by Janes Due Process | Jun 14, 2017 | Stories from Jane
By Amanda Bennett, Client Services Manager In 2016, Jane’s Due Process connected 182 minors with an attorney to apply for judicial bypass for an abortion in Texas. The stories of these minors – Janes, as we call them because of their legal status as Jane...
by Emily Rooke-Ley | Feb 8, 2016 | Stories from Jane
This piece originally appeared on Generation Progress and can be found here. Editor’s note: Names have been changed to protect the identities of the sources used in this article. Jessica was 16 years old when she discovered she was pregnant and decided she wanted an...
by Emily Rooke-Ley | Sep 24, 2015 | Stories from Jane
At Jane’s Due Process, it’s pretty common to receive calls from teens in high school who are living with their parents in abusive or neglectful homes. Many of these young women are facing enormous uphill battles to simply make it through each day: there is often no...
by Emily Rooke-Ley | Sep 17, 2015 | Stories from Jane
*Talia called in to Jane’s Due Process, like so many others in her position, with an uphill battle ahead of her. With a missing father and an erratic and mercurial mother, Talia, at age 15, was pretty much raising herself. A recent middle school graduate, Talia had...
by Emily Rooke-Ley | Sep 10, 2015 | Stories from Jane
Last year I called the Jane’s Due Process hotline when I found out I was just a few weeks pregnant. I was already a mother to a nine-month-old baby boy and a two-year-old little girl. On top of that, I was a junior in high school and the captain of the track team. I...
by Emily Rooke-Ley | Sep 3, 2015 | Stories from Jane
I’ll never forget *Gabriela. She was exceptionally well-mannered, sweet, and timid. Her voice quivered a bit when she first spoke—no doubt out of nervousness—but aside from that she was very self-assured. Gabriela lived with her grandmother, *Lita, who had raised her...
How is JDP doing in 2017?July 14, 2017Graphics & Content by Zoë Fay-Stindt What has JDP been up to? In the past six months, …
Happy Anniversary, WWH v. Hellerstedt!June 27, 2017One year ago today, we celebrated the Supreme Court decision in Whole Woman’s Health …
Volunteer Interview: IsabelJune 26, 2017By Literary Women in Action In our newest Jane’s Due Process Volunteer Interview, we talk …