But doing so gave them a real understanding of what they were capable of at a time when a lot of women were told they werent capable of much, Pildes said. BOISE The Idaho House State Affairs Committee passed a bill Friday making it illegal for an adult to transport a minor across state lines for an abortion, with the intent to conceal it from . If you do not see your local station listed here, we urge you to contact them and ask them to air this film. Drawing on a landmark FRONTLINE film from the 1980s, the documentary takes a look at both sides of the abortion divide in a community still embroiled in the conflict. They are joined by a broader coalition of groups and individual advocates for human rights and racial and economic justice. The 30-minute documentary, Grit & Grace: The Fight for the American Dream, features three families facing varied economic challenges a North Carolina man grieving his parents while working to finish college, a family caring for twin sons with special needs in West Virginia and an immigrant mom in California who struggled to keep her business afloat during COVID. In 1994, John Salvi, a radical young abortion opponent, opened fire on two clinics in Brookline, Massachusetts, just outside Boston, and killed two women: Shannon Lowney, a receptionist at Planned Parenthood, and Lee Ann Nichols, who worked as a receptionist at PreTerm, the clinic down the street. But The Janes is so much more than a mere history lesson. The documentary provides a somewhat chronological account of their work, ending with the public arrest of several of its members, the threat of long prison sentences, and the interventions of their attorney. Two forthcoming films based on the collective Amazon Studios This Is Jane, starring Michelle Williams, and Roadside Attractions Call Jane, starring Elizabeth Banks, come out later this year in addition to the 2018 feature film Ask for Jane.. Abortion restrictions compound economic, social, and geographic barriers to healthcare, including contraception, disproportionately impacting Black womens ability to access the care we need.. COLLEEN HAMILTON, LYNN AND LOUIS WOLFSON II Anita Bryant "I Believe" Album Cover They would begin to engage in more cross-partisan efforts. Authored by Justice Samuel Alito in February, the draft opinion would override 50 years of legal precedent, striking down the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling that determined women have a fundamental right to an abortion, and instead would grant individual states the full authority to regulate or prohibit abortion. After realizing the consequences of anti-abortion law around the world, she took it upon herself to provide abortions on ships in the ocean. All rights reserved, WUSF Knowledge (16.4) Students were required to read And They Were Wonderful Teachers, a book by Karen Graves, Ph.D., about the Johns Committees persecution of public school teachers. And although they continued to disagree, together they successfully prevented future violence. Capitol Police removed a pro-Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) protester from a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday after the woman interrupted a line of questioning from Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham. Lawmakers may have the power to legislate which actions are legal and which are not, but they cannot simply end abortions. They each were charged with eleven counts of abortion and conspiracy to commit abortion, and each faced up to 110 years in prison. DEL BARCO: Posting the phone number on bulletin boards and underground newspapers, the Janes set up a clandestine system. It also details cases of several patients who had to travel out of state for an abortion after being refused care for an ectopic pregnancy, and others who were denied chemotherapy care due to pregnancy. One Jane would drive them to a home they called the front, where another Jane would counsel them. RICHARD HARRISON He said he often gets asked how its possible to represent a population with such a wide range in income and wealth disparity. "We went old school to find one of the . later, the body is removed and disposed of as medical waste. Watch documentaries chronicling Americas abortion battle and the transformation of the U.S. Supreme Court. Some eventually began performing abortions themselves after the older man they previously relied on, who used the code name Dr. Abortion is a common procedure ( one in four American women will have one, according to the Guttmacher Institute) that has been so flattened into an "issue" that it can feel revelatory to just. The ads were the work of an underground abortion network started by University of Chicago student Heather Booth that helped an estimated 11,000 Chicago women obtain safe and affordable abortions before Roe v. Wade was handed down. But finding women who actually obtained abortions from the Janes was more difficult. So goodbye Jane.. As far as I can tell, theres a huge commonality of interests between radically different levels of affluence, he said. In the aftermath of John Salvis murder spree at two Brookline clinics, leaders from opposing sides of the abortion debate met together in secret talks. The film, which premieres on HBO and HBO Max tonight (June 8) at 9 p.m., tells the story of a group of women who ranand were. Especially now. Top