Officials from the US mission to the UN and the US Gender Policy Council, a White House office established by the Biden administration, did not respond to a request for comment in time for publication. In the documentary, members of Jane, who themselves were predominantly middle- and upper-class white women, spoke about recognizing the problematic dynamic. But The Janes is so much more than a mere history lesson. Members of the public gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on May 2, 2022, after a leaked draft majority opinion signaled the likely end of Roe v. Wade and nearly 50 years of abortion law. Some would die. 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. All rights reserved, WUSF Knowledge (16.4) ARCANA: I think that folks who watch this film will be prompted to ask themselves, what would I do? 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 . So we thought, We can be of use.. Weve seen consistent lip service from the Biden-Harris administration, but not enough action, she said. Word spread, and by 1968 Booth realized she needed more help to continue her referral service. The abortion debate has long dominated political discourse on Capitol Hill, particularly in recent years. Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation. We must help everyone no one was turned away for lack of funds. 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. 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. Copyright 2022 NPR. 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.. KATHRYN PAULSON We would like to thank the following individuals without whose advice and assistance the broadcast version of this film could never have happened: Colleen Hamilton January 28, 20223:00 PM ET. Lets hope it incites us to action, and not to despair. There is no moral or economic argument for taxing working people at average rates that are higher than people who are collecting dividends. Inspired by Depression-era photographer Walker Evans whose iconic work documented rural poverty on behalf of the Interior and Agriculture departments the committee assigned itself some creative extra credit: producing a documentary movie. In private meetings across the country, many are asking the same question: what next? Anita Bryant "I Believe" Album Cover The Fight For Women's Bodies Contains some upsetting scenes. 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. Not all materials collected were included in the resulting new documentary about the Johns Committee. Dont want to be? These Documentaries Show How We Got Here. After realizing the consequences of anti-abortion law around the world, she took it upon herself to provide abortions on ships in the ocean. Get in the bathroom. Barbara Thorp (bottom row, left) wasdirector of the Catholic Archdiocese Pro-Life Office in Massachusetts at the time of the clinic shooting, and served on the executive boards of the National Office of Post-Abortion Reconciliation and Healing, the National Committee for a Human Life Amendment, and Women Affirming Life. DEL BARCO: In 1972, police raided the operation and arrested seven of the Janes, including Arcana, who told NPR she was a nursing mother at the time. Could I help her find someone to arrange for an abortion? Lets hope that incites us to action, and not to despair. The system is tilted in favor of people who have already made it, and we need to be really serious about addressing that, he said. 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. The Jane group evaded law enforcement until seven Janes were arrested in 1972. Marcie Bianco is a writer and editor based in California. 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. 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. For decades, underground networksaround the world from El Salvador to Poland to Mexico to right here in the United States have been and are assisting pregnant people obtain the abortion care that they need. The films stories of womens desperation are haunting and ominous. Send questions and comments to Lisa.Mills@ucf.edu. In this short documentary, FRONTLINE followed a group of African American anti-abortion activists and their work inside the Black community. 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). Rep. Barbara . The couple said they wanted to send a message of being "pro-love" rather than "pro-choice" or "pro-life," but viewers have . Roewas egregiously wrong from the start, Alito wrote in his draft, which also takes aim at the 1992 Supreme Court rulingPlanned Parenthood v. Casey. (Amy Davis) Sullivan, a . We did it. This story was originally published by Idaho Reports on March 3, 2023. 4. All rights reserved. DEL BARCO: Booth gathered an underground collective of women who called themselves Jane. So weve got to address those things.. by removing unnecessary regulations on certain drugs. I was just laying there trying to, you know, get my breath, and I knew I was bleeding. Orlando Film Festival 2014 Where is the money? Pervasive sexual assault by the men conducting abortions. The organizing principle of the collectives work is care that all health care, fundamentally, should be based on compassionate care. You'll receive access to exclusive information and early alerts about our documentaries and investigations. Two new films tell the story. In the 2020 documentary AKA Jane Roe, the original anonymous plaintiff of Roe v. Wade, now known to be Norma McCorvey, speaks out about her 1995 decision to condemn abortion. Click here to learn more about hosting a screening. 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.. 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. UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BURNETT HONORS COLLEGE, RUTH JENSEN-FORBELL To prepare for the Supreme Court's current term, we recommend brushing up on the issues with six FRONTLINE documentaries. 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They spoke all of three sentences to me the entire time. We must care with compassion, and unlike in the male-dominated medical establishment, encourage collective care and knowledge. Scott Goldberg So, Mike trained the Janes to perform abortions themselves. Revisit the documentaries below to understand how America reached this moment. Booth says she found a willing doctor who promised safe, secure procedures. Excellent, important, timely, urgent, and needs to be seen and discussed widely., Peter Coleman, expert and author of The Way Out. ARCANA: When abortion is not health care, it's felony homicide. 