But for those who remained, as Jane member Judith Arcana put it, if he could do it, we could do it medical degree be damned. Saturday, June 24 at 7:30pm. No women whom Jane served are known to have died from their abortions. BOOTH: A friend of mine said that his sister was pregnant, nearly suicidal, not prepared to have a child. Where is the money? 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. 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. That feminist history is the subject of The Janes, an HBO documentary set to premiere on the network and begin streaming on HBO Max at 9 p.m. Some women tried to self-induce abortions using objects or chemicals, which often led to infection and sometimes death. 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. Nelson A. Rockefeller signs a bill repealing the state's 1830 law that banned abortion after quickening except to save a woman's life. Ultimately, just three were included. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: The person who was doing the abortion came in. We were done. the committee documentary abortionthe renaissance apartments chicago. 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. 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. We came together to do something at a time when it was most needed, collective member Laura Kaplan said at the documentarys conclusion. It chronicles the real-life story of a group of women who helped those seeking abortions in Chicago more than 50 years ago. That context could have strengthened the documentarys larger political message about civil disobedience as an effective solution to institutional failure. BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE to meet secretly for six years under the guidance of Essential Partners co-founder Laura R. Chasin. 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. UCF History Department Here are two documentaries that offer context to the Supreme Court's ruling on abortion. 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 . Debating an amendment on Tuesday in the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) graphically described what a partial-birth abortion is, and talk-radio host Mark Levin played the clip and commented that the media will never show Americans the procedure, adding that it is "Mengele-like" and that the Democrat Party fully supports such barbarism. None of the participants would change their minds, but the dialogues changed their lives. AMY SIMPSON, UCF College of Arts & Humanities Web Team, LOU ELLEN KRAMER Before Roe v. Wade, a secret group provided abortions. I was just laying there trying to, you know, get my breath, and I knew I was bleeding. 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.. Wheres the doctor? Powerful evidence of the unimaginable Clara Germani. Essential Partners is a 501(c)3 organization, 2016-2023 Essential Partners |Site Credits. Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation. You can always mobilize to help one another, you can organize, and ultimately thats what matters most, Pildes said. Her civil rights activism also introduced her to Dr. T.R.M. Some would die. These developments follow a decades-long effort by U.S. 3 min read The Supreme Court's Dobbs decision has successfully overturned a woman's federal. 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. Actress Sarah Jessica Parker narrates the piece, acknowledging briefly in the introduction that her own family faced financial difficulties during her childhood. On May 3, Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed the documents authenticity, said that it did not represent a final court decision or the final position of any member on the issues in the case, and requested an investigation into the leak, which he called a singular and egregious breach of trust. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 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. The class also watched the only documentary previously made on the subject, Allyson Beutkes Behind Closed Doors: The Dark Legacy of the Johns Committee. KATHRYN PAULSON Anti-abortion protestors are getting ready to march on the Supreme . They each were charged with eleven counts of abortion and conspiracy to commit abortion. "I wanted it over with and I didn't . Trump documentary maker says he now has 2 armed guards for protection after he gave evidence to January 6 committee Joshua Zitser and Bethany Dawson Jul 2, 2022, 6:06 AM Documentary maker. While most of the Janes were white, middle-class women, most of those they served were low-income Latinas and Black women. Thirty-six years after FRONTLINE released 1983s Abortion Clinic, the documentarys producer returned to Pennsylvania to find a community more bitterly divided than ever. In the film, they describe taking turns helping the women who called. Abortions happened long before Roe v. Wade, and they will continue to happen long after its apparently imminent demise. LEARNING INSTITUTE FOR ELDERS (L.I.F.E.) Jane filled the vacuum. The documentary also reported on the increase in clinic invasions and threats. 