[1][2] Shelley Lynn Thornton was born to Norma McCorvey on June 2, 1970 at the Dallas Osteopathic Hospital.

[3] Thornton married her boyfriend Doug of Albuquerque, New Mexico in March 1991; their son was born later that year, followed by two daughters in 1999 and 2000.

She grew up not knowing that she was the baby in the Roe case until her birth mother appeared on the Today show in 1989 and talked about her desire to meet her daughter.

In response, a journalist for the National Enquirer found the teenaged Thornton and told her about her prenatal history, which made her sad.

In a statement to ABC News, Thornton indicated that she worries the Dobbs ruling could foreshadow future turmoil.

Through her spokesperson, she told ABC News that "too many times has a woman's choice, voice, and individual freedom been decided for her by others.

We have lived in times of uncertainty and insecurity before, but to have such a fundamental right taken away and this ruling be overturned concerns me of what lies ahead.