Michelle Williams is set to star in and produce “This is Jane” for Amazon Studios, sources familiar with the project told TheWrap on Tuesday.The film, based on the Laura Kaplan’s book “The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service,” will tell the true story of a Chicago woman who founded and ran Jane, an underground abortion service.Kimberly Peirce (“Boys Don’t Cry”) will direct and John Lesher (“Birdman”) will co-produce the film.Jane was a group in the late ’60s and early ’70s run by women who taught themselves how to perform abortions before Roe v.
Wade made it legal.
They helped more than 11,000 women get access to services denied by the medical community.
Williams will play the role of Jenny, who founded Jane.Williams
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