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Its pretty hard to tell stories and to be evocative about tax policy, Himes said. Apr. Jennifer 8. Documentary filmmaker and video producer Aaron Hos, representing the UCF Center for Distributed Learning (CDL), was brought onto the project as Producer and Supervising Editor. The US Supreme Court's 7-2 decision established rules based on a pregnancy trimester framework, banning legislative interference in the first trimester of pregnancy (0-12 weeks), allowing states to regulate abortion during the second trimester (weeks 13-28) "in ways that are reasonably related to maternal health," and allowing a state to Some eventually began performing abortions themselves after the older man they previously relied on, who used the code name Dr. And all of a sudden, they were gone. by removing unnecessary regulations on certain drugs. Washington D.C., Mar 1, 2023 / 16:45 pm (CNA). Among the signatories are the Global Justice Center, Pregnancy Justice, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. Seven of the women were arrested in a police raid with charges of abortion and conspiracy to commit abortion in 1972, just before the historic Supreme Court decision. Since its first season in 1983, FRONTLINE has been covering the battle over abortion at both the national and state levels. ! they shouted, going from room to room looking for a male physician. SYLVANA FERNNDEZ They spoke all of three sentences to me the entire time. EMMA PILDES: They want people to feel like they could do this, too. Yet, amid this violence, a hopefulness shines through. Send questions and comments to Lisa.Mills@ucf.edu. You know, Netflix or HBO isnt going to distribute it, but were hoping that there will be continued interest in showing it around the country., Jim Himes-led committee releases documentary on economic disparity, Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media, 2023 Hearst Media Services Connecticut, LLC, New Milford aids The Silo nonprofit with $107K facilities upgrade, Stratford resident stunned by earthquake destruction in Turkey, In Photos: African-based food tasting event held in New Canaan, Greenwich parking an obstacle to outdoor dining's return, Arming guidance counselors? Especially now. Legislation across the U.S. indicates that states are bracing for the potential of a post-Roe world. Any exceptions allowing abortion in very narrow circumstances for example, where an abortion is necessary to save the life of the pregnant persons life, or when the pregnancy is the result of rape are practically unworkable, the signatories write. The Fight For Women's Bodies Contains some upsetting scenes. Revisit the documentaries below to understand how America reached this moment. 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.. Im just enormously happy with the outcome of the committee, Himes said. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. Click here to learn more about hosting a screening. 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 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.. Since Roe was overturned, such local ordinances have been identified as a tool for officials to control where patients can get an abortion, advocates and legal experts say. So goodbye Jane.. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and conservative allies to secure an ideological majority on the Supreme Court a successful push FRONTLINE chronicled in the 2020 documentary Supreme Revenge: Battle for the Court. JUDITH ARCANA: Women did awful things out of fear and desperation. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, Photo from The New York Times, July 2, 1969. After realizing the consequences of anti-abortion law around the world, she took it upon herself to provide abortions on ships in the ocean. But people would be banned from using the process to change abortion laws. 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 . Booth tells her story in "The Janes." Film Program in the School of Visual Arts and Design Around this time, too, abortion became legal in New York state and Washington, D.C., which meant that a large demographic of their clientele middle- and upper-class white women could travel to obtain a legal abortion (abortion was still illegal in Illinois). Try some deep breathing - very reassuring. 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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. BOOTH: I'm hoping that it's actually a call to action. 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. DEL BARCO: The film shows how the Jane Collective was different. Call this number, and ask for Jane. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: We would try to have refreshments, talk to them, try to keep a pleasant atmosphere for people that were probably terrified out of their minds. How, despite "Roe v. Wade," anti-abortion advocates successfully led campaigns to pass multiple state laws limiting access to abortion with efforts in Miss. It has repeatedly called on States parties to the CEDAW Convention to remove punitive measures for women who undergo abortion and to legalize abortion at least in cases of rape, incest, threats to the life or health of the pregnant woman and girls . 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. Seven Janes were arrested, along with the clientele in the apartment. FRONTLINE has been documenting the fight over abortion for several decades. Scott Goldberg Screenings come with free resources, including the official ABORTION TALKS dialogue guide by Essential Partners. While serving as an usher at his Wichita, Kansas, church, Dr. Tiller was killed by an anti-abortion extremist. Jane was born first as a continuation of Booths referral service, and then as a counseling service. Republican. Casey allowed states to restrict access, so long as they did not place an undue burden on women seeking the procedure. UCF OFFICE OF LGBTQ SERVICES He explained exactly what he was doing. Lie back and do as I tell you. They drove women to and from appointments, explained how the process would unfold and babysat their children while they underwent the procedure. O n the day Angela Saini talks to me from her book-lined study in New York, the patriarchy is hard at work all over the world. 