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The Janes

But some women were just like, "Give me my abortion, I'm out of here,I am not hearing...

But some women were just like, "Give me my abortion, I'm out of here,
I am not hearing anything." Our rule of thumb was that
we kept in touch with the women for just about two weeks
after their abortions, to make sure they were okay

Full Transcript

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But some women were just like,
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"Give me my abortion, I'm out of here, I am not hearing anything."
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Our rule of thumb was that we kept in touch with the women
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for just about two weeks after their abortions,
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to make sure they were okay.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:08:22
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 do remember once there was a woman, I was doing her abortion, - The Janes 00:43
I do remember once there was a woman, I was doing her aborti...
But there were those women who disappeared afterwards - The Janes 00:07
But there were those women who disappeared afterwards
She was African American and she was pretty young. - The Janes 00:06
She was African American and she was pretty young.
So, we knew that she had done something, - The Janes 00:15
So, we knew that she had done something,
I think she knew that she was in trouble before she arrived. - The Janes 00:16
I think she knew that she was in trouble before she arrived.
We said, "We can't do this. You have an infection." - The Janes 00:13
We said, "We can't do this. You have an infection....
It sounds like she arrived at Cook County with a neglected infection - The Janes 00:09
It sounds like she arrived at Cook County with a neglected i...
She was likely very close to septic shock. - The Janes 00:05
She was likely very close to septic shock.
She would've come into the triage area - The Janes 00:08
She would've come into the triage area
We called for I think it was two days, - The Janes 00:09
We called for I think it was two days,
A man answered who identified himself as her family's pastor, - The Janes 00:10
A man answered who identified himself as her family's p...
Everybody in Jane was devastated. - The Janes 00:07
Everybody in Jane was devastated.
We felt an enormous amount of guilt connected to this. - The Janes 00:05
We felt an enormous amount of guilt connected to this.
Not that it was our doing, - The Janes 00:08
Not that it was our doing,
I don't know what would have happened if it was - The Janes 00:07
I don't know what would have happened if it was
You know, that might have ended Jane right then and there. - The Janes 00:05
You know, that might have ended Jane right then and there.
To me, I just saw a constant, - The Janes 00:08
To me, I just saw a constant,
And we were just such a drop in the bucket. - The Janes 00:05
And we were just such a drop in the bucket.
Such an endless line of terrible situations. - The Janes 00:07
Such an endless line of terrible situations.
I finally got to the point where I said, "I can't stand to see any more pain." - The Janes 00:11
I finally got to the point where I said, "I can't ...