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The Janes

05/03/2022

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1hr 41min

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Documentary

They didn't have a choice.

STORY

Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and the Chicago Mob that was profiting from it, the members of “Jane” risked their personal and professional lives to support women with unwanted pregnancies. In the pre-Roe v. Wade era — a time when abortion was a crime in most states and even circulating information about abortion was a felony in Illinois — the Janes provided low-cost and free abortions to an estimated 11,000 women.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Heather Booth
  • Judith Arcana
  • Marie Leaner
  • Diane Stevens
  • Eleanor Oliver

    Director

  • Susan Lacy

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • HBO Documentary Films
  • Pentimento Productions
  • Elsewhere Films

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • English

Cast

Heather Booth

Self

Judith Arcana

Self

Marie Leaner

Self

Diane Stevens

Self

Eleanor Oliver

Self

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

Hugh Hefner

Self (archive footage)

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