11: New York allows abortion on demand up to the 24th week of pregnancy, as Gov. Screenings come with free resources, including the official ABORTION TALKS dialogue guide by Essential Partners. The fight for contraception, abortion rights, and bodily autonomy has always been hard-fought and tense, but in the last few years, it's become a life or death battle for many. Filmmakers Tia Lessin and Emma Peldes. Dorrie Barron tells us what it was like for her to get an abortion before the Janes and Roe v. Wade came along. Wes Moore, behind her, during a news conference in support of bills to protect access to abortion. Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation. 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. "The Janes" is streaming on HBO Max. One Jane would drive them to a home they called the front, where another Jane would counsel them. In this short documentary, FRONTLINE followed a group of African American anti-abortion activists and their work inside the Black community. ACOG Committee Opinion No. Find out in the 2015 documentary Outbreak, newly available to stream on FRONTLINEs YouTube channel. Arcana, now in her 70s, and other members, who were college age to middle age, were known as Jane, a code name used to avoid being caught. COLLEEN HAMILTON, LYNN AND LOUIS WOLFSON II Click here to find a screening in your area. used by permission and protected by the Featuring two of the victims and one interrogator, the film exposes the committees subversive activities and how its effects are still felt today. June 8, 2022. WUCF-TV is now streaming The Committee for FREE on their website! In the documentary, members of Jane, who themselves were predominantly middle- and upper-class white women, spoke about recognizing the problematic dynamic. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. 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. Their work dramatically changed when Mike the man who had been performing the procedures after Howard, and who, unbeknownst to some of the Janes, was not a medically licensed physician decided that he didnt want to do it anymore. Same-sex marriage became legal in Florida in January, 2015. Esposito, a web application developer for a tech company, presented emotional testimony before the committee in support of Senate Bill 798, which seeks to enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution, if approved by voters in 2024. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. So we had about over 100 counts of felony homicide against us, each of us. Many former members told their stories publicly for the first time in The Janes, which premiered this year at the Sundance Film Festival. Investigative journalist Ellie Flynn follows the story of Ireland's landmark vote to legalise abortion. After Tiller is streaming on Amazon Prime. He would assist Dr. Cassanello and Dr. Mills in guiding the students through the various technical and creative facets of the film's post-production and marketing phases. That was it. DEL BARCO: The Janes hired an attorney who had represented the Black Panthers. Copyright Laws of the United States, Her first book, "Breaking Free," will be published on September 5, 2023. Barron says someone in the Chicago mob took her to a seedy motel with another young, pregnant woman. JUDITH POUCHER And for too long, the US has been able to avoid that type of international scrutiny, she said. Brutal, costly abortions at the hands of the Mafia. Shout Gladi Gladi. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 409 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024-2188. Seven Janes were arrested, along with the clientele in the apartment. 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. In the letter, the signatories ask recipients to communicate with the US about these violations, to request an official visit to the US, and to ask the country to comply with its obligations under international law as a UN member state. Documentary shows how women ran underground abortion network before Roe v. Wade ruling, according to a 2019 BuzzFeed essay written by Allan Weiland. You'll receive access to exclusive information and early alerts about our documentaries and investigations. BOB GRAHAM The US must be castigated on the world stage for its treatment of women, girls and others who can become pregnant the scale and intensity of human rights violations that the US is inflicting on its population are near unfathomable at this point, said Christine Ryan, legal director of the Global Justice Center, in a phone interview. I cried with her: the diary of a doctor navigating a total abortion ban. The law was rendered unconstitutional after the passage of Proposal 3 in November. There has been an absolute calamity in terms of public health, human rights, and the response has been middling to poor, Ryan said. UCF Center for Distributed Learning, 2015 - University of Central Florida Tel : 617-923-1216 Pervasive sexual assault by the men conducting abortions. We'll help you. The film details how the women of the Chicago-based group worked and helped women obtain safe and affordable abortions. These norms must be deployed against the state here at home as well. With lower costs and more scheduling availability (they could sometimes perform up to two dozen abortions a day), women of color from the South Side and West Side of Chicago quickly became their main clients. After her 1995 denouncement of Roe v. Wade, Jane Roe was seen as going to the other side. It was updated to reflect the correct year. Roe v. Wade Appears Poised to Fall. Accuracy and availability may vary. 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 . Nearly 50 years later, Roe v. Wade could be overturned. Others turned to Chicagos organized crime syndicate, but its services were expensive and often unsafe. Kaplan, stopped doing them under pressure from organized crime. 