Eleanor Oliver, also known as a Jane, helped women get abortions in the 1970s and '80s. She says her organization was raided by police after someone complained about an abortion they were performing. Eleanor: "We weren't hurting anybody. We weren't making loads of money off of people" The group performed 11,000 to 12,000 abortions during its time on the streets; it's unclear how many more there are today.
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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