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The Story of Jane
Manage episode 229736490 series 1297243
Before the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Roe vs. Wade, abortions were illegal in most of the United States. But that didn't mean women didn't have them.
Hundreds of women were dying every year in botched abortions. In 1965, an underground network formed in Chicago to help women who wanted to have abortions, in a medically safe way. At first, they connected women with doctors willing to break the law to perform the procedure. Eventually, women in the collective trained to perform abortions themselves.
Today on the Radio Diaries Podcast...The Story of Jane.
And a heads up - this story includes some graphic descriptions that may not be appropriate for all listeners.
223 episoder
Manage episode 229736490 series 1297243
Before the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Roe vs. Wade, abortions were illegal in most of the United States. But that didn't mean women didn't have them.
Hundreds of women were dying every year in botched abortions. In 1965, an underground network formed in Chicago to help women who wanted to have abortions, in a medically safe way. At first, they connected women with doctors willing to break the law to perform the procedure. Eventually, women in the collective trained to perform abortions themselves.
Today on the Radio Diaries Podcast...The Story of Jane.
And a heads up - this story includes some graphic descriptions that may not be appropriate for all listeners.
223 episoder
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