1970. Click here to find a screening in your area. That is, until May 1972, when two women went to the police to report the collective, after attending a counseling appointment with their sister-in-law, who was seeking an abortion. We'd love to read your comments. AT UCF 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. 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 All rights reserved. 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. This documentary, accompanied by dozens of in-depth interviews published as part of the FRONTLINE Transparency Project, examined then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnells decades-long campaign to transform the nations highest court and its profound implications. On Sept. 1, the state . They were so detailed in care, said Doris, whose second abortion with the collective was remarkably different from her first one, via the Mafia. Columbia/SONY, Inc. Anita Bryant Orange Juice Advertisement 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. 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. Anybody can be a catalyst for change. FRONTLINE goes inside the fight over abortion, told through the stories of women struggling with unplanned pregnancies. IE 11 is not supported. The couple said they wanted to send a message of being "pro-love" rather than "pro-choice" or "pro-life," but viewers have . TIA LESSIN: There's audacious women who outmaneuvered the Chicago Police and the Catholic Church and the Chicago mob to help other women in need. Released in 2018, Just after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, Reversing Roe examines how the abortion debate became more heated than ever before. 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. Suncoast Emmy Award Nomination - Editor Additional funding is provided by the Abrams Foundation; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Park Foundation; the Heising-Simons Foundation; and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen. University of Central Florida College of Arts & Humanities. Anne Fowler (top row, left) is anEpiscopal priestand outspoken pro-choice advocate who served as theRector of St. John's Church in Jamaica Plain, MA, on the board of directors for Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, and on the board of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. 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. Florida Senator Charley Johns chaired the committee, and its aim was to root out communist and homosexual teachers and students from state universities. To help you learn more about the history behind this courts contentious ruling, TheWrap has gathered five essential documentaries to watch. The Florida Orange Growers Association, UCF Burnett Honors College 4. After a Supreme Court draft opinion was leaked last month indicating that the justices are likely to overturn Roe v. Wade, it felt like the time for us to come together to give women a platform to talk about what it looks like when abortion is criminalized, Pildes said. Weve seen consistent lip service from the Biden-Harris administration, but not enough action, she said. CT proposal causes confusion, concern, Shelton group to host Syrian refugee family, Suspect in rape at CT housing authority property rejects offer, West Haven public housing waitlist highlights 'national crisis', Is CT recycling going into the trash? 833. For years, illegitimate authorities have been chipping away, state by state, rule by rule, impacting women's lives on the most intimate decision of our life. Rebecca Hodges Explore FRONTLINEs collected and ongoing reporting on Russia's war on Ukraine. JOHN TILESTON IE 11 is not supported. 7 min read. N. ADAM WATSON The group helped an estimated 11,000 women in Chicago get access to safe, affordable abortions in the late 1960s and early 70s. A doctor hugs a patient at an abortion clinic in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on 13 January 2023. Nobody wants an unstable banking system.. We must help everyone no one was turned away for lack of funds. The centerpiece of their message: The most dangerous place for an African American child is in the womb.. We did it. Feel free to share it around. 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 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. The Committee recalls that unsafe abortion is a leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity. FRONTLINE goes inside the fight over abortion, told through the stories of women struggling with unplanned pregnancies. GEOR, IOWA, KAET, KBDI, KCET, KCPT, KCTS, KENT, KENW, KLRU, KLVX, KNME, KOOD, KPBS, KQED, KQEH, KRCB, KRMA, KRSU, KTOO, KTWU, KVCR, KWSU, NDAK, NEWH, NEWJ, OREG, SDAK, WCET, WCFE, WCVE, WEDU, WFSU, WGBY, WGCU, WILL, WITF, WJCT, WKAR, WLIW, WMHT, WMVS, WNED, WNIN, WNIT, WNMU, WNPT, WOUB, WPBA, WPBT, WPTD, WPTO, WQED, WQPT, WSRE, WTIU, WTVI, WUCF, WUSF, WXXI. We knew that some would be injured. Detailing the decades-long abortion debate, these docs give context to the historic Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. Over the course of 16 months, beginning last July, the Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth conducted a dozen hearings in Washington and several more in locations around the country, addressing a range of issues from education to housing, labor unions, small business support, infrastructure, social programs and tax policy. And many private . The procedure is done by a licensed healthcare professional.. The description of the arrest of seven Janes is almost comical. Beginning in the late 1960s, signs hung up around the city and advertisements in underground newspapers offered a vague alternative: Pregnant? 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.