The Janes
π Genres:Documentary
βοΈ Actors:Heather Booth, Judith Arcana, Marie Leaner, Diane Stevens, Eleanor Oliver
π Country:United States of America
π Year:2022
π¬ Director:Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes
π Description: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 Γ’β¬ΕJaneΓ’β¬Β risked their personal and professional lives to support women with unwanted pregnancies. In the pre-Roe v. Wade era Γ’β¬β a time when abortion was a crime in most states and even circulating information about abortion was a felony in Illinois Γ’β¬β the Janes provided low-cost and free abortions to an estimated 11,000 women.
