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Michelle Williams will star in and produce “This is Jane”, a Kimberly Pierce directed drama for Amazon.
According to Deadline, Williams will play Laura Kaplan, a Chicago woman who founded and ran the underground abortion service Jane. Jane was run by a group of women who taught themselves how to perform abortions in the years before Roe v. Wade. From 1968-73, they helped more than 11,000 women by providing safe – albeit illegal – services denied by the medical establishment. They also provided health education and counseling. Williams will play the role of Jane founder, known as Jenny.
The film will be based on Laura Kaplan’s nonfiction book ”The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service”.
Williams next appears in the Ruben Fleischer-directed superhero jaunt “Venom”, opening October 5.
