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The Janes is a 2022 American documentary film. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2022, and was released on HBO Max on June 8, the month after a leaked draft opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was released, starting protests across the United States.
The Janes tells the story of a group of unlikely outlaws. 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 help women in need.
Jun 8, 2022 · The Janes is a 2022 documentary that tells the story of seven women who ran an underground network for safe and affordable abortions in the US before Roe v. Wade. The film features interviews, archival footage and music, and explores the history and impact of women's rights and health.
- (1.5K)
- Documentary
- Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes
- 2022-06-08
In the spring of 1972, police raided an apartment on the South Side of Chicago. Seven women were arrested and charged. The accused were part of a clandestine network. Using code names, blindfolds...
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- HBO Documentary Films
- Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes
- Documentary, History
Jun 9, 2022 · This HBO documentary spotlights the women activists who banded together to form Jane, a clandestine group providing safe abortions in the years before Roe v....
- Beatrice Loayza
- Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes
May 10, 2022 · Context. Abortion health information. National Library of Medicine. An abortion is a procedure to end a pregnancy. It can be done two different ways: Medication abortion, which uses medicines to...
- 3 min
- 312.4K
- HBO
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Jun 8, 2022 · The Janes tells the story of The Jane Collective, a group of women who helped thousands of women obtain illegal abortions in the late 1960s and early '70s. The film features interviews with the Janes, archival footage and a sense of urgency as Roe v. Wade is threatened.
