In 'AKA Jane Roe,' Norma McCorvey admits that her second act as an anti-abortion activist, was, in fact, just an act.
“Roe v. Wade could not be more relevant than it is today,” director Nick Sweeney told HuffPost. “And for that reason, it’s more important than ever to understand the person at the center of it.”
HuffPost spoke with Sweeney about McCorvey’s many contradictions, and what her story can tell us about the national debate over abortion rights that rages on today. What was it like to spend time with her in the last years of her life? The footage feels quite intimate. I asked Norma, “Did they use you as a trophy?” And she says, “Well, it was a mutual thing. I took their money. They put me up front and they told me what to say and that’s what I’d say.” Well, Rev. Schenck, the evangelical minister who was a key organizer of [anti-abortion group] Operation Rescue in that era, acknowledges a lot. He says, “The jig is up. What we did with Norma was highly unethical.” So it was certainly transactional according to the people who were there.
Rob Schenck in particular is a very interesting figure because he remains an evangelical minister and he believes very strongly in the power of confession. He believes that through confession you retain a sense of power and have a feeling of catharsis. And I think that certainly for him responding to what Norma said gave him that feeling.When I first approached Norma she was skeptical about who I was.
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