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In terms of her stepping back from Jane
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The Janes

In terms of her stepping back from Jane, Jody said,"I just couldn't do it anymore," and...

In terms of her stepping back from Jane, Jody said,
"I just couldn't do it anymore," and then, you know, wound up signing
herself into a psych ward

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In terms of her stepping back from Jane,
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Jody said, "I just couldn't do it anymore,"
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and then, you know,
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wound up signing herself into a psych ward.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:13:41
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.
It never entered my pretty little head - The Janes 00:07
It never entered my pretty little head
They put posters up in the neighborhood, - The Janes 00:07
They put posters up in the neighborhood,
And somehow, they thought this was going to escape the attention - The Janes 00:10
And somehow, they thought this was going to escape the atten...
Come on! Everybody knew! They didn't come after us. - The Janes 00:06
Come on! Everybody knew! They didn't come after us.
The clientele of Jane included daughters, wives, mistresses of police, - The Janes 00:11
The clientele of Jane included daughters, wives, mistresses ...
They couldn't have worked the way they did, - The Janes 00:10
They couldn't have worked the way they did,
Abortion was illegal in the State of Illinois - The Janes 00:09
Abortion was illegal in the State of Illinois
We handled murders, rapes, - The Janes 00:08
We handled murders, rapes,
A guy getting his eye shot out, - The Janes 00:07
A guy getting his eye shot out,
We had a murder every other day. And that's what we dealt with. - The Janes 00:06
We had a murder every other day. And that's what we dea...
When these two women walked into our office - The Janes 00:15
When these two women walked into our office
Abortion didn't exist in my world. - The Janes 00:05
Abortion didn't exist in my world.
It never was spoken about in my family or in my social circle. - The Janes 00:07
It never was spoken about in my family or in my social circl...
We conferred with the detective sergeant watch commander, - The Janes 00:07
We conferred with the detective sergeant watch commander,
Then the three of us went in to talk to the lieutenant commanding - The Janes 00:09
Then the three of us went in to talk to the lieutenant comma...
He got on the phone to call the citywide homicide commander, - The Janes 00:06
He got on the phone to call the citywide homicide commander,
He had to get on the phone and confer with the chief of detectives, - The Janes 00:06
He had to get on the phone and confer with the chief of dete...
And abortion was... All of us were like, "What?" - The Janes 00:08
And abortion was... All of us were like, "What?"
But we were told, - The Janes 00:22
But we were told,
I mean, we were just the guys stuck with the law. - The Janes 00:06
I mean, we were just the guys stuck with the law.