human rights organizations are calling on the United Nations to intervene over the destruction of abortion rights in the US. She delayed the case for months, and charges were dropped when the Supreme Court ruled abortion was legal in 1973. "The Janes" is streaming on HBO Max. The opinion onthe Mississippi-based case Dobbs v. Jackson Womens Health Organization could change before a final ruling is released in the coming months, Politico said, describing the publication of the draft as unprecedented.. She pointed out, for example, that even with the loss of Roe, the Biden administration could make abortion drugs more readily available by removing unnecessary regulations on certain drugs. The collective was always under surveillance, but, they noted, because male authorities from police to judges had themselves solicited services for their wives, daughters and mistresses, they were able to operate largely without police interference. Michael Hugo, the chair of the Framingham Democratic Committee said during a Feb. 7, Framingham, Massachusetts, city council meeting that special needs children who aren't aborted are a financial . That also means empowering through education, via practices designed explicitly to provide information. Click here to find a screening in your area. Copyright 2022 NPR. The class also watched the only documentary previously made on the subject, Allyson Beutkes Behind Closed Doors: The Dark Legacy of the Johns Committee. We were done. Members of the underground group informally known as Jane. Frances X. Hogan (bottom row, right) is an accomplished legal professional who has served in leadership roles for numerous pro-life and Catholic organizations, includingWomen Affirming Life and the Pro-Life Committee of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. KAREN GRAVES Susan Geiger Cole and Savannah LaBrant, who run a family YouTube channel called "The LaBrant Fam" where they have over 13 million subscribers, have faced backlash for releasing a video on April 9 labeled a "documentary" about abortion. THE ABORTION TALKS follows the crimes, trial, and murder of John Salviand the story of six women, all of them leaders in the pro-life and pro-choice movements, who sought to ensure that it would never happen again. After the election of President Donald Trump in 2016,producer Daniel Arcana started developing a project about the Jane Collective, an organization his mother, Judith Arcana, was a part of in the 1960s and 70s. They say that between 1968 and 1973, they provided free or low-cost abortions to more than 11,000 women. The 2005 documentary traced those state laws back to how anti-abortion advocates had seized onPlanned Parenthood v. Casey the 1992 Supreme Court decision that upheldRoe v. Wade but changed the standard by which abortion laws were judged. Natasha Hellerich When the decision was delivered on Jan. 22, 1973, legalizing abortion throughout the United States, Wolfson quickly petitioned the district attorney, and all charges were dropped. Click here to find a screening in your area. Women dying in septic abortion wards from self-induced efforts (one OB-GYN interviewed recalls seeing a woman who used carbolic acid), and clandestine abortions gone wrong. Interviews were conducted with members of the Florida public school system, survivors of the Johns Committee, a retired police officer who worked with the committee, and former Florida governor and retired U.S. Nearly 50 years later, Roe v. Wade could be overturned. And The Janes offers a template for organized feminist action. Screenings come with free resources, including the official ABORTION TALKS dialogue guide by Essential Partners. FRONTLINEs latest documentary, "The Abortion Divide," paints a portrait of the complicated, personal issues surrounding abortion. Try some deep breathing - very reassuring. 4. After her 1995 denouncement of Roe v. Wade, Jane Roe was seen as going to the other side. They spoke all of three sentences to me the entire time. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. And in addition to offering a deeply personal window into choices the women faced in unplanned pregnancies, the film examined the steadfast belief of the anti-abortion community that there should be no choice at all. Wes Moore, behind her, during a news conference in support of bills to protect access to abortion. Casey allowed states to restrict access, so long as they did not place an undue burden on women seeking the procedure. The House State Affairs Committee passed a bill making it illegal for an adult to transport a minor across state lines for an abortion, with the intent to conceal it from the parents or guardians . FRONTLINE goes inside the fight over abortion, told through the stories of women struggling with unplanned pregnancies. They were unable to fathom that the women could do the work themselves. ET Wednesday, featuring the voices of more than a dozen former members of the group, informally known as Jane, who recount their experiences helping women get access to abortions when they were illegal. Emphasized again and again is the message that we cannot rely on antiquated laws propping up white-supremacist patriarchal institutions to support or care for us. Ned Lamont, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, and local OB/GYNs spoke at the event put on by DefendDemocracy to protest against the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. Signatories in the letter list prior actions from the UN Human Rights Committee's over abortion . With the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett days before the 2020 presidential election, conservatives secured a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court and the chance to shape American life and policy, including abortion rights, for a generation. