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The Janes

Make it big enoughthat you could open up the cervix, so that they could do the abortion

Make it big enough
that you could open up the cervix, so that they could do the abortion

Full Transcript

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Make it big enough that you could open up the cervix,
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so that they could do the abortion.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:05:47
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.
And then this is one of the curettes - The Janes 00:06
And then this is one of the curettes
It was a great victory to me to challenge the medical profession - The Janes 00:13
It was a great victory to me to challenge the medical profes...
This work taught me that I was a responsible person. - The Janes 00:06
This work taught me that I was a responsible person.
And I could take responsibility, - The Janes 00:07
And I could take responsibility,
It was the total opposite of what I had experienced the first time. - The Janes 00:06
It was the total opposite of what I had experienced the firs...
When we talked, they asked, - The Janes 00:17
When we talked, they asked,
When I got there, - The Janes 00:07
When I got there,
While other women went in ahead of me, I could hear the conversations, - The Janes 00:16
While other women went in ahead of me, I could hear the conv...
I could hear this lovely woman's voice assuring, - The Janes 00:10
I could hear this lovely woman's voice assuring,
The assurance, the trust, the respect that I got. - The Janes 00:05
The assurance, the trust, the respect that I got.
When I tell you they changed my life, they changed my life. - The Janes 00:05
When I tell you they changed my life, they changed my life.
I was raised in a convent, - The Janes 00:07
I was raised in a convent,
So I didn't think that women gave a shit about women. - The Janes 00:05
So I didn't think that women gave a shit about women.
When I saw women caring about women, - The Janes 00:09
When I saw women caring about women,
We could see it, in some cases, - The Janes 00:12
We could see it, in some cases,
We were building a new world, - The Janes 00:09
We were building a new world,
But some women were just like, - The Janes 00:19
But some women were just like,
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.