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The Janes

When I was about 14, one of my chums, she came to me and said that she was pregnant

When I was about 14, one of my chums, she came to me and said that she was pregnant

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When I was about 14,
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one of my chums, she came to me
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and said that she was pregnant...
Duration
10 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:28
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.
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,
We have three demands, to repeal all anti-abortion laws, - The Janes 00:10
We have three demands, to repeal all anti-abortion laws,
The things that happen to women under the existing system are so bad, - The Janes 00:08
The things that happen to women under the existing system ar...
These women are driven into the hands of criminal illegal abortionists and die. - The Janes 00:07
These women are driven into the hands of criminal illegal ab...
Destroying a life, a human life, is murder. - The Janes 00:05
Destroying a life, a human life, is murder.
There are many of us here who feel that fetal death is murder. - The Janes 00:06
There are many of us here who feel that fetal death is murde...
Your mortalities are largely among the Negro and the Puerto Rican, - The Janes 00:08
Your mortalities are largely among the Negro and the Puerto ...
Because a white woman has the padded pocketbook - The Janes 00:06
Because a white woman has the padded pocketbook