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The Janes

Someone at the office said,"There's an emergency." Judith and some other womenhad been...

Someone at the office said,
"There's an emergency." Judith and some other women
had been arrested

Full Transcript

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Someone at the office said, "There's an emergency."
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Judith and some other women had been arrested.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
01:24:53
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.
My first reaction was, "Oh, God, here it's finally happened." - The Janes 00:12
My first reaction was, "Oh, God, here it's finally...
Michael said, "Can you babysit a while longer?" - The Janes 00:15
Michael said, "Can you babysit a while longer?"
We started to try to figure out what we were gonna do - The Janes 00:07
We started to try to figure out what we were gonna do
The only facility we had for women is 1121 South State. - The Janes 00:05
The only facility we had for women is 1121 South State.
I'm sure that was quite an experience, to be sent to the women's lockup. - The Janes 00:06
I'm sure that was quite an experience, to be sent to th...
When the poor ladies from Jane were brought in with the streetwalkers. - The Janes 00:05
When the poor ladies from Jane were brought in with the stre...
There were a couple other women who had been picked up for prostitution. - The Janes 00:07
There were a couple other women who had been picked up for p...
She told this off-color story of somebody she knew - The Janes 00:12
She told this off-color story of somebody she knew
Our nerves were gone, you know? We were just... We just ate it up. - The Janes 00:07
Our nerves were gone, you know? We were just... We just ate ...
The women said, "What are you in for?" - The Janes 00:20
The women said, "What are you in for?"
There was a lot of street smarts in that cell that I personally lacked. - The Janes 00:06
There was a lot of street smarts in that cell that I persona...
I thought, "What is happening to these women that they're screaming?" - The Janes 00:12
I thought, "What is happening to these women that they&...
My breasts were so painful - The Janes 00:13
My breasts were so painful
My thought was Judith was the best of the bunch - The Janes 00:10
My thought was Judith was the best of the bunch
So, we will pitch that to judge to get the lowest possible bail. - The Janes 00:09
So, we will pitch that to judge to get the lowest possible b...
And then we'll have that as an example for the rest of them. - The Janes 00:05
And then we'll have that as an example for the rest of ...
Not only was I a nursing mother, but I was a college graduate, - The Janes 00:10
Not only was I a nursing mother, but I was a college graduat...
And all of those things were going to get me low bail, - The Janes 00:08
And all of those things were going to get me low bail,
That would definitely be realistic, certainly in Chicago. - The Janes 00:08
That would definitely be realistic, certainly in Chicago.
When I got back to the apartment, it was past dawn. - The Janes 00:05
When I got back to the apartment, it was past dawn.