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The Janes

My husband Al routinelywould collect money for Jane in paper shopping bagsat taverns and...

My husband Al routinely
would collect money for Jane in paper shopping bags
at taverns and laundries and other places along 53rd Street
in the Black community

Full Transcript

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My husband Al routinely would collect money for Jane
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in paper shopping bags at taverns and laundries
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and other places along 53rd Street in the Black community.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:12
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.
Word of us spread on the South Side and the West Side pretty rapidly. - The Janes 00:07
Word of us spread on the South Side and the West Side pretty...
Not necessarily on the team of people who provided the abortion services. - The Janes 00:06
Not necessarily on the team of people who provided the abort...
But the people who consumed the services, the complexion changed. - The Janes 00:07
But the people who consumed the services, the complexion cha...
The women who came through Jane were very, very, very different... - The Janes 00:07
The women who came through Jane were very, very, very differ...
We would always say to women, "You could join us." - The Janes 00:07
We would always say to women, "You could join us."
I was pretty ignorant of the class issues. - The Janes 00:06
I was pretty ignorant of the class issues.
I wonder how offensive - The Janes 00:08
I wonder how offensive
We weren't an exclusively white group, - The Janes 00:10
We weren't an exclusively white group,
We tried to do it with as much respect - The Janes 00:08
We tried to do it with as much respect
Poor women who couldn't afford an abortion. - The Janes 00:06
Poor women who couldn't afford an abortion.
And I just thought that was such a revolutionary act. - The Janes 00:06
And I just thought that was such a revolutionary act.
And I couldn't see myself sitting on the sidelines. - The Janes 00:06
And I couldn't see myself sitting on the sidelines.
When I opened the door and they walked through, - The Janes 00:10
When I opened the door and they walked through,
I grew up right there at 2419 West Madison, - The Janes 00:12
I grew up right there at 2419 West Madison,
When I was about 14, - The Janes 00:10
When I was about 14,
And... that she couldn't have the child. - The Janes 00:06
And... that she couldn't have the child.
I don't think I judged her, I just wanted to be able to help. - The Janes 00:06
I don't think I judged her, I just wanted to be able to...
Being so young, - The Janes 00:07
Being so young,
She asked me, would I go with her, and I said yes. - The Janes 00:05
She asked me, would I go with her, and I said yes.
We cut school. And we took the bus. - The Janes 00:06
We cut school. And we took the bus.