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Quiz for Document 30–3: Norma McCorvey, Affidavit, United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 2000

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. What, according to McCorvey’s affidavit, was her understanding of abortion at the time she agreed with her lawyers to become a plaintiff?

It was simply going back to “not being pregnant.”

The fetus was just a piece of tissue that had to be removed.

An abortion was the killing of an independent viable person.

An abortion was the same as contraception.

2. How involved was McCorvey with the Roe v. Wade case?

McCorvey assisted the lawyers in outlining their legal arguments.

McCorvey had limited personal involvement in the case.

McCorvey inspired the attorneys to challenge Texas’s abortion ban.

McCorvey intentionally became pregnant in order to sue the state over abortion rights.

3. In what way did McCorvey portray abortion clinics?

McCorvey portrayed abortion clinics as clean and caring.

McCorvey portrayed abortion clinics as a necessary evil.

McCorvey portrayed abortion clinics as unsanitary.

McCorvey portrayed abortion clinics as endangered.