National Public Radio ran several stories on the group in early May.Īn HBO documentary, "The Janes," was released on June 8. The collaborative was an illegal abortion procurement ring operating out of Chicago in the late 1960s and early 1970s. On May 10, Robert Evans, a journalist who reports on online extremism, posted screenshots of the communique to Twitter, saying he received the statement from "an anonymous intermediary I trust," hosted on a site on the semi-private internet network Tor.Ī May 30 statement at and attributed to Jane's Revenge called for a "Night of Rage" the night the final Supreme Court decision is released.Įvans appears to be among the first to connect the group's name with the Jane Collaborative, which does not appear in the first Jane's Revenge statement. Madison police said they were aware that a group had claimed responsibility for the attack and was working with federal partners to determine whether the claim is true. Its authors claimed to be the victims of a "war" and to have been "shot, bombed, and forced into childbirth without consent."Ĭlaiming that attacks on abortion clinics and abortion doctors were happening with "impunity," the Jane's Revenge communique demanded "the disbanding of all anti-choice establishments, fake clinics, and violent anti-choice groups within the next thirty days." The communique characterized the attack as a "warning" and claimed it would not issue any further warnings. The first communique from a group calling itself Jane's Revenge was posted May 8 to the anonymous blogging host, the same day as a vandal and arson attack on Wisconsin Family Action that appeared to be anarchists motivated by animosity towards the group's pro-life cause. Their grandiose rhetoric portrays churches, crisis pregnancy centers, and pro-life groups as their enemy, and these actors seem to be behind at least six vandalism or arson attacks on pro-life groups, crisis pregnancy centers, and churches. Anarchist groups and individuals using the moniker "Jane's Revenge" are among those who claim to be planning a "Night of Rage" to respond to the Supreme Court's expected overturning of Roe v.
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