The Janes(2022)

NRDocumentary1h 41m

They didn't have a choice.

Overview

Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and the Chicago Mob that was profiting from it, the members of “Jane” risked their personal and professional lives to support women with unwanted pregnancies. In the pre-Roe v. Wade era — a time when abortion was a crime in most states and even circulating information about abortion was a felony in Illinois — the Janes provided low-cost and free abortions to an estimated 11,000 women.

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  1. Heather Booth

    Self

  2. Judith Arcana

    Self

  3. Marie Leaner

    Self

  4. Diane Stevens

    Self

  5. Eleanor Oliver

    Self

  6. Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    Self (archive footage)

  7. Walter Cronkite

    Walter Cronkite

    Self (archive footage)

  8. Hugh Hefner

    Hugh Hefner

    Self (archive footage)