Abortion

  • 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,…

  • 1981 Abortion Rally in New York City

    Speakers at a rally in New York City on abortion and equal rights for women, circa June 1981. Speakers include Carolina Castillo, representative of the Executive Council of the General Association of Salvadoran University Students (in Spanish, with English translation); an unidentified speaker who discusses upcoming ERA rally in front of the New York Public…

  • 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…

  • Velvet Sledgehammer: March 28, 1984[?]

    Production reel for the March 28 (1984?) episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer. Contains a women’s news segment, “Hot Flashes” with Karen Barrett of Majority Report. Next is a women’s health update with Eileen Zalisk. She interviews Ann Teicher, co-chair of the Coalition for the International Day of Action and Karen Stamm of the Committee to…

  • Abortion : is it murder or a woman’s right? (Part 2 of 2)

    Part two of the panel discussion with Walter Trinkaus, Lana Clarke Phelan, and Rev. J. Hugh Anwyl. They discuss the issues surrounding abortion, and the problems of pregnancy. Initially heard on Gather ‘Round the Stake on Sunday, July 12, 1970. Produced and moderated by Tom Ritt.

  • 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,…

  • Abortion : Inside And Outside The Hospital (Episode 2)

    SAME AS BB2031 which is being preserved through American Women grant. Do not digitize. Abortion : Inside And Outside The Hospital / moderated by Lucinda Cisler and James Clapp. SERIES: Abortion. no. 2 – On in a series of discussions about abortion. Guests are: Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. W.J. Bryan Henrie. – BROADCAST: 8…

  • Abortion referral services and women’s rights (Episode 3)

    This is the third in a series of discussions about abortion. Guests in this program are Arlene Carmen, Courage and Consultation Service on Abortion; Reverend Howard Moody of Judson Memorial Church and is a spokesmen for the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion; Bill Baird, director of the Parents’ Aid Society in Hempstead, Long Island. Second…

  • 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…