The Story of Roe v. Wade, Part 1: Who Was Jane Roe? (From the Archive)

<p>This week, the release of a draft Supreme Court opinion striking down Roe v. Wade has put a spotlight on the 50-year-old case that redefined abortion in America.</p><p>Today, we revisit a two-part series that first ran in 2018 about the history of the case and the woman behind it.</p><p>In Part 1, the story of Jane Roe.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/sabrina-tavernise" target="_blank"><strong>Sabrina Tavernise</strong></a>, co-host of The Daily. As a correspondent in 2018, she reported on the story of Roe v. Wade.</p><p>Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p><strong>Background reading:</strong></p><ul><li>The leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade also takes aim at its version of history, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/04/arts/roe-v-wade-abortion-history.html" target="_blank">challenging decades of scholarship</a> that argues abortion was not always a crime.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/us/politics/new-york-abortion-roe-wade-nyt.html" target="_blank">Remembering a time before Roe</a>: When New York legalized abortion in 1970, three years before the landmark ruling, hundreds of thousands of women traveled there from other states for the procedure.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>.</p>