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The Janes

We were building a new world, and we were doing thatone woman at a time

We were building a new world, and we were doing that
one woman at a time

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We were building a new world,
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and we were doing that one woman at a time.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
01:08:13
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.
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.
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.