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The Janes

You have no intentionof changing your policy - of segregated facilities?- No. No

You have no intention
of changing your policy - of segregated facilities?
- No. No

Full Transcript

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You have no intention of changing your policy
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- of segregated facilities? - No. No.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:02
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.
- Is that correct, sir? - If you women are that hard up - The Janes 00:07
- Is that correct, sir? - If you women are that hard up
We drove cars downtown to pick up the downtown secretaries - The Janes 00:11
We drove cars downtown to pick up the downtown secretaries
It just touched a nerve so deeply in me. - The Janes 00:07
It just touched a nerve so deeply in me.
I really wanted to go there. I wanted more. - The Janes 00:06
I really wanted to go there. I wanted more.
I wanted to be involved. And abortion seemed to me the frontline. - The Janes 00:07
I wanted to be involved. And abortion seemed to me the front...
Women were literally dying because they were women. - The Janes 00:06
Women were literally dying because they were women.
Whether or not people believe in abortion, - The Janes 00:09
Whether or not people believe in abortion,
And those abortions must be taken out of the hands - The Janes 00:06
And those abortions must be taken out of the hands
There were women's groups organized all over the country - The Janes 00:13
There were women's groups organized all over the countr...
Because I'd had one, I guess, and I knew what women were up against. - The Janes 00:06
Because I'd had one, I guess, and I knew what women wer...
We had been married less than a year. - The Janes 00:05
We had been married less than a year.
He was in graduate school - The Janes 00:07
He was in graduate school
At that time, you could not work as a pregnant woman. - The Janes 00:06
At that time, you could not work as a pregnant woman.
They saw it as a terrible responsibility - The Janes 00:08
They saw it as a terrible responsibility
And forget trying to find a job if you had small children at home. - The Janes 00:06
And forget trying to find a job if you had small children at...
I wore little white gloves, a suit with a skirt. - The Janes 00:06
I wore little white gloves, a suit with a skirt.
I was told ahead of time, - The Janes 00:08
I was told ahead of time,
I don't know, whatnot all." - The Janes 00:06
I don't know, whatnot all."
It was all done without anesthesia - The Janes 00:13
It was all done without anesthesia
By 1968, I was in graduate school, working full-time. - The Janes 00:07
By 1968, I was in graduate school, working full-time.