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She was African American and she was pretty young
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The Janes

She was African Americanand she was pretty young

She was African American
and she was pretty young

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She was African American and she was pretty young.
Duration
6 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
01:09:55
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.
So, we knew that she had done something, - The Janes 00:15
So, we knew that she had done something,
I think she knew that she was in trouble before she arrived. - The Janes 00:16
I think she knew that she was in trouble before she arrived.
We said, "We can't do this. You have an infection." - The Janes 00:13
We said, "We can't do this. You have an infection....
It sounds like she arrived at Cook County with a neglected infection - The Janes 00:09
It sounds like she arrived at Cook County with a neglected i...
She was likely very close to septic shock. - The Janes 00:05
She was likely very close to septic shock.
She would've come into the triage area - The Janes 00:08
She would've come into the triage area
We called for I think it was two days, - The Janes 00:09
We called for I think it was two days,
A man answered who identified himself as her family's pastor, - The Janes 00:10
A man answered who identified himself as her family's p...
Everybody in Jane was devastated. - The Janes 00:07
Everybody in Jane was devastated.
We felt an enormous amount of guilt connected to this. - The Janes 00:05
We felt an enormous amount of guilt connected to this.
Not that it was our doing, - The Janes 00:08
Not that it was our doing,
I don't know what would have happened if it was - The Janes 00:07
I don't know what would have happened if it was
You know, that might have ended Jane right then and there. - The Janes 00:05
You know, that might have ended Jane right then and there.
To me, I just saw a constant, - The Janes 00:08
To me, I just saw a constant,
And we were just such a drop in the bucket. - The Janes 00:05
And we were just such a drop in the bucket.
Such an endless line of terrible situations. - The Janes 00:07
Such an endless line of terrible situations.
I finally got to the point where I said, "I can't stand to see any more pain." - The Janes 00:11
I finally got to the point where I said, "I can't ...
We were doing close to 30 a day, three times a week... - The Janes 00:05
We were doing close to 30 a day, three times a week...
In terms of her stepping back from Jane, - The Janes 00:16
In terms of her stepping back from Jane,
It never entered my pretty little head - The Janes 00:07
It never entered my pretty little head