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What was seared into my brain is what desperate people will do
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The Janes

What was seared into my brain iswhat desperate people will do when they think they haveno...

What was seared into my brain is
what desperate people will do when they think they have
no other choice

Full Transcript

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What was seared into my brain is what desperate people will do
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when they think they have no other choice.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
49
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:33
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.
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,
He started on... He was a surgeon, - The Janes 00:07
He started on... He was a surgeon,
I stood behind him, I watched him, I handed him the tools. - The Janes 00:06
I stood behind him, I watched him, I handed him the tools.
And then he said, "Come here. You do it." - The Janes 00:11
And then he said, "Come here. You do it."
And then after I learned it, I didn't need him anymore. - The Janes 00:06
And then after I learned it, I didn't need him anymore.