The Janes

They didn't have a choice.

The Janes (2022)

Timing: 1:41 (101 min)

5.631/10
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Release date

2022-05-03

Country

United States

Production

HBO Documentary Films, Pentimento Productions, Elsewhere Films

Genre

Documentary

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Revenue

Website

https://www.hbo.com/movies/the-janes

Director

Emma Pildes, Tia Lessin

Actors

Heather Booth, Judith Arcana, Marie Leaner, Diane Stevens, Eleanor Oliver, Martin Luther King Jr., Walter Cronkite, Hugh Hefner
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Producer

Sara Rodriguez, Emma Pildes, Daniel Arcana, Jessica Levin, Lisa Heller, Nancy Abraham, Susan Lacy

Operator

Keith Walker

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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.

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