#’The Janes’ gave 11,000 illegal abortions ahead of Roe v. Wade
“‘The Janes’ gave 11,000 illegal abortions ahead of Roe v. Wade” On May 3, 1972, at age 21, University of Chicago student Sheila Smith found herself and six female friends in the back of a police paddy wagon, eating a stack of three-by-five index cards, each one inked with the name and number of a…