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Podcast: Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined
Episode: Patricia Novick: Championing Reproductive Freedom in the post-Roe Era
Description: Before abortion was legalized by the US Supreme Court in 1973 (Roe v Wade), aChicago-based group of over 100 women--known as Jane--provided counselingand illegal abortions for 11,000 women (1969-1973). Rev. & Dr. Patricia Novick,age 75, was one of the original Janes. Patricia and founder Heather Booth areamong those featured in the illuminating film The Janes. In her conversation withWomen Over 70, Patricia dispels the public’s misconceptions about the Janes--who they were and who they served. Patricia situates the single issue of abortionrights in th...