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Part Two: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

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The Mafia's Take on Abortion Rights

In 1973, a Catholic woman comes to get an abortion and her sister-in-law calls the police. She didn't call them into the district where they were seen as friendly but instead called them into a different district. The story I hear most often told is that the anti-abortion lobby was trying to get some arrests in because Supreme Court was about to see Roe v. Wade. So maybe someone wanted to get some abortionists on trial and hurry.

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