The Janes

They didn't have a choice.

101 mins
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.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

Hugh Hefner

Self (archive footage)

Lisa Heller

Executive Producer

Nancy Abraham

Executive Producer

Susan Lacy

Executive Producer

Emma Pildes

Producer

Tia Lessin

Director

Emma Pildes

Director

Marlena Grzaslewicz

Dialogue Editor

Jacob Ribicoff

Supervising Sound Editor

Matt Rigby

Dialogue Editor

Keith Walker

Director of Photography

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