the jig is up. >> you've confirmed mccorvey's account saying the group operation rescue paid her.was behind those payments? >> well, again, you know, i never thought that i was signing a check for an actor. she uses those words later on. what i did know is that norma harbored secret thoughts, some that she would leak to me from time to time, in which she would express that she was not fully with us in our messaging, but she was always a dutiful soldier. i would coach her, others would coach her, she would go to the podium, she would deliver the script so to speak. we would reward her with an honorarium which is typical for public speakers. what i didn't realize is that, you know, we were devolving into a transactional relationship. she was delivering something of value to our movement, of great value. i think she was getting something of value in return, both the payments but even more so the adulation, the applause. she was the headliner for us. she would almost guarantee standing-room-only crowds, including in united states senate hearing rooms. i had her on capitol hill a numbe

the new documentary "aka jane roe," focusing on norma mccorvey.n a move that surprised many, she became an outspoken opponent against abortion in 1995. she revealed why shortly before her death in 2017, claiming she had been paid by anti-abortion rights groups in 1995 to speak out that way. >> did they use you as a trophy? >> of course. i was the big fish. >> do you think they would say that you used them? >> well, i think it was a mutual thing. you know, i took their money and they put me out in front of the cameras and told me what to say and that's what i'd say. >> it was all an act? >> yeah. i did it well, too. i am a good actress. of course, i'm not acting now. >> in the end of her life, she wanted to make it clear her support for reproductive rights after all. saying that's why they call it a choice. "aka jane roe" premieres friday on fx. >>> when we come back, when the children were told to turn around in the living room, what they saw. "america strong." and i recently had hi, ia heart attack. it changed my life. but i'm a survivor. after m

new documentary making headlines, "aka jane roe" featuring never-before-seen interviews with norma mccorveye court case roe v. wade and now she's making a stunning admission. deborah roberts has her story. good morning, deborah. >> reporter: good morning, amy. norma's life was filled with dramatic twists and turns. it's no wonder a lot of movies were made about her. she was deeply conflicted about her role in the abortion debate, even aligning herself later in life with the anti-abortion movement. well now in an astonishing confession on her deathbed she admitted that part of her life was all a lie. >> this is my deathbed confession. >> reporter: norma mccorvey the famous plaintiff behind roe v. wade, admitting for the first time on camera her decision to become an anti-abortion activist in the '90s was a scam, confessing she was paid by church officials to lie. >> i took their money and they took me out in front of the cameras and told me what to say. >> reporter: the new fx exploring her involvement in the landmark supreme court case which protected a woman's right to abortion. >> jane ro