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The Janes is a 2022 American documentary film that tells the story of the Jane Collective, a group of women who performed illegal abortions in Chicago before Roe v. Wade. The film premiered at Sundance and won an Emmy, and received critical acclaim and historical context.
Police arrested seven women who were part of a clandestine network. Using code names, blindfolds and safe houses, they built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions calling themselves JANE.
- (1.5K)
- Documentary
- Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes
- 2022-06-08
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.
Frighteningly timely and powerfully persuasive, The Janes offers a unique opportunity to look back at a pivotal chapter in American history through the eyes of those who helped define...
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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
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Jun 10, 2022 · The Janes were a group of women activists in Chicago who provided safe but illegal abortions from the late 1960s until the passing of 1973’s Roe v. Wade. At the time, the group’s survival depended on being underground, and while members are now in their 70s, many were never public figures.
May 10, 2022 · Watch the trailer of The Janes, a documentary about a group of women who provided illegal abortions in Chicago before Roe v. Wade. Learn how they risked their lives to help women with unwanted pregnancies in the pre-Roe era.
- 3 min
- 314.1K
- HBO
