Abortion — Law and legislation.

  • Abortion rights / produced by Eileen Zalisk (Production reel)

    Production reel for a program hosted by Eileen Zalisk commemorating the 8th anniversary of the passing of Roe v. Wade.  Zalisk interviews an unnamed guest on the history and laws surrounding abortion rights.

  • Speeches for the Abortion Rights Action Coalition (Part 1 only)

    Tape of speeches for the Abortion Rights Action Coalition, used for a program “Abortion and Women’s Health” produced by Eileen Zalisk and broadcast on WBAI on November 21, 1979. The speakers are not introduced, but include a speaker from the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, a speaker from the Committee of Interns and Residents Union,…

  • Women’s health movement and the WATCH arrests

    Eileen Zalisk speaks with Debbie Stuart-Smalley from Womancare, a feminist healthcare center in San Diego, CA; Mary Ann Bennett, with the Abortion Rights Movement of Women’s Liberation in Washington, D.C.; and Peggy Roberts, a family physician who also volunteers at a women’s healthcare center in Albuquerque, NM. The topic is the legal case of Carol…

  • Abortion and the working woman

    Speakers discuss the topic of abortion and the working woman. Recorded at District 1199 (New York?). Event took place as part of Abortion Rights Action Week, which took place in October 1979. Speakers include Ruby Jones, Education Director of Local 91 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Pat Gavitt[sp?], Executive Director of Religious Coalition…

  • Women’s legal clinic: July 7, 1980

    Judy Levin and Betty Levinson review important legal cases of the 1970s. Begins with discussion of a recent Supreme Court case concerning abortion, McRae v. Harris, which held that states participating in Medicaid were not required to provide funding for abortions, then reviews precedents of 1970s. Features a listener call-in portion. Edited and approved for…

  • Teach-in on reproductive rights / produced by Clare Spark (Part 2 of 3)

    In May 1981, a large group of women gathered at KPFK. They discussed their personal abortion experiences, including those when it was illegal; the current and past legislation; the Right to Life movement; sterilization abuse; the sexual revolution; and generally the right to have children when we want them. The article read by Debbie Freeman…

  • Teach-in on reproductive rights / produced by Clare Spark (Part 3 of 3)

    This is the third and final reel of the panel discussion on abortion held at KPFK in May 1981. This reel contains the question and answer period. Produced by Clare Spark.

  • Should abortion be legalized? : a public forum / moderated by Bob Kaufman. (Part 2 of 2)

    Part 2 of 2. Public forum held at the Studio City Unitarian-Universalist Church with Zad Leavy, Leon Belous, and Robert Hood. This reel contains rebuttals of main speakers plus discussion from the floor. Moderated by Bob Kaufman; recorded for KPFK by Rome Ronconi 3 Nov. 1963. Edited by Fred Haines. Originally broadcast at KPFK as…

  • Abortion laws: the courtroom and the legislature (Episode 5)

    Introduced as the fifth in a series of five programs. Hosts are Lucinda Cisler and James Clapp, both members of the Abortion Committee of New York NOW, and of the Public Education Committee of the Parents’ Aid Society of Hempstead-Long Island. Guests are Ruth Cusak, former chairman of the NOW Abortion Committee; and Roy Lucas,…

  • Recent studies in the psychology of abortion (Episode 4)

    This is the fourth program in the WBAI series on abortion. In this program, guests are Lawrence Lader, Eastern Coordinator for The National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws and author of a biography of Margaret Sanger; and Dr. Wardell Pomeroy, a doctor of clinical psychology, co-author of the Kinsey reports, and president of…