The Janes
They didn't have a choice.
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.
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.
Genre: Action, Documentary
Actor: Heather Booth, Judith Arcana, Marie Leaner, Diane Stevens, Eleanor Oliver, Martin Luther King Jr., Walter Cronkite, Hugh Hefner
Director: Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes
Country: United States of America
Produced By: HBO Documentary Films, Pentimento Productions, Elsewhere Films
Runtime: 101
Release: 2022
Rating: 5.6 out of 10
Language: English, Português, Español, en,
Views: 124
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Quality: DVD
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