Jane: Documents from Chicago's Clandestine Abortion Service 1968-1973

Jane: Documents from Chicago's Clandestine Abortion Service 1968-1973

Author(s) & Contributor(s)
Firestarter Press
Judith Arcana
Jeanne Galatzer-Levy
Publication Year
2004
Geographic Location

Baltimore, MD

Language
English
Number of Pages
58
Physical Description
half-page,
Summary
Jane was the abortion counselling service affiliated with the Chicago Women's Liberation Union (CWLU). Before abortion was legalized in 1973, Jane members, none of whom were physicians, performed over 11,000 illegal abortions.

Originally part of the celebrate people's history poster project.

personal stories
abortion
reproductive rights
women's history
political organizing
HLS Health - Sexual
Copies in library
HLS 6575 (Available) Click to view circulation history
HLS 1400 (Available) Click to view circulation history