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Heather: "She Wanted an Abortion. I Wanted to Help."

The Women
The Women
Episode • Feb 18, 2020 • 36m

Heather Booth got a call in 1965 that a friend was in desparate need of an abortion. She started an underground abortion clinic in Chicago called the JANE, that provided over 11,000 abortions before Roe v Wade was passed legalizing abortion in 1973. Heather has continued to organize, across sectors and issues, consulting with President Obama's administration to creating the consumer protection agency alongisde Elizabeth Warren. @TheWomenPod @RoseEReid www.heatherbooththefilm.com 

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