![]() SUNNY CHAPMAN: I went to a doctor who just treated me like dirt. It's directed by Kate Kirtz and Nell Lundy. In 1969, a group of women in Chicago decided to take matters into their own hands, setting up a hotline offering counseling and providing abortion services under the moniker “Jane.” This is an excerpt of the 1996 documentary Jane: An Abortion Service. Well, before the landmark Roe ruling in '73, women in many parts of the country who were seeking abortions turned to oftentimes dangerous alternative solutions. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling that recognizes the constitutional right to an abortion. Alabama has passed a near-total ban on abortions.Īrchitects of the recent wave of draconian abortion laws say they’re aimed at overturning Roe v. In addition to Louisiana and Mississippi, Kentucky, Ohio and Georgia have also recently moved to outlaw abortions after six weeks, while Missouri passed an eight-week abortion ban earlier this week. A federal judge temporarily blocked the Mississippi ban last week. However, the ban will go into effect if neighboring Mississippi’s abortion ban is upheld. ![]() The law does not include exceptions for rape or incest. ![]() On Thursday, Louisiana became the fifth state to ban abortions after six weeks, when the Democratic governor, John Bel Edwards, signed the new measure into law. ![]() AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! I’m Amy Goodman. ![]()
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