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Her case went all the way to the Supreme Court, which on January 22, 1973, ruled that a woman could legally terminate a pregnancy.

In the 1990s, however, McCorvey became a fervent opponent of abortion, converting to evangelical Protestantism and later Catholicism.

In the documentary “AKA Jane Roe,” which airs Friday on the FX network, McCorvey asserts she was paid to be the face of the anti-abortion movement.

“I think it was a mutual thing,” she said in a clip from the documentary published in US media. “I took their money and they’d put me out in front of the cameras and tell me what to say. That’s what I’d say.”

“Yeah, I did it well too. I am a good actress — of course I’m not acting now,” McCorvey replied.

In what she described as a “deathbed confession,” McCorvey said, “If a young woman wants to have an abortion, fine. You know, that’s no skin off my ass. You know that’s why they call it choice, it’s your choice.”

Since the Supreme Court decision, the right to abortion continues to deeply divide Americans, with many opposing it for religious reasons.

In recent years, some states have passed laws severely restricting access to the procedure, igniting legal battles that seem likely to end up once again before the Supreme Court.