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The Janes

"Call this number and ask for Jane." Jane was an outrageous undertakingby a lot of smart...

"Call this number and ask for Jane." Jane was an outrageous undertaking
by a lot of smart women

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"Call this number and ask for Jane."
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Jane was an outrageous undertaking by a lot of smart women.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:00
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.
Traveling under the radar of the Chicago Mafia - The Janes 00:09
Traveling under the radar of the Chicago Mafia
That was a case where men's underestimating women's abilities - The Janes 00:09
That was a case where men's underestimating women'...
As a member of Jane, I knew the risk I was taking. - The Janes 00:05
As a member of Jane, I knew the risk I was taking.
I knew that it was possible that I could go to jail - The Janes 00:06
I knew that it was possible that I could go to jail
But at the time, I was... I could care less. - The Janes 00:05
But at the time, I was... I could care less.
If you start getting serious - The Janes 00:07
If you start getting serious
You won't get anything done. You won't get anything done. - The Janes 00:06
You won't get anything done. You won't get anythin...
A lot of things were going on in Chicago - The Janes 00:11
A lot of things were going on in Chicago
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...