Barbara Thorp (bottom row, left) wasdirector of the Catholic Archdiocese Pro-Life Office in Massachusetts at the time of the clinic shooting, and served on the executive boards of the National Office of Post-Abortion Reconciliation and Healing, the National Committee for a Human Life Amendment, and Women Affirming Life. The Fight For Women's Bodies Contains some upsetting scenes. SYLVANA FERNNDEZ Suncoast Emmy Awards 2014, Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts 2012, Atlanta's Out On Film LGBT Film Festival 2014 This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Florida Film Festival 2013 Anybody can be a catalyst for change. Her first book, "Breaking Free," will be published on September 5, 2023. Abortion restrictions, the signatories write, deny womens decisional and bodily autonomy in a way that rejects the agency, dignity and equality of people who can become pregnant.. Three of the Janes - Heather Booth, Judith Arcana and Marie Lerner - say they hope their story inspires others. Women dying in septic abortion wards from self-induced efforts (one OB-GYN interviewed recalls seeing a woman who used carbolic acid), and clandestine abortions gone wrong. Members were able to set up a much more compassionate setting that was respectful to women, she said. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 409 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024-2188. FRED FEJES Overriding nearly five decades of legal precedent, the Supreme Courthas overturnedRoe v. Wade, the landmark1973 ruling that legalized abortion in the U.S. Served with the US Army in the Philippines in World War II. Now, the American Medical Association is fighting back. Although some initially hesitated to appear on camera, all of them understood that these rights were slipping away and that these stories were relevant, said Tia Lessin, who co-directed the film with Emma Pildes. Select screening events will also have an opportunity to host the filmmakers, an Essential Partners representative, and/or participants from The Abortion Talks for a post-screening Q&A or panel conversation. Connecticut Gov. Senator Bob Graham. Prior to the Roe v. Wade case, the so-called Janes built the underground organization and assisted an estimated 11,000 women. UCF OFFICE OF LGBTQ SERVICES Won an Emmy award for his abortion documentary "The Committee" in 1971 only one year after he left his advertising business and established Cusack Productions. We knew that some would be injured. A new documentary series warns about the dangers of chemical abortions, as the Biden Administration has recently removed restrictions on the abortion pill . We tried to do it with as much respect and understanding as we could.. We'll help you. 833. Suncoast Emmy Award Nomination - Editor Weve seen consistent lip service from the Biden-Harris administration, but not enough action, she said. This is going to hurt, but it won't hurt for long. DEL BARCO: Booth gathered an underground collective of women who called themselves Jane. BOB GRAHAM I asked if you thought it was OK. Some women tried to self-induce abortions using objects or chemicals, which often led to infection and sometimes death. Judith Arcana was one of them. DEL BARCO: The Janes say their clients included wives and girlfriends of police officers. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. FRONTLINE is a registered trademark of WGBH Educational Foundation. Though illegal under Illinois law, the Janes, as they called . Web Site Copyright 1995-2023 WGBH Educational Foundation. In the letter, the signatories ask recipients to communicate with the US about these violations, to request an official visit to the US, and to ask the country to comply with its obligations under international law as a UN member state. 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Esposito, a web application developer for a tech company, presented emotional testimony before the committee in support of Senate Bill 798, which seeks to enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution, if approved by voters in 2024. The film traces the committee's origins in the era of McCarthyism and anti-gay propaganda while detailing the personal stories of those intimately involved with its activities. Will they matter? The films stories of womens desperation are haunting and ominous. According to the media gossip platform Def Noodles, the video received more than 33,000. Explore FRONTLINEs collected and ongoing reporting on Russia's war on Ukraine. The Common Good: A Documentary (2010 Video) 21 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy Rate Two Catholic women who have reconciled their faith with their support of the right to choose travel across Wisconsin to spread their message. Booth tells her story in "The Janes." Rev. He said he often gets asked how its possible to represent a population with such a wide range in income and wealth disparity. 4. An abortion is a procedure to end a pregnancy. ACOG Committee Opinion No. Web Site Copyright 1995-2023 WGBH Educational Foundation. The Idaho House State Affairs Committee moved forward a bill on Friday that would make it a felony crime to transport or recruit a minor for an abortion without parental consent. Documenting evidence of potential war crimes in Ukraine. Ultimately, just three were included. The 2005 documentary traced those state laws back to how anti-abortion advocates had seized onPlanned Parenthood v. Casey the 1992 Supreme Court decision that upheldRoe v. Wade but changed the standard by which abortion laws were judged. FRONTLINE goes inside the fight over abortion, told through the stories of women struggling with unplanned pregnancies. Im just enormously happy with the outcome of the committee, Himes said. A new documentary tells the story of "The Jane Collective," a group that helped women with nowhere else to turn for a safe abortion, in the days before Roe v. Wade. Howard agreed to help the friends sister and continued to perform abortion services for women who came