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: For the women coming through, they were putting their trust in somebody who was breaking the law. FRONTLINE is a registered trademark of WGBH Educational Foundation. Among the signatories are the Global Justice Center, Pregnancy Justice, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. New HBO doc The Janes offers a preview of a post-Roe future by looking to the past, The Janes, a new documentary premiering on HBO, New documentary tells story of a secret all-women group who provided safe abortions before Roe, Support for legal abortion now at its highest point ever, polling shows. There has been an absolute calamity in terms of public health, human rights, and the response has been middling to poor, Ryan said. Editor's note: This review was originally published at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. How, despite "Roe v. Wade," anti-abortion advocates successfully led campaigns to pass multiple state laws limiting access to abortion with efforts in Miss. The abortion clinic is less than a mile from Texas, where abortion is illegal. The broadcast version also updates viewers on same-sex marriage in Florida. Columbia/SONY, Inc. Anita Bryant Orange Juice Advertisement This historical context, now made contemporary in light of the Supreme Courts leaked draft opinion, has set the stage for The Janes, a new documentary premiering on HBO on Wednesday, June 8. All rights reserved. And all of a sudden, they were gone. But when youre talking about people and their hopes to better themselves economically, you can tell some wonderful stories., Drawing a parallel to the U.S. House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack, Himes said, They radically changed the way a congressional committee communicates with the American public and we did the same thing with this documentary.. Seven Janes were arrested, along with the clientele in the apartment. DEL BARCO: The Janes say their clients included wives and girlfriends of police officers. The Committee recalls that unsafe abortion is a leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity. Home Video DVDs of The Abortion Divideare available from ShopPBS. That is when such a situation arises. Prior to the Roe v. Wade case, the so-called Janes built the underground organization and assisted an estimated 11,000 women. More 33 mins 13 Jun 2018. After Tiller documents how four remaining third-trimester providers have continued carrying Tillers legacy. FRONTLINE is a registered trademark of WGBH Educational Foundation. IE 11 is not supported. 1970. Florida Film Festival 2013 They drove women to and from appointments, explained how the process would unfold and babysat their children while they underwent the procedure. SYLVANA FERNNDEZ NPR's Mandalit del Barco has this report. Beginning in the late 1960s, signs hung up around the city and advertisements in underground newspapers offered a vague alternative: Pregnant? Nicki Nichols Gamble (top row, right) was the President of Planned Parenthood League of MA at the time of the clinic shootings and throughout the six yearlong dialogues. Abortion: Stories Women Tell directed by Tracy Droz Tragos, documents what women at an Illinois abortion clinic were experiencing when Missouri legislators passed the extreme law mandating anin-person informed consent process and a mandatory72-hourwaiting period between the time you sign your consent and your procedure. As media typically displays and argues abortion is for careless young women, this documentary depicts how those in need of abortion range in age, race, motivation and marital status. Abortion: Stories Women Tell is streaming on HBO Max. June: National Right to Life brings together state . A decade after Roe v. Wade, FRONTLINE visited an abortion clinic in Pennsylvania, covering the conflict over reproductive rights like never before on American television. And why it wasnt stopped sooner. In the documentary, members of Jane, who themselves were predominantly middle- and upper-class white women, spoke about recognizing the problematic dynamic. Some would die. DEL BARCO: Booth, who is 76 years old, has been fighting for women's reproductive rights since she was a 19-year-old college student. Kaplan, stopped doing them under pressure from organized crime. Even before last year's Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade, a recent international surge in films about abortion rights and the endangerment thereof from period pieces like . In 1963, 280 deaths were recorded in the U.S. from induced abortions, and in 1965, they dropped to 235, according to Pew Research, which indicated that the numbers fell to single digits or zero every year after Roe v. Wade was decided. And at that point, I realized we better set up a system. The documentary serves as a cautionary tale, with its release just weeks after a leak from the U.S. Supreme Court suggested the landmark 1973 ruling that established abortion rights nationwide . The Jane group evaded law enforcement until seven Janes were arrested in 1972. used by permission and protected by the BOOTH: A friend of mine said that his sister was pregnant, nearly suicidal, not prepared to have a child. DAVID MORAN We'll help you. Where is the money? What we must remember is that the institutions that serve us are not broken. The actions she took on became known as Women on Waves. