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The Janes

We're sitting around smokingsome dope and I'm like, "What?" Well, that got me out of it...

We're sitting around smoking
some dope and I'm like, "What?" Well, that got me out of it really quick

Full Transcript

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We're sitting around smoking some dope and I'm like, "What?"
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Well, that got me out of it really quick.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:03
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.
All of a sudden, I'm riding my bike in the night going, - The Janes 00:09
All of a sudden, I'm riding my bike in the night going,
It just stayed with me because it seemed so wrong that this was going on. - The Janes 00:06
It just stayed with me because it seemed so wrong that this ...
I was a medical student at Cook County Hospital. - The Janes 00:05
I was a medical student at Cook County Hospital.
What was seared into my brain is what desperate people will do - The Janes 00:13
What was seared into my brain is what desperate people will ...
Women would come in with some type of a complication, - The Janes 00:09
Women would come in with some type of a complication,
Women would use objects - The Janes 00:13
Women would use objects
I recall one woman who tried carbolic acid. - The Janes 00:05
I recall one woman who tried carbolic acid.
We would see 15 to 20 people a day. - The Janes 00:06
We would see 15 to 20 people a day.
They either went to the operating room, - The Janes 00:06
They either went to the operating room,
I just remember walking into the unit - The Janes 00:09
I just remember walking into the unit
Either self-induced or somebody did it, and why can't we save them - The Janes 00:08
Either self-induced or somebody did it, and why can't w...
One girl, I remember the doctor saying, - The Janes 00:14
One girl, I remember the doctor saying,
She never woke up. I still see her face. - The Janes 00:05
She never woke up. I still see her face.
I called the morgue every week that I was on that ward - The Janes 00:08
I called the morgue every week that I was on that ward
Over time, it expanded to other people in Chicago. - The Janes 00:06
Over time, it expanded to other people in Chicago.
After a few years, I lost contact with Dr. Howard. - The Janes 00:06
After a few years, I lost contact with Dr. Howard.
I only learned later that he had been arrested. - The Janes 00:06
I only learned later that he had been arrested.
Did any of the doctors I knew know anyone else to refer me to? - The Janes 00:07
Did any of the doctors I knew know anyone else to refer me t...
And finally, I got the name of someone named Mike. - The Janes 00:07
And finally, I got the name of someone named Mike.
When I first learned it, - The Janes 00:07
When I first learned it,