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 Same-sex marriage became legal in Florida in January, 2015. They each were charged with eleven counts of abortion and conspiracy to commit abortion, and each faced up to 110 years in prison. Republican. Lesanne Brunswick. The films stories of womens desperation are haunting and ominous. BOOTH: I'm hoping that it's actually a call to action. 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.. I cried with her: the diary of a doctor navigating a total abortion ban. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. JUDITH ARCANA: Women did awful things out of fear and desperation. 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.. In the ward at the former Cook County Hospital in Chicago, now John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, death was a common occurrence, according to a 2019 BuzzFeed essay written by Allan Weiland, who worked in the ward as a medical student and appears in The Janes.. 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. FRONTLINE goes inside the fight over abortion, told through the stories of women struggling with unplanned pregnancies. Roe v. Wade Appears Poised to Fall. 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. (The reason, he alludes to on camera, is that the Mafia was closing in on him.). It was updated to reflect the correct year. 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. 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. 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. 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 documentary and supporting materials serve as a perfect springboard to have healthier, deeper, more connective conversations about abortion in your context. Accuracy and availability may vary. House Bill 4006 repeals the 1931 law, which states it's illegal for any individual, mainly doctors, to assist . PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Explore FRONTLINEs collected and ongoing reporting on Russia's war on Ukraine. The Supreme Court Has Overturned 'Roe v. snoopy happy dance emoji 8959 norma pl west hollywood ca 90069 8959 norma pl west hollywood ca 90069 While serving as an usher at his Wichita, Kansas, church, Dr. Tiller was killed by an anti-abortion extremist. In fall 2011, professors Robert Cassanello and Lisa Mills taught an Advanced Documentary Workshop class at the University of Central Florida. 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. U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., speaks during the pro-abortion rights rally at the Ruth Steinkraus Cohen Bridge in downtown Westport, Conn. Sunday, May 8, 2022. MARIE LERNER: We need to turn the anger, the fear, the concern we've got into protest. Documenting evidence of potential war crimes in Ukraine. Though illegal under Illinois law, the Janes, as they called . 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. After helping organize Black voters in Mississippi, she turned her activism to women with unwanted pregnancies. Check your local listings for air dates and times. But finding women who actually obtained abortions from the Janes was more difficult. 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. The Janes meets our political moment and reinforces the message of people power and that when people organize, they can change the world. There is no moral argument for legacy preferences at places like Yale University. 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. Wade.' Enlarge this image. 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. "We went old school to find one of the . In the film, they describe taking turns helping the women who called. Drawing on a landmark FRONTLINE film from the 1980s, the documentary. DEL BARCO: The Janes say their clients included wives and girlfriends of police officers. These documentaries offer context on how America reached this moment. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. / 54m. These norms must be deployed against the state here at home as well. 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 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.. Seven Janes were arrested, along with the clientele in the apartment. The collectives origin story is not unlike the origin stories of other movements: A call for help catalyzes an action, which results in another related action, and another. MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: Heather Booth was on vacation when she got the news that the Supreme Court may soon rule that abortion is once again illegal in the U.S. HEATHER BOOTH: I was horrified but not surprised. Many former members told their stories publicly for the first time in The Janes, which premiered this year at the Sundance Film Festival. Through contacts made at those hearings, the committee identified about 150 families whose stories they explored for the documentary. And many documentary filmmakers have used their medium over the years to reflect on what led to the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and what historical and political developments have led to the continued debate over a womans right to choose. We'd love to read your comments. As far as I can tell, theres a huge commonality of interests between radically different levels of affluence, he said. 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. Columbia/SONY, Inc. Anita Bryant Orange Juice Advertisement These developments follow a decades-long effort by U.S. Himes said he consulted friends who work in television for advice on who should narrate the piece. 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. The committee was tasked with producing a report with policy recommendations, but Himes wanted to go further than that. NPR's Mandalit del Barco has this report. One Jane would drive them to a home they called the front, where another Jane would counsel them.