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. New HBO documentary 'The Janes' examines pre-Roe v. Wade underground abortion network The group helped an estimated 11,000 women in Chicago get access to safe, affordable abortions in the late. (The reason, he alludes to on camera, is that the Mafia was closing in on him.). In reality, the Jane Collective was not unique. Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, outgoing chair of the USCCB's Committee on Pro-Life Activities, presents pro-life initiative Walking with Moms in Need to the U.S. bishops in . The Janes meets our political moment and reinforces the message of people power and that when people organize, they can change the world. Lets hope it incites us to action, and not to despair. JOHN TILESTON The 8-5 vote along party lines in the House Judiciary Committee came shortly before a Senate Health Policy Committee also voted Wednesday to repeal longstanding Michigan abortion policies. Booth had the previous year participated in the Freedom Summer Project in Mississippi, and says she learned "that sometimes you have to stand up to illegitimate authority, and sometimes there are unjust laws that need to be challenged.. One of the reasons we get screwed up in Washington is we stop thinking about real people and we start thinking about stereotypes That destroys your ability, destroys the empathy that is required to be thoughtful about trying to help real people.. Call Jane.. Thirty-six years after FRONTLINE released 1983s Abortion Clinic, the documentarys producer returned to Pennsylvania to find a community more bitterly divided than ever. The documentary and supporting materials serve as a perfect springboard to have healthier, deeper, more connective conversations about abortion in your context. Meryl Streep narrates this touching documentary about African women who are rescued from being outcasts in their villages when giving birth leads to obstetric fistula. Select screening events will also have an opportunity to host the filmmakers, an Essential Partners representative, and/or participants from The Abortion Talks for a post-screening Q&A or panel conversation. Michael Hugo resigned as the chair of the Framingham Democratic Committee in Massachusetts on Thursday following weeks of backlash for complaining about the cost of special needs education for . That was it. FRONTLINE goes inside the fight over abortion, told through the stories of women struggling with unplanned pregnancies. The film traces the committee's origins in the era of McCarthyism and anti-gay propaganda while detailing the personal stories of those intimately involved with its activities. Jennifer 8. The Idaho House State Affairs Committee moved forward a bill on Friday that would make it a felony crime to transport or recruit a minor for an abortion without parental consent. Others turned to Chicagos organized crime syndicate, but its services were expensive and often unsafe. Before there was Roe V. Wade, there was Jane, and the HBO documentary The Janes (on Crave in Canada at 9:00 p.m. We must care with compassion, and unlike in the male-dominated medical establishment, encourage collective care and knowledge. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. LEARNING INSTITUTE FOR ELDERS (L.I.F.E.) The U.S. Supreme Court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a draft majority opinion Politico obtained and published May 2. We must help everyone no one was turned away for lack of funds. To arrange a press screener, an interview with the filmmakers, Josh Sabey and Sarah Perkins, an interview with an Essential Partners expert, or an interview with participating members of THE ABORTION TALKS dialogues, please contact: Daniel Pritchard How the Supreme Courts Conservative Majority Came to Be. Apr. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The. Jane, nonetheless, is having a moment. You need an abortion. ET June 8), takes you inside an underground network of women providing access to affordable, safe and illegal abortions in Chicago, in the 1960s and 1970s. FRONTLINE has been documenting the fight over abortion for several decades. Her first book, "Breaking Free," will be published on September 5, 2023. Almost daily, the Reproductive Health Services clinic in Montgomery, Alabama, receives several versions of the same call: Are yall still doing abortions?". The documentaries below follow doctors, patients, plaintiffs and protesters through periods when politicians on both side of the aisle fought to either maintain or dismantle the Roe v. Wade verdict all these years later. