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Summary: Looking forward to reading it again
Review: Abortion is a serious and painful issue. Reading WON BY LOVE to me was a source of joy, hope, and encouragement regarding my own personal depression points. It is a true story of people keeping their faith in God to convert hearts to Him. What is not told in WON BY LOVE that is also great news is that Miss Norma became Catholic in the summer of 1998. The Pope planned to confirm her, but was unable to do so. This is great news because the Catholic Church is the only Church institution that is fully totally pro-life.
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Summary: Couldn't put the book down
Review: I read this book as fast as I could. It is written well and in a style which flows. The title is so true. This woman has been through a lot. I met her at a pro-life convention, she invited me to her dinner table (a complete stranger) and I sat between her and Connie (in the book) for 2 1/2 hours! This book gives an inside glimps of what goes on inside an abortion clinic. It is very revealing and confirms all that the pro-life movement holds up. It's definately one for your home library and would be great to get friends to read. Irene V.
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Summary: Meaninful book. Easy read. Powerful witness
Review: I truly enjoyed this book. Her honest and powerful testimony of how she was used and abused by the pro-abortion feminists is not surprising. How she transformed from pseudo pro-choice to pro-life is truly wonderful.The read is somewhat simple but enjoyable since it is written by Roe herself. Thank you.
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Summary: Abortion Journey
Review: In this book, the author tells of her journey from abortion advocate to life advocate. It is interesting how a small child helps her see the light of life and her eventual journey to God. It is a very interesting book to read.
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Summary: The love of a little child
Review: It was a couple of years ago that I read this book. A friend of mine from a pro-life group lent it to me, and I couldn't put it down. It told the story of a young woman who was involved in a court decision which helped legalize abortion in the United States, and spent much of her life working for an abortion clinic to try to convince herself that there was nothing wrong with it. Ironically, a pro-life group moved in practically next door. Norma McCorvey saw the love of this little group, and the love of little children... which melted her heart. Thus the title of the book - "Won By Love". She completely turned around, and while she still worked in the abortion clinic, she started being blatantly honest with women who would call up asking for abortions. She would tell them the truth - that they were wanting to kill children. This convinced some women to change their minds about their desires for abortions, and the clinic lost business. If I remember correctly, she was fired from that job (in any case, she stopped working there). Today, Norma McCorvey, the "poster girl" of Roe vs. Wade, is fighting to overturn that court decision. Definitely a book I'd recommend reading - if you're an avid anti-abortion advocate you'll definitely enjoy the book.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: Let me just say this: this book managed to reduce this 23-year old male college senior to tears. I came to know more about God's love in this 240 or so page book which I was able to read in two evenings than I have in volumes of systematic thoelogy... In what is perhaps one of the most encouraging books I've ever read, Norma McCorvey (Jane Roe of Roe vs. Wade) shares with us the story of her upbringing, her involvement in the (in)famous Supreme Court case, and how she was used both by the men who caused her to desire an abortion, and ironically(!), the people who she turned to for help. In the end, it was the love of Christ expressed through a group of Christian pro-life activists who moved their office next to her abortion clinic who started to soften her heart. Building on a friendship with a young girl named Emily, Norma befriended her former arch-enemy, and in one culminating moment, decided to give her life to Christ. The later parts of the book are concerned with the reaction she received from her former cohorts and the liberal media, and exposes the double standards employed when people don't tow the liberal line during interviews and such. Needless to say, Norma is now a pro-life activist herself, who has founded her own ministry, Roe No More (http://www.roenomore.org/). If you only have the time to read one book this year - or have one to recommend to someone, this should be it.
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Summary: This is really strange!
Review: Norma knows the abortion industry better than anyone.She should she's been on both sides of it.If your not sure if abortion is the killing of a human being then read this book.And make sure you have tissues handy when you get to the section on "The parts room." God bless Norma and this book!
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Summary: Honest and dispels a lot of the myths
Review: Norma McCorvey, the "Roe" in Roe v. Wade, is someone I have listened to a lot over the years going back to the days when the abortion issue was a popular topic on Phil Donahue. And I like the woman. I like the fact that she has worked thru her pain and that she really tells the reader/public that there was a real woman that Roe vs Wade was all about and that she is that woman, and that she did not contrary to the evolution of the pro-choice story says, ever have the abortion. But most important and an element that is lost so often when the whole issue of abortion is discussed and what she does so well, is speak about the core issue that surrounds most abortions. The woman's sense of loneliness and feeling like there is no other choice but only the choice of aborting. And how the abortion industry encourages this thinking. She goes into great detail about how she came to see the lies that some pro-choicers push and how they basically used her as well as other women to build big organizations that often do more harm than they do good. It was an eye opener to discover that the Operation Rescue people aren't the evil beings the pro-choice leaders would want us to believe. Yes, I believe that abortion should be safe and legal for a minority of cases like REAL threats (medical) to the woman's life. But as she wisely points out abortion is often used to cover up a bigger problem. Used as birth control. And she shows the domino effect that desensitizing society to easy death of the most helpless and fragile has produced. And that contrary to what we heard in the days when people were pushing for legalized abortion and saying that child abuse would go down because every child would be a wanted child. Child abuse has NOT gone down!
