i asked eleanor im eleanor oliver, one of the janes who helped other women get safe, illegal abortions in chicago. The day the supreme court overturned row, almost 50 years later, i showed up at her apartment to talk. I'm still stewing over it, but you know, women are still going to have abortions. That's not going to change thing. I's n't going to change a damned thing.
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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