From 1969 to 1973, a Chicago-based organization known by the code name “Jane” brought safe and accessible abortions to more than 10,000 women. Paula Kamen’s Jane: Abortion and the Underground gives voice to the women who ran the resistance collective, risking their freedom to champion the right to choose. Director Morgan Manasa and Idle Muse’s […]
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Jane and Roe wade into the history of abortion rights
The author of Jane: Abortion and the Underground and the Reader theater editor talk about putting reproductive justice center stage.
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Jane: Abortion and the Underground relives the bad old days of covert abortions
A staged reading of a play revisits the famed collective, who helped women secure abortions.
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Chronicles of chronic pain
At Northwestern, a panel of writers on chronic pain.