In May, Politico obtained a leaked draft penned by Supreme Court Justice Alito showing a majority ruling to overturn both Roe.
vs. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). If the leaked documents are correct, it would set abortion rights in the United States back fifty years.
Serendipitously, two films premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival about the abortion activists known as the Jane Collective: Phyllis Nagy’s drama “Call Jane,” set for release in October, and Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes’ documentary “The Janes.” The collection’s direct action activism helped an estimated 11,000 women and girls, mostly low-income and women of color, receive safe and affordable abortions.
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