giving me away or anything.”
Thornton previously spoke with Joshua Prager, author of The Family Roe, about learning about her birth mother when she was a teenager, having complicated views on abortion — which shifted as she learned more about the court case — and how those on opposing sides of the debate tried to use her to advance their agendas.
McCorvey was the mother of three children, all of whom were adopted. Thornton ultimately met her half-sisters, but she avoided her birth mother, having just a few tense phone chats with her over the years.
“When someone’s pregnant with a baby and they don’t want that baby, that person develops knowing they’re not wanted,” she explained.
She later described a furious phone chat she had with McCorvey in 1994: “‘What?!’ I exclaimed. ‘I’m expected to express my gratitude for getting knocked up… and then giving me away?’ I told her I’d never, ever thank her for not terminating my pregnancy.”
She never accepted to see her biological mother in person and has “no regrets” not only because of how they were introduced, but also because of comments McCorvey made to the press about feeling bad for placing her for adoption and wishing she’d had the abortion.