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images). I asked if you thought it was OK. Ending the constitutional right to abortion has had far-reaching, and in some cases life-threatening risks, the authors write including for those seeking miscarriage care, those forced to travel across state lines for abortion, and those denied care for potentially fatal complications such as ectopic pregnancies. University of Central Florida College of Arts & Humanities. Send questions and comments to Lisa.Mills@ucf.edu. The Idaho House State Affairs Committee moved forward a bill on Friday that would make it a felony crime to transport or recruit a minor for an abortion without parental consent. A new documentary tells the story of "The Jane Collective," a group that helped women with nowhere else to turn for a safe abortion, in the days before Roe v. Wade. Member states are obliged to protect and uphold the rights to life, health, privacy, liberty and security, along with freedoms from torture and inhumane, cruel or degrading treatment. The authors say the curtailment of abortion rights in the US is of a piece with the countrys history of devaluing the lives of Black women, who are hit worst by abortion restrictions. Booth says she found a willing doctor who promised safe, secure procedures. When a draft opinion from the Supreme Court leaked last month, suggesting the court could be poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the directors of underground abortion network documentary The Janes . The centerpiece of their message: The most dangerous place for an African American child is in the womb.. The documentary begins with a cautionary tale. After Tiller is streaming on Amazon Prime. Cassanello, Mills, Hos and their former students launched a fundraising campaign to cover the cost of licensing images and music in the film. Actress Sarah Jessica Parker narrates the piece, acknowledging briefly in the introduction that her own family faced financial difficulties during her childhood. UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BURNETT HONORS COLLEGE, RUTH JENSEN-FORBELL In 1965, Heather Booth received that call for help a friends sister was suicidal for want of an abortion. Pervasive sexual assault by the men conducting abortions. Excellent, important, timely, urgent, and needs to be seen and discussed widely., Peter Coleman, expert and author of The Way Out. Experts believe that the use of a law traditionally used against physical threats could change the landscape. CARL VAN NESS The Florida Orange Growers Association, UCF Burnett Honors College Judith Arcana was one of them. These Documentaries Show How We Got Here. Abortion restrictions, the signatories write, deny womens decisional and bodily autonomy in a way that rejects the agency, dignity and equality of people who can become pregnant.. AT UCF This fall, Himes, a former Wall Street banker, won an eighth term as Connecticuts 4th District representative in Congress. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Vessel premiered at SXSW Film Festival in 2014, winning the Audience Award for Documentary in Competition and a Special Jury Award for Political Courage. Marcie Bianco is a writer and editor based in California. In fall 2011, professors Robert Cassanello and Lisa Mills taught an Advanced Documentary Workshop class at the University of Central Florida. BOB GRAHAM And then it was time to do something else. YOU'VE REACHED YOUR MONTHLY ARTICLE LIMIT. Call this number, and ask for Jane. CHUCK WOODS Do you understand that? Interviews with former members and with women who sought their services are interwoven in the documentary with archival footage from septic abortion wards in Chicago hospitals, where women who had illegal abortions or tried to induce their own often wound up with infections and sometimes took their last breaths alone. Several decades after Roe v. Wade, the anti-abortion movement had successfully spearheaded campaigns in multiple states, passing laws that limited access to abortion including in Mississippi, where a single facility performing abortions remained. Investigative journalist Ellie Flynn follows the story of Ireland's landmark vote to legalise abortion. Maryland House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne A. Jones gestures to Gov. You can always mobilize to help one another, you can organize, and ultimately thats what matters most, Pildes said. Dialogue participant Melissa Kogut, former head of NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, calls this a powerful documentary right when we need it. Frances Hogan, founder of Women Affirming Life describes it as fair, clear and intriguing, and Anne Fowler, a pro-choice Episcopal priest, writes inspiring, brilliantly told.. Photos taken by Flip Schulke Flip Schulke BOB GRAHAM South Carolina introduces bill to punish women who have an abortion by executing them Taking the lead in the red state race to make The Handmaid's Tale a documentary, South Carolina Republicans have introduced a bill that would impose boingboing.net - Mark Frauenfelder 17h Read more on boingboing.net Abortion South Carolina Reproductive Rights Beginning in June 2016, the film will be broadcast on more than 70 local public television stations through the American Public Television Exchange, via presenting station WUSF-TV. In fall 2011, professors Robert Cassanello and Lisa Mills taught an Advanced Documentary Workshop class at the University of Central Florida. It was successful in either firing or expelling more than 200 suspected gay Rep. Barbara . EMMA PILDES: They want people to feel like they could do this, too.
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