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The Janes

We weren't an exclusively white group, but we were primarilywhite middle-class women. Of...

We weren't an exclusively white group, but we were primarily
white middle-class women. Of course it felt complicated

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We weren't an exclusively white group,
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but we were primarily white middle-class women.
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Of course it felt complicated.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:20
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.
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.
I recall going into an apartment. - The Janes 00:05
I recall going into an apartment.
Was a lot of people. There was television going. - The Janes 00:05
Was a lot of people. There was television going.
It was like being in a doctor's waiting room, - The Janes 00:07
It was like being in a doctor's waiting room,
All I saw were white women running it, in charge. - The Janes 00:07
All I saw were white women running it, in charge.
We just... We lost it. We cried. - The Janes 00:05
We just... We lost it. We cried.
They gave me this book, Our Bodies, Ourselves. - The Janes 00:06
They gave me this book, Our Bodies, Ourselves.
I guess that's where I got my sex education from. - The Janes 00:06
I guess that's where I got my sex education from.
I can't say she was ashamed of it, - The Janes 00:12
I can't say she was ashamed of it,