Joshua Prager on The Family Roe

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

Roe v. Wade, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States generally protects the liberty to choose to have an abortion. Recently The Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending right to abortion upheld for decades Despite her famous pseudonym, no one knows the truth about “Jane Roe,” Norma McCorvey (1947–2017), whose unwanted pregnancy in 1970 opened a great fracture in American life. Join us when Journalist Joshua Prager, examine the years spent with Norma, her personal papers, a previously unseen trove, and his experience of her final moments. With an explosive revelation at the core of the case, he tells her full story for the first time on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.