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    The Janes

    The Janes

    "They didn't have a choice."

    2022

    1:41:37

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    The Janes

    Genre

    Documentary

    Plot

    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.

    Director

    Emma Pildes

    Writers

    N/A

    Stars

    Heather Booth, Judith Arcana, Marie Leaner, Diane Stevens, Eleanor Oliver,