Ask for Jane

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🗓️ 1 July 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Before Roe v. Wade, Eleanor Oliver was a Jane: a member of a group in Chicago that helped women get safe but illegal abortions. Sean Rameswaram sat down with her on the day Roe was overturned. This episode was edited and fact-checked by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and produced by Victoria Chamberlin and host Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Last Friday we got the news that Roe v Wade had been overturned by the Supreme Court.
0:05.5	My first thought was to call a Jane.
0:09.7	Hello.
0:12.9	I asked her if she had heard the news.
0:15.4	What news?
0:19.4	This Jane had fought for women's rights in the 1960s, equal pay, child care, the right
0:25.0	to choose the right to have an abortion. She helped women get illegal abortions in Chicago
0:31.8	in the late 60s, early 70s before Roe v Wade.
0:36.0	Last Friday I was the one who told her Roe v Wade had been overturned.
0:41.1	Women are still going to have abortions.
0:43.8	That's not going to change anything.
0:45.2	That's not going to change a damn thing.
0:49.4	I'm Sean Ramos for my conversation with a Jane.
0:54.4	He's coming up on today's point.
1:05.2	Sorry.
1:06.7	I don't know if you were shoe honor or shoe off household.
1:09.9	That is some kind of bike.
1:11.6	Thank you.
1:12.6	Oh, that's a beautiful piece of equipment.
1:14.5	Thank you.
1:15.3	The first thing you need to know about this Jane is that her name isn't actually Jane.
1:19.7	It's Eleanor.
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