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The Janes

Documentary
101 mins
5.6
2022

Description

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.

Casts:

Heather Booth
Judith Arcana
Marie Leaner
Diane Stevens
Eleanor Oliver
Martin Luther King Jr.
Walter Cronkite
Hugh Hefner

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