Oral history interview with Carole Joffe, 2001
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- Name
- Joffe, Carole E (Interviewee)
- Fly on the Wall Productions (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Carole Joffe, 2001
- Abstract
- Struggles of doctors in pre-Roe v. Wade era; uncertain legal environment; alienation of doctors performing abortions; alternative abortion providers; different categories of abortion doctors; Alan Guttmacher and Therapeutic Abortion Committees; "San Francisco 9" case; policies of abortion committees and reactions; various struggles of abortion seekers; abortion figures; factors leading to criminali zation of abortion in the U.S.; scenarios if Roe v. Wade overturned; current obstacles to abortion provision
- Collection Name
- Physicians for reproductive health and choice oral history project
- Subjects
- Sociologists; Abortion--United States; Abortion--Law and legislation--United States; Abortion services--History.--United States; Pro-choice movement--United States; Reproductive rights--United States; Joffe, Carole E
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2001
- Note (Biographical)
- Professor of Sociology
- Note
- Interviewed by Fly on the Wall Productions, December 2001
- Note (Provenance)
- Carole Joffe, Gift 2001
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13795007
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-tb6c-fe58
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.