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demmiblue

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Mon Jan 24, 2022, 11:58 AM Jan 2022

"The Janes": Meet the Women Who Formed a Collective to Provide Safe Abortions Before Roe v. Wade




As conservative justices on the Supreme Court threaten to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortions nationwide, we speak to the filmmakers and a subject of "The Janes" about life before Roe, when a collective of women in Chicago built an underground service for women seeking an abortion. Heather Booth, who founded the Jane Collective as a college student, speaks about adopting lessons from the civil rights movement and antiwar sentiments of the time. "You have to stand up to illegitimate authority," says Booth. The directors of the film, Emma Pildes and Tia Lessin, speak about their motivation to encourage others to take action in the face of human rights under threat.

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"The Janes": Meet the Women Who Formed a Collective to Provide Safe Abortions Before Roe v. Wade (Original Post) demmiblue Jan 2022 OP
Thank you for posting this most imporrtant article. Would you consider cross-posting niyad Jan 2022 #1
I hope my 3 granddaughters are seeing this. They are good Dems, very strong and stand up for CTyankee Jan 2022 #2

niyad

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1. Thank you for posting this most imporrtant article. Would you consider cross-posting
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 12:51 PM
Jan 2022

In Women's Rights And Issues? Thanks in advance.

CTyankee

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2. I hope my 3 granddaughters are seeing this. They are good Dems, very strong and stand up for
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 12:57 PM
Jan 2022

themselves.

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