In
this video clip, Abortion Counseling Service (aka "Jane")
volunteers talk about the actual process by which women received
their abortions. They also reflect on the social and political issues
that surrounded their work and why the counseling service was so
important to women at the time.
The
Abortion Counseling Service began as an underground referral group.
Eventually Jane members decided to perform the abortions themselves.
Former
Jane members estimate that they performed more than 11,000 illegal
abortions. Working under difficult clandestine conditions, Jane
became legendary on the streets of Chicago for the quality of its
care and the dedication of its members.
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