The Janes (2022) — documentary film. Directed by Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes. Starring Heather Booth, Judith Arcana, Marie Leaner, Diane Stevens.
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A documentary about women organizing underground abortion care and challenging the legal and social conditions that made safe medical treatment inaccessible.
Documentary · 5.6/10 · 101 min · 2022
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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