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The Janes

When I first learned it, I was helping this guy from Detroit

When I first learned it, I was helping this guy from Detroit

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When I first learned it,
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I was helping this guy from Detroit.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:19
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.
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.
I thought it was probably Mob-connected, - The Janes 00:07
I thought it was probably Mob-connected,
We met at a Walgreens that was downtown in Chicago. - The Janes 00:05
We met at a Walgreens that was downtown in Chicago.
I told her what all the arrangements had been with Dr. Howard, - The Janes 00:08
I told her what all the arrangements had been with Dr. Howar...
Even talking about performing an abortion - The Janes 00:06
Even talking about performing an abortion
I was worried about being arrested. I didn't want to be arrested. - The Janes 00:06
I was worried about being arrested. I didn't want to be...
We were aware of the Red Squad, - The Janes 00:14
We were aware of the Red Squad,
You might say even communist revolutionaries. - The Janes 00:05
You might say even communist revolutionaries.
My husband, Al Raby, was a leader in the Chicago Civil Rights Movement. - The Janes 00:07
My husband, Al Raby, was a leader in the Chicago Civil Right...
One day, I forgot my keys, - The Janes 00:13
One day, I forgot my keys,
I was representing young men who were subject to the draft - The Janes 00:07
I was representing young men who were subject to the draft
The way they accumulated bodies for the war - The Janes 00:11
The way they accumulated bodies for the war
Every night, you could watch the war on television. - The Janes 00:06
Every night, you could watch the war on television.
It was 1968, and then hell broke out. - The Janes 00:06
It was 1968, and then hell broke out.
I spent the whole convention in the National Guard - The Janes 00:05
I spent the whole convention in the National Guard
When the convention came to Chicago, - The Janes 00:07
When the convention came to Chicago,
And while we're sitting there, - The Janes 00:07
And while we're sitting there,