Abortion

  • International women’s year conference / produced by Lisa Schlein.

    “International Women’s Year, Women on the move.” A documentary about the International Women’s Year conference held in November 1977 in Houston, TX. This was the first ever U.S. government sponsored conference for and about women. Estimated 20,000 persons attended including an official delegation of 2000 persons to vote on a national plan on women’s rights.…

  • International struggle for abortion rights.

    On March 10, 1973, the Women’s National Abortion Action Coalition (WONAAC) held on International Women’s Solidarity Day Meeting at Town Hall in New York City. The subject wsa the history and progress of the International Strugggle for Abortion Rights. Speakers from the United States, Canada, France, Belgium, and Britain gave a history of abortion from…

  • Abortion: a world view / Leslie Corsa, Jr.

    Leslie Corsa, Jr., M.D., Director of the Center for Population Planning at the University of Michigan, speaks at the Conference on Abortion and Human Rights in San Francisco January 9, 1966, discussing the need for liberalized abortion laws. The conference was held under the auspices of the Society for Humane Abortion. Technical production by Dan…

  • Amniocentesis and the disability rights movement / produced by Judy Heuman.

    Discussion about the conflict brought about by an amniocentesis that reveals a disabled fetus and about the rights of the fetus and the mother.

  • Women’s issues in the 1980 elections / produced by Tre Arenz

    Carter’s support of women’s issues is argued by Sylvia Weinstein of the National Organization for Women; Midge Costanza (November 28, 1932 – March 23, 2010), appointed as first women chief adviser to the President in 1977; Betty Smith, a coordinator for the Carter campaign; and Margaret Sloan, speaking on behalf of the Berkeley Women’s Center.

  • Abortion: a matter of life and death (Episode 2 of 13)

    This is the second of thirteen episodes in this series. This program traces the legislative history of abortion regulation, featuring both pro and anti-abortion activists. This Program also examines the Supreme Court Roe vs. Wade case. Sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation with funding from the Deer Creek Foundation,…

  • Life and death : the issue of abortion (Episode 10 of 15)

    The tenth in the series Bill of Rights Radio Education Project, co-sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Documentary presenting both sides of the abortion issue and a history of abortion in the United States. Includes interviews with James Moore, Peggy…

  • The Right to Life movement and reproductive rights / Louise Sherley and Katherine McMahon interviewed by Dorothy Healey

    Dorothy Healey talks with Louise Sherley and Katherine McMahon, members of the New American Movement’s Socialist Feminist Reproductive Rights Task Force about the Family Protection Act, the Human Life Amendment, the goals and targets of the New Right, and abortion vs. sterilization funding. Healey begins the program by pleading with her audience to express solidarity…

  • Assault on abortion rights.

    Pro-abortion panelists discuss plans to fight the campaign against abortion rights, provide background information for the current legal battle for the right to an abortion, and what each of their organizations is doing to contribute to this fight. Gloria Allred, attorney and coordinator for Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW); Mary…

  • Abortion : is it murder or a woman’s right?

    Panel discussion with: Walter Trinkaus, professor at Loyola University, and President of the Right to Life League; Lana Clarke Phelan, co-author of the Abortion Handbook, and Western Regional Director of Women’s National Organization (NOW); and Rev. J. Hugh Anwyl, minister of the United Church of Christ, and director of Clergy Counseling Service for Problem Pregnancies.…