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LAURA KAPLAN is the author of the new book, "The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Femi...
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The underground abortion service began operation in Chicago in 1969.
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The underground abortion service began operation four years before Roe v. Wade.
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LAURA KAPLAN is the author of the new book, "The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service," (Pantheon Books). In 1969 this underground abortion service began operation in Chicago, four years before Roe v. Wade. The members of "Jane" were lay-persons who learned how to perform abortions themselves. LAURA KAPLAN was a member of Jane. She was also a founding member of a Chicago-based women's health-care center. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE
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