Abortion — Law and legislation.

  • The Big swindles (Part 2 of 2) / produced by David Burket and Susan Richman.

    “1976 THE BIG SWINDLES” Produced by David Burket and Susan Richman. A somewhat sardonic look at the news events of the bicentennial year 1976. Such as: Congressional sex scandals, Earl Butz, ERA and abortion legislation, the Moonies, the swine flu epidemic, and of course, the Buy-centennial. (Brief mentions of China, G.E. Nuclear employee resignations, homosexual…

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer: June 4, 1980

    Production reel for June 4, 1980 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer. Includes recording of Florynce “Flo” Kennedy (1916-2000) speaking on ways women can use boycotting as a way of protest; activist Freda Rosen (1945– 2007) is interviewed about the Coalition of Grassroots Women and the upcoming Women’s Convention (June 22, 1980); 3. Judith Loren[sp?] and…

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer – November 25, 1981: Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on abortion law (Part 1 only)

    Production reel for the November 25, 1981 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer. Producer Eileen Zalisk introduces the program, a continuation of the Women’s Department’s presentation of tapes edited and selected from the hearings of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Constitution, the hearings on the topic of abortion. Begins with hearings from October 19, 1981,…

  • Women’s legal clinic: March 23, 1981

    EVERY WOMAN’S SPACE: WOMEN’S LEGAL CLINIC / Produced by WBAI. Recorded on March 23, 1981, hosted by Judith Levin and Betty Levinson. Discussion is on the Helms-Hyde bill, known as the “Human life” bill, which has been introduced into the Supreme Court legislature. They discuss the bill and the social and legal context it came…

  • The abortion battle rages on

    Ida Honorof interviews Dr. Paul Marx, Professor of Sociology at St. John’s University and author of “The Death Peddlers: War on the Unborn” and Mary Petrinovich of the National Organization of Women (NOW) and the Women’s Clinic in Los Angeles, about the controversy surrounding the legalization of abortion.

  • Women’s abortion coalition.

    A panel discussion on abortion with members of the Women’s Abortion Coalition (WAC), a Bay Area group composed of women from various women’s groups. The group discusses their efforts to liberalize abortion laws, the implications of the People v. Barksdale decision, the putative effects of abortion law repeal, abortion techniques, contraception, sterilization, and the WAC’s…

  • Squeal rule / produced by Jodi Horowitz and David Eisakovitz.

    Examination of current legislation and judicial rulings concerning abortion. Revolves around the implications of these new rulings upon teenage pregnancies.

  • What have you done for me lately? / by Myrna Lamb.

    What Have You Done For Me Lately? By Myrna Lamb. A one-act play performed by Anne Lippe and Wes Robinson at a U.C. Berkeley Female Liberation Meeting, October 6, 1971. The subject is abortion; the man, finding himself pregnant by the miracle of modern medicine, is forced to reconsider all the objections he used against…

  • Should abortion be legalized? : a public forum / moderated by Bob Kaufman

    “Should abortion be legalized?: a public forum. Part 1 gives three points of view on the moral and legal ramifications of liberalized abortion practices: attorney Zad Leavy, Dr. Leon Belous, and Dr. Robert Hood. Part 2 contains rebuttals of the main speakers plus discussion from the floor. Forum held at the Studio City Unitarian-Universalist Church.…

  • Views on abortion / Robert McCoy ; interviewed by Iver Bogen.

    Chairman of the National Abortion Rights League discusses abortion laws and the consequences of an abortion ban.