In 1972, police raided an apartment in Chicago where seven women, part of a clandestine network, were arrested and charged. Using code names, fronts, and safe houses the accused built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions. They called themselves Jane.

Directed by Oscar®-nominee Tia Lessin and Emmy ®-nominee Emma Pildes, HBO’s The Janes tells the story of a group of unlikely outlaws. Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and the Chicago Mob that profited from it, members of Jane risked it all to help women in need.

The Janes is a finalist of Project: Hatched 2022.