The Janes

Name: The Janes
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-05-03
Duration: 1 h 41 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Heather Booth, Judith Arcana, Marie Leaner, Diane Stevens, Eleanor Oliver

They didn't have a choice.

The Janes (2022)

1:41 (101 min)

Documentary

United States

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Video 1

Photo 7

Actors and characters

2:35

Photo 7

Production

HBO Documentary Films, Pentimento Productions, Elsewhere Films

Release date

3 May 2022

Director

Tia Lessin

Producer

Sara Rodriguez

All team (12)

Actors

Heather Booth

herself

Judith Arcana

themself

Marie Leaner

themself

Diane Stevens

themself

Eleanor Oliver

themself

Martin Luther King Jr.

himself (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite

himself (archive footage)

Hugh Hefner

himself (archive footage)

All actors and roles (8)

Short 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 “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.