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    The Janes 2022 POSTER

    The Janes

    2022

    English

    7.6

    5

    100%

    68%

    1970s

    abortion

    abortion history

    Action

    chicago, illinois

    Documentary

    Tia Lessin Tia Lessin Director Eileen Eileen as Jane Member Abby Abby as Jane Member Peaches Peaches as Jane Member Amanda Kimbro Amanda Kimbro as Producer
    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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