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The Janes

Even talking about performingan abortion was a conspiracy to commit a felony

Even talking about performing
an abortion was a conspiracy to commit a felony

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Even talking about performing an abortion
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was a conspiracy to commit a felony.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:37
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 was worried about being arrested. I didn't want to be arrested. - The Janes 00:06
I was worried about being arrested. I didn't want to be...
We were aware of the Red Squad, - The Janes 00:14
We were aware of the Red Squad,
You might say even communist revolutionaries. - The Janes 00:05
You might say even communist revolutionaries.
My husband, Al Raby, was a leader in the Chicago Civil Rights Movement. - The Janes 00:07
My husband, Al Raby, was a leader in the Chicago Civil Right...
One day, I forgot my keys, - The Janes 00:13
One day, I forgot my keys,
I was representing young men who were subject to the draft - The Janes 00:07
I was representing young men who were subject to the draft
The way they accumulated bodies for the war - The Janes 00:11
The way they accumulated bodies for the war
Every night, you could watch the war on television. - The Janes 00:06
Every night, you could watch the war on television.
It was 1968, and then hell broke out. - The Janes 00:06
It was 1968, and then hell broke out.
I spent the whole convention in the National Guard - The Janes 00:05
I spent the whole convention in the National Guard
When the convention came to Chicago, - The Janes 00:07
When the convention came to Chicago,
And while we're sitting there, - The Janes 00:07
And while we're sitting there,
They saw the youngsters as against God and everything decent. - The Janes 00:05
They saw the youngsters as against God and everything decent...
I was in shock. The cops going in there with just... - The Janes 00:06
I was in shock. The cops going in there with just...
At one point, somebody raised the Viet Cong flag - The Janes 00:09
At one point, somebody raised the Viet Cong flag
And the combat veterans of three wars proceeded to beat - The Janes 00:07
And the combat veterans of three wars proceeded to beat
It reinforced our negative feelings - The Janes 00:13
It reinforced our negative feelings
I was helping bail out people who had been arrested. - The Janes 00:06
I was helping bail out people who had been arrested.
We were called "radical lawyers," - The Janes 00:10
We were called "radical lawyers,"
We also, of course, were very interested in race relations and civil rights, - The Janes 00:10
We also, of course, were very interested in race relations a...