In the day before rovey waied, it was possible to get an abortion in Chicago. The price could range between 500 and a thousand dollars. Eleanor says women would go to people they thought had connections or shady doctors. She tells of how she helped other women find abortions that were safe and affordable.
Before Roe v. Wade, Eleanor Oliver was a Jane: a member of a group in Chicago that helped women get safe but illegal abortions. Sean Rameswaram sat down with her on the day Roe was overturned.
This episode was edited and fact-checked by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and produced by Victoria Chamberlin and host Sean Rameswaram.
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