Last friday, we got the news that rovy wade had been overturned by the supreme court. My first thought was to call a jane hello. She helped women get illegal abortions in chicago in the late sixties and early seventies. That's not going to change anything. I'm shon romis for my conversation with jane. He's coming up unto explain support for the shariday comes from moxey. Get moxe free for 30 days, or use the promocode vox v o x to get mox premium for 90 days.
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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