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Podcast: City Cast Chicago
Episode: For Many in Chicago, the Pre-Roe World Meant a Call to the Janes
Description: This episode was originally published on June 7, 2022.The reversal of Roe v. Wade won’t end abortion — it will make access to safe abortion much more difficult. Before the Supreme Court’s landmark abortion rights decision women had to take dangerous measures to end a pregnancy. Seeing the need, a group of women based in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood created a service that provided everything from counseling to rides to appointments. You called a number, and you asked for Jane.Laura Kaplan was part of the group, and she’s the author of...