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Summary: A desperately lonely, needy woman finds a true friend in God
Review: Norma McCorvey, the "Roe" in Roe v. Wade, tells the story of her conversion from a pro-choice activist and abortion clinic worker to a pro-life Christian. Norma, bless her heart, is an emotionally unstable alcoholic, desperate for acceptance, and even now I would not go so far as to believe everything she says - read it, you'll see what I mean. But her story is very moving nonetheless. Norma starts by describing her experiences working with the pro-choice movement. Her upper class, Ivy-League-educated counterparts - Kate Michelman, Sarah Weddington, etc. - consider Norma an embarrassment, and treat her poorly even while using her name to further their political agenda. Norma is understandably hurt by the innumerable snubs and sneers she has suffered at the hands of her pro-choice "sisters". The one exception is Gloria Allred, who treated her with kindness, and of whom Norma speaks almost worshipfully. Norma then goes on to describe her daily life working at an abortion clinic, with the pro-life Operation Rescue right next door. She strikes up a friendship with several of the OR volunteers and they gradually win her over with their kindness. Unlike the pro-choicers, whose only interest in her was political, her pro-life Christian friends care about her as a person. To illustrate, pro-abortion activist Sarah Weddington admitted in a television interview: "I don't care about Norma McCorvey. I care about Jane Roe. Norma McCorvey was just a name on a class-action lawsuit." Talk about dehumanizing. Norma's crossover was motivated not so much by intellectual reasoning as by a desire to be around nice people who are kind to her, and value her for the human being she is, not what she can do for them. Is that a valid motivation? It sure is. Whatever her past or present shortcomings, Norma McCorvey's conversion is obviously sincere, and she has a good heart. Regardless of your views on the subject of abortion, you can't help but wish her well on her journey. Godspeed, Norma McCorvey!
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Summary: Get inside the mind of Jane Roe
Review: This was a fascinating book. I remember when it first came out that Jane Roe had become a Christian and pro-life. I remember hearing some concern expressed that perhaps Norma McCorvey might be used by the pro-life movement. Then I read her book. She talks about her story. Some don't realize that Norma McCorvey never had an abortion, and didn't think she would have gotten one had she been able to! She just made the ideal plantiff and was willing to participate in the lawsuit. She believed in the cause of abortion rights, and so, while she was used, she was willing to be used. In the years that followed, she got involved in the abortion rights movement intimately. She participated in the movement actively and even worked in an abortion clinic. She met leaders in the movement, names that we would all recognize. When she told them who she was, she was personally treated with distain. The only one who was nice to her as a person was Gloria Allred. In spite of that, they were willing to use her and her history when it suited them. On the stage in the rallies, she was a hero. When the rally was over, she was just Norma McCorvey, someone beneath them. Who was it that brought her to faith in Christ? It seems impossible, but it was activists in Operation Rescue. They were nothing but kind to her. They reached out to her and accepted her even when she was unkind to them. The way they lived made a profound impression on her. She wanted what they had. She became a believer. I think it was soon after her profession of faith that the media got ahold of the news. They asked her what she believed about abortion, and she said she still thought it should be legal in the first trimester. Did it anger those who led her to the Lord? No. They let her be herself and express what she believed, even if they disagreed. They privately discussed it with her and eventually persuaded her otherwise, but they never pressured her to be or do anything other than what she was. She felt that the pro-life movement never used her, but the pro-abortion movement had. That is really something, I think. Her change of heart was a gradual one, and for a period of time, she worked in the abortion clinic while personally questioning the morality of abortion. She was a receptionist, and answered calls from prospective clients. I remember her retelling of a few calls and interactions during that time. She directed a girl who was troubled about what she was about to do to leave, reschedule, and meet first with the Operation Rescue people! Another caller, when scheduling her abortion, asked, "It's not a baby, yet, right?" To which Norma answered, "Yes, it is. What did you think it was, a fish?" I was actually sorry when she left that job. She may not have been doing the abortion clinic any favors, but she did make a positive difference for some women uncertain of their choice. I thought the book was a page turner, and an amazing story. Had it been told by anyone else, I'd have been inclined to question the veracity of the story. It is almost too incredible to be believed, but it IS Norma's story. I certainly recommend this book.
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