About the show
HBO Documentary Films’ THE JANES, is the story of an underground network of abortion activists pre-Roe V. Wade. In the spring of 1972, police raided an apartment on the South Side of Chicago where seven women part of a clandestine network, were arrested. Using code names, fronts, and safe houses to protect themselves and their work, the accused had built an underground network for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions. Directed by Oscar®nominee Tia Lessin (Trouble the Water) and Emmy® nominee Emma Pildes (JANE FONDA IN FIVE ACTS).
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