In the 1970s, it was illegal for women in many states to have an abortion. One day, a woman named Jane Roe wanted to challenge the laws that were preventing her from getting what she wanted: an abortion. His position against these laws was, is, and always will be controversial among American citizens and people around the world. The landmark court case in which this happened was called Roe v. Wade and was caused by the events of one woman and many factors of the country in which she lived. Roe v. Wade didn't appear out of nowhere; there was a series of events that led to this historic trial. These would include Jane Roe and her pregnancy, her search for what she wanted, and this upcoming trial. Without these events, Roe would never have had his day, or his years, in court. The event that triggered this case took place when the plaintiff, Jane Roe, real name Norma McCorvey, realized she had become pregnant in September 1969 with her third child. A few years earlier, Roe had a failed marriage to an abusive husband that ended in divorce. After this divorce, she discovered that she was pregnant with a child, the result of a marriage that was now over. She had the child and put him up for adoption. The child was later adopted by Roe's mother. Following this, Jane Roe struggled with drug and alcohol addiction and became pregnant with a second child, who was put up for adoption. Subsequently, Roe became pregnant with a third child, who was the child she was carrying during Roe v. Wade. The third child was also put up for adoption, just like the previous children. After discovering her third pregnancy, Roe requested an abortion. She finds that in the state of Texas, ...... middle of paper ...... should be overturned, or Roe should not be changed. The most famous of these rallies takes place in Washington, DC and begins on the National Mall. From there, protesters marched down Constitution Avenue to the Supreme Court building, where signs and petitions were handed out far and wide. Norma McCorvey herself is known to have attended some of these rallies and expressed her views on abortion and her position within the Roman Catholic Church. Churches have also held mass services and pro-life rallies each year on or near the anniversary. Norma McCorvey is not just a woman, but a human being, a person who has looked back on her life and the decisions she had made and realizes that she regrets them. her decision to have an abortion. Yet she is happy to have given birth and saddened that she will have to fight the rest of her life to undo the law that bears her name..