Eleanor Oliver is one of the Janes, this group of women that helped other women get safe, illegal abortions in Chicago in the late 1960s and early 70s before Roe v. Wade. The Friday of this summer, the Supreme Court overturned Roe almost 50 years later. We thought we'd bring you that conversation again today as it really helped us wrap our heads around one of the biggest developments of the year. Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort.
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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