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A lot of things were going on in Chicago
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The Janes

A lot of things were going on in Chicago that made it...politics seemed very real, or, you...

A lot of things were going on in Chicago that made it...
politics seemed very real, or, you know, what was happening
in the country very immediate

Full Transcript

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A lot of things were going on in Chicago
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that made it... politics seemed very real,
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or, you know, what was happening in the country very immediate.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:10
Uploaded
Mar 28, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Pentimento Productions,Elsewhere Films

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Movie Summary

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.
I wouldn't say I went to Chicago with a particular interest in abortion. - The Janes 00:07
I wouldn't say I went to Chicago with a particular inte...
Like other women in Jane, - The Janes 00:14
Like other women in Jane,
You smell like pigs, that's why we don't want you! Pigs! - The Janes 00:05
You smell like pigs, that's why we don't want you!...
At the open housing demonstrations on the southwest side of Chicago, - The Janes 00:10
At the open housing demonstrations on the southwest side of ...
- Your mother is a whore! - I said, "Here's an opportunity - The Janes 00:17
- Your mother is a whore! - I said, "Here's an opp...
I can assure you that the hatred and the hostility here - The Janes 00:09
I can assure you that the hatred and the hostility here
People were throwing bags of shit at us, - The Janes 00:08
People were throwing bags of shit at us,
But, you know, I was a warrior for justice. - The Janes 00:06
But, you know, I was a warrior for justice.
I had started at the University of Chicago, - The Janes 00:07
I had started at the University of Chicago,
I went to Mississippi to support the voter registration effort. - The Janes 00:06
I went to Mississippi to support the voter registration effo...
And during that summer, - The Janes 00:08
And during that summer,
And sometimes there are unjust laws that need to be challenged. - The Janes 00:05
And sometimes there are unjust laws that need to be challeng...
I came back to campus, - The Janes 00:12
I came back to campus,
I went with her to Student Health, - The Janes 00:14
I went with her to Student Health,
And I was outraged. - The Janes 00:05
And I was outraged.
Women were at a total disadvantage when it came to our reproductive rights - The Janes 00:13
Women were at a total disadvantage when it came to our repro...
Women didn't have the power to make decisions. - The Janes 00:06
Women didn't have the power to make decisions.
When the pill came in, - The Janes 00:07
When the pill came in,
Contraceptives were not widely, freely, openly available. - The Janes 00:06
Contraceptives were not widely, freely, openly available.
When I went to college, - The Janes 00:11
When I went to college,