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Roe v Wade: Woman in US Abortion Legal Test Case Dies

Norma McCorvey, whose test case made abortions legal in the US, has died aged 69

Norma McCorvey, an American woman who was at the centre of a 1973 Supreme Court decision establishing the right to an abortion has died at the age of 69.

Also on the programme: President Trump to address his supporters in a rally in Florida; and China bans imports of North Korean coal.

(Picture: Norma McCorvey. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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Sat 18 Feb 201721:06GMT
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