The Janes
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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