Birth control

  • 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…

  • Sex and birth control for the teenager

    Barbara Cady talks with Ellen Peck (1942-1995) and Stewart Mott (1937-2008). Ellen Peck is a columnist, co-author of “Sex and Birth Control: A Guide for the Young,” and founder of NON (National Organization of Non-parents). She talks about how society fails to prepare its youth for the “new sexuality”. Stuart Mott is a philanthropist, political…

  • Sex without babies (Episode 4)

    Dr. H. Curtis Wood, medical consultant of the Association for Voluntary Sterilization, and author of “Sex without babies” meets with panelists Peggy Still, executive director of Planned Parenthood, Los Angeles; Helen Colton, director of the Family Forum; and Dr. Joseph Still, physician and scientist in the area of personal preventative medicine. Dr. Wood discusses the…

  • The Pill / Dr. Benjamin Major and Dr. Harold Williams

    Dr. Ben Major and Dr. Harold Williams at Pauley Ballroom, U.C. Berkeley, December 3, 1969, debating over the birth control pill. Dr. Major from Planned Parenthood takes issue with Dr. Williams’ book “The Pill In New Perspective: Pregnant or Dead.” The two men debate over the moral and physical aspects of birth control pills. Dr.…

  • Abortion and social science / moderated by Mrs. Frances Hugle.

    A panel from the Conference on Abortion and Human Rights held on January 9, 1966 in San Francisco under the auspices of the Society for Humane Abortion. Topics discussed include the liberalization of abortion laws, the economic justification for legalizing abortions, and abortion as a folk medicine practice. The panel comprises Dr.Lucile Newman, Ph.D, anthropologist…

  • Population report / produced and narrated by Elsa Knight Thompson and Dale Minor

    Program produced and narrated by Elsa Knight Thompson. Readings of articles about the world’s population problem. Parts of articles by: 1. Robert C. Cook, President of the Population Reference Bureau. Article published in the Washington Post Outlook; read by Dale Minor. 2. Dr. Sripati Chandrasekhar, director of India’s Institute for Population in Madras. Article from…