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SUMMARY:“The Janes” Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:\nIn the spring of 1972\, police raided an apartment on the
South Side of Chicago where seven women who were part of a clandestine n
etwork were arrested and charged. Using code names\, fronts\, and safe h
ouses to protect themselves and their work\, the accused had built an un
derground service for women seeking safe\, affordable\, \;illegal ab
ortions. They called themselves "\;Jane."\;\n\nDirected by Oscar
-nominee Tia Lessin (HBO&rsquo\;s \;Trouble the Water) and Emmy-nomi
nee Emma Pildes (HBO&rsquo\;s \;Jane Fonda in Five Acts)\, \;The
Janes \;offers firsthand accounts from the women at the center of t
he group\, many speaking on the record for the first time.\n\nThe Janes&
nbsp\;tells the story of a group of unlikely outlaws. 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 Jan
e risked their personal and professional lives to help women in need. In
the pre-Roe v. Wade era&mdash\;a time when abortion was a crime in most
states and even circulating information about abortion was a felony in
Illinois&mdash\;the Janes provided low-cost and free abortions to an est
imated 11\,000 women.\n\nA panel discussion will follow the film. We hop
e to see you there!\n\nSponsored by the Department of Women&rsquo\;s\, G
ender\, and Sexuality Studies and the Gender Equity Center.\n\nFor more
details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/film-screening_the-janes/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In the spring o
f 1972, police raided an apartment on the South Side of Chicago where se
ven women who were part of a clandestine network were arrested and charg
ed. Using code names, fronts, and safe houses to protect themselves and
their work, the accused had built an underground service for women seeki
ng safe, affordable, illegal abortions. They called themselves &quo
t;Jane."
Directed by Oscar-nominee Tia Lessin (HBO’s&nb
sp;Trouble the Water) and Emmy-nominee Emma Pildes (HBO’s&n
bsp;Jane Fonda in Five Acts), The Janes off
ers firsthand accounts from the women at the center of the group, many s
peaking on the record for the first time.
The Janes te
lls the story of a group of unlikely outlaws. Defying the state legislat
ure that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and t
he Chicago Mob that was profiting from it, the members of Jane risked th
eir personal and professional lives to help women in need. In the pre-Ro
e v. Wade era—a time when abortion was a crime in most states and
even circulating information about abortion was a felony in Illinois&mda
sh;the Janes provided low-cost and free abortions to an estimated 11,000
women.
A panel discussion will follow the film. We hope to see yo
u there!
Sponsored by the Department of Women’s, Gender,
and Sexuality Studies and the Gender Equity Center.
For more d
etails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/film-screening_the-janes/
LOCATION:Flex Theater, 132 HUB-Robeson Center
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