American Women — Reproductive rights

  • 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…

  • Ethical issues in human reproduction

    A presentation of tapes edited and selected from a symposium called “Ethical Issues in Human Reproduction Technologies: Analysis by Women”, which was part of the 146th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which met in San Francisco in early January 1980. Speakers are Belita Cowan of the National Women’s Health…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Women: birth control-abortion / produced by Kay Lindsey (Episode 3 of 5)

    Part three in a series of documentaries and discussions which focus upon issues of the Women’s movement, produced by Kay Lindsey. pt.3. The psychology of abortion and birth control. Guests are Lucinda Cisler and James Clapp of Public Education Committee of Parents Aid Society of Hempstead, Long Island, and both members of the Abortion Committee…

  • 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 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…

  • Abortion: denial of our rights (Episode 7 of 7)

    Cheriel Jensen, an architect and member of the California Committee to Legalize Abortion speaks on “Abortion: denial of our rights” at a teach-in on the oppression of women at San Francisco State College on December 10, 1969. Jensen speaks on how sex discrimination affects both men and women, how sex discrimination affects children and their…

  • The time of man: American conceptions of the overpopulation problem

    A documentary produced by KPFK’s Ruth Buell concerning popular American views about the problem of overpopulation. Includes an interview with Dr. Paul Ehrlich, author of “The Population Bomb”, as well as music, readings and street interviews with the people of Los Angeles.