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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- Released
- Production
- HBO Documentary Films, Pentimento Productions, Elsewhere Films
Keywords
- chicago, illinois
- 1970s
- abortion
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Top Cast
Heather Booth as Self
Judith Arcana as Self
Marie Leaner as Self
Diane Stevens as Self
Eleanor Oliver as Self
Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite as Self (archive footage)
Hugh Hefner as Self (archive footage)
Top Crew
Emma Pildes · Director
Tia Lessin · Director
Keith Walker · Cinematographer
Sara Rodriguez · Producer
Jessica Levin · Producer
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