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The Janes

But we didn't...- We were doing something bad, - but we didn't feel that way.- But we...

But we didn't...
- We were doing something bad, - but we didn't feel that way.
- But we didn't feel that way

Full Transcript

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- But we didn't... - We were doing something bad,
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- but we didn't feel that way. - But we didn't feel that way.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:31
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.
Not only was there the need, - The Janes 00:12
Not only was there the need,
Their role was very Mom and Pop. Mom and Dad. - The Janes 00:06
Their role was very Mom and Pop. Mom and Dad.
Ruth really ran the meetings, - The Janes 00:11
Ruth really ran the meetings,
Jody was the most charismatic person I ever knew. - The Janes 00:05
Jody was the most charismatic person I ever knew.
She was unrelenting in her support of the women. - The Janes 00:06
She was unrelenting in her support of the women.
I think her own experience with abortion - The Janes 00:08
I think her own experience with abortion
She just didn't see this issue as political until her own experience. - The Janes 00:08
She just didn't see this issue as political until her o...
I felt like a prisoner of the medical system. - The Janes 00:08
I felt like a prisoner of the medical system.
I had cancer and I had two children. And I got pregnant. - The Janes 00:26
I had cancer and I had two children. And I got pregnant.
OB-GYNs were 95 percent male at that time. - The Janes 00:08
OB-GYNs were 95 percent male at that time.
Somehow the medical profession, - The Janes 00:08
Somehow the medical profession,
I saw the fight as largely winning control back - The Janes 00:07
I saw the fight as largely winning control back
I went to see my gynecologist, the person who had delivered my children. - The Janes 00:06
I went to see my gynecologist, the person who had delivered ...
And I said, "I really do not want this child." - The Janes 00:08
And I said, "I really do not want this child."
"Well, I can't do anything for you." - The Janes 00:10
"Well, I can't do anything for you."
A number of women said they'd gotten our name - The Janes 00:08
A number of women said they'd gotten our name
So one of us would call the doctor - The Janes 00:18
So one of us would call the doctor
We had a list because we were always - The Janes 00:14
We had a list because we were always
You had to be pretty lucky - The Janes 00:07
You had to be pretty lucky
Sometimes a doctor, sometimes an abortionist. - The Janes 00:06
Sometimes a doctor, sometimes an abortionist.