As the fate of the abortion-legalizing Roe v. Wade teeters on extinction, Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver headed to Sundance with a new drama, “Call Jane,” that tells the story of an underground movement to provide abortions in Chicago, and open up about a woman’s right to choose.
In the film, Banks plays Joy, a smart wife and assistant to her lawyer-husband who discovers that she has been diagnosed with a rare condition that could kill her if she carries her unborn baby to term. But when her abortion is denied by an all-male medical board, she finds refuge with a group of women involved in The Jane Collective, an underground group secretly providing abortions in Chicago.
The Jane Collective was a service that ran from 1969 until 1973 when the Roe v. Wade ruling was handed down, and its history is also explored in the documentary “The Janes,” which is...
In the film, Banks plays Joy, a smart wife and assistant to her lawyer-husband who discovers that she has been diagnosed with a rare condition that could kill her if she carries her unborn baby to term. But when her abortion is denied by an all-male medical board, she finds refuge with a group of women involved in The Jane Collective, an underground group secretly providing abortions in Chicago.
The Jane Collective was a service that ran from 1969 until 1973 when the Roe v. Wade ruling was handed down, and its history is also explored in the documentary “The Janes,” which is...
- 1/23/2022
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
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