to Booth for assistance until she lost touch with him. But now, without having to pay Mike, they remodeled their payment service by reducing the price from $500 to $100 and offering a pay-what-you-can option. When the decision was delivered on Jan. 22, 1973, legalizing abortion throughout the United States, Wolfson quickly petitioned the district attorney, and all charges were dropped. The documentary explores how the killings ignited a fierce debate about the intersection of free speech, abortion and religion and contributed to a Massachusetts law allowing a 35-foot buffer. I cried with her: the diary of a doctor navigating a total abortion ban. Signatories in the letter list prior actions from the UN Human Rights Committees over abortion access in countries such as Ireland and El Salvador, arguing for similar scrutiny of the US. April 23 and August 27, 2019 Lee. Madeline McComish (top row, center), a retired chemist, is past president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life. Of course it felt complicated, Peaches, a white woman in the collective, observed. Booth had the previous year participated in the Freedom Summer Project in Mississippi, and says she learned "that sometimes you have to stand up to illegitimate authority, and sometimes there are unjust laws that need to be challenged.. Click here to download the complete press kit. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: For the women coming through, they were putting their trust in somebody who was breaking the law. Some would die. In 2009, one of the very few remaining providers of third-trimester abortions in the country, Dr. George Tiller, was shot to death. A doctor hugs a patient at an abortion clinic in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on 13 January 2023. . ARCANA: When abortion is not health care, it's felony homicide. The experience would forever change how they speak to and about each other. Himes said he consulted friends who work in television for advice on who should narrate the piece. One of the reasons we get screwed up in Washington is we stop thinking about real people and we start thinking about stereotypes That destroys your ability, destroys the empathy that is required to be thoughtful about trying to help real people.. Himes said various members of the committee have plans in the works to screen the movie in their districts, and theyre promoting it at universities. The 8-5 vote along party lines in the House Judiciary Committee came shortly before a Senate Health Policy Committee also voted Wednesday to repeal longstanding Michigan abortion policies. (617) 923-1216, Ext 24, PO Box 400175, Cambridge, MA 02140info@whatisessential.org Seven Janes were arrested, along with the clientele in the apartment. Before Roe v. Wade, a secret group provided abortions. Gasparilla International Film Festival 2012. UCF Office of Instructional Resources Students also interviewed Judith Poucher, Ph.D., who recently released her book State of Defiance: Challenging the Johns Committee's Assault on Civil Liberties. Do you understand that? Out Twin Cities Film Festival 2014 Nelson A. Rockefeller signs a bill repealing the state's 1830 law that banned abortion after quickening except to save a woman's life. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. That is when labor is induced, the babies path is blocked in the vagina, and the babies brain is sucked out if its skull. So weve got to address those things.. From left: Martha Scott, Jeanne Galatzer-Levy, Abby Parisers, Sheila Smith and Madeline Schwenk. Rarely has a documentary been quite so timely as The Janes. Film Program in the School of Visual Arts and Design Signatories in the letter list prior actions from the UN Human Rights Committee's over abortion . The Supreme Courts Dobbs decision has successfully overturned a womans federal right to an abortion; nearly 50 years later, Roe v. Wade is no longer the law of the land. Roewas egregiously wrong from the start, Alito wrote in his draft, which also takes aim at the 1992 Supreme Court rulingPlanned Parenthood v. Casey. The films stories of womens desperation are haunting and ominous. Arcana, now in her 70s, and other members, who were college age to middle age, were known as Jane, a code name used to avoid being caught. Lessin said the group treated women with care and concern leading up to and during their appointments and stayed in contact with them after their procedures, in contrast to many back-alley male doctors, the worst of whom performed abortions while drunk and sometimes sexually assaulted their patients. Similar laws are passed in Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington state. MONICA MONTICELLO, MONICA MONTICELLO Screenings come with free resources, including the official ABORTION TALKS dialogue guide by Essential Partners. There's reason for people on opposing sides of abortion to talk, even if they disagree Kate Isaacs, Excellent, important, timely, urgent and needs to be seen and discussed widely Peter Coleman, Founding Executive Director of the Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict and Complexity (AC4) at The Earth Institute at Columbia University and author of. Ned Lamont, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, and local OB/GYNs spoke at the event put on by DefendDemocracy to protest against the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. Trump documentary maker says he now has 2 armed guards for protection after he gave evidence to January 6 committee Joshua Zitser and Bethany Dawson Jul 2, 2022, 6:06 AM Documentary maker. Howard, a Black surgeon and civil rights leader who had recently moved to Chicago after receiving death threats from the KKK for speaking out about Emmett Tills murder. Anti-abortion protestors are getting ready to march on the Supreme . Although these doctors are followed by constant threats of violence, these providers compassionately assist women who have to make the decision to terminate advanced, and often wanted, pregnancies.