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The Janes

This is the Chicago areaClergy Consultation Service on problem pregnancies

This is the Chicago area
Clergy Consultation Service on problem pregnancies

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This is the Chicago area Clergy Consultation Service
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on problem pregnancies.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:25
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.
You need only take down the name and number - The Janes 00:13
You need only take down the name and number
And in fact, Playboy solicited the Clergy Consultation Service, - The Janes 00:31
And in fact, Playboy solicited the Clergy Consultation Servi...
But the Clergy Service served women - The Janes 00:09
But the Clergy Service served women
In the early days, the referrals were made to England and Japan, - The Janes 00:07
In the early days, the referrals were made to England and Ja...
After the New York law went into effect, - The Janes 00:07
After the New York law went into effect,
In New York State today, - The Janes 00:10
In New York State today,
The Clergy Consultation Service began sending - The Janes 00:09
The Clergy Consultation Service began sending
We were "brokering" - The Janes 00:08
We were "brokering"
I was trying to negotiate a group purchase plan - The Janes 00:07
I was trying to negotiate a group purchase plan
When New York legalized abortion in 1970, - The Janes 00:08
When New York legalized abortion in 1970,
White college students, - The Janes 00:12
White college students,
That's what really changed the demographics - The Janes 00:07
That's what really changed the demographics
It was really the lower middle class and the poor women who were stuck. - The Janes 00:06
It was really the lower middle class and the poor women who ...
If you have other kids, if you don't have the money, - The Janes 00:07
If you have other kids, if you don't have the money,
A decent one-bedroom apartment in Chicago - The Janes 00:08
A decent one-bedroom apartment in Chicago
Illegal abortions cost between 500 and 600 dollars. - The Janes 00:05
Illegal abortions cost between 500 and 600 dollars.
Women of color were just kind of on the outs - The Janes 00:09
Women of color were just kind of on the outs
My husband Al routinely would collect money for Jane - The Janes 00:15
My husband Al routinely would collect money for 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...