American Women — Reproductive rights

  • 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…

  • A new look at abortion / W.J. Bryan Henrie.

    Dr. William Jennings Bryan Henrie (1896-1972), a country doctor turned abortion rights activist after being convicted in 1962 for performing abortions, speaks at the Conference on Abortion and Human Rights on January 9, 1966 in San Francisco under the auspices of the Society for Humane Abortion. Henrie calls for a more liberal view toward abortions,…

  • Abortion and the medical profession / moderated by Harry Giaretto.

    Harry Giaretto moderates this panel from the Conference on Abortion and Human Rights held January 9, 1966, in San Francisco under the auspices of the Society for Humane Abortion. Dr. Mildred Ash, Dr. Leona Bayer, Dr. Neal Blumenfeld, and Dr. William Marsh discuss the legal and moral controversy surrounding abortion.

  • The power to prescribe / moderated by Albert Fine

    Rabbi Alvin Fine (b. 25 Oct. 1916; d. 19 Jan. 1999), professor of humanities at San Francisco State College referees a 3-way duel between Dr. Don Jackson, director of the Mental Research Institution at Palo Alto, Dr. Albert Long, chief of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Presbyterian Medial Center, and Dr. Donald…

  • Abortion and the law.

    A panel discussion sponsored by the Citizens’ Committee for Humane Abortion Laws in San Jose in September 1962. Participants include David Newman, clinical psychologist and associate professor of psychology at San Jose State College; Emmanuel Silver, psychiatrist and neurologist in Palo Alto; the Reverend Sidney Peterman, minister of the First Unitarian Church in San Jose;…

  • Suffocation in suburbia 7: Women in limbo: a time for decision / moderated by Eve Merriam (Episode 15 of 15)

    The final part (15) of KPFA’s presentation of the University of California’s Medical Center Conference “The Challenge to Women: the Biological Avalanche” held in San Francisco this year. This is Part 7 of “Suffocation in Suburbia.” This recording features a panel moderated by Eve Merriam including Paul Bigelow Sears, Jean Paul Mather, Kate Hevner Mueller,…

  • World population and human destiny / Sir Julian Huxley

    WORLD POPULATION AND HUMAN DESTINY / Sir Julian Huxley. Sir Julian Huxley, speaking before the Planned Parenthood Federation in New York on the occasion of the presentation to him of the Albert Lasker Award. Huxley delivers a speech on the problems and solutions to world overpopulation. RECORDED: June 1959. BROADCAST: KPFA, 18 Feb. 1960. Previously…

  • 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…

  • The war against choice / Deirdre English interviewed by Adam Hochschild

    Deirdre English attended the 1980 Convention of the National Right to Life Committee in Anaheim, California. She talks about the way that Committee is organized, who they are, why abortion rights is not a single issue movement, and what it means for American women. She also discusses motivations, thinking, and world view of anti-abortion advocates.Includes…

  • Women speak at the Democratic Convention

    Sonia Johnson (Mormons for ERA) rallies for ERA ratification; Paulina Cardenas provides a personal account in favor of abortion and reproductive rights, especially as it relates to underprivileged people and people living at the poverty level.