Oral history interview with Harry Jonas 2002
Oral history interview with Harry Jonas 2002
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- Name
- Jonas, Harry (Interviewee)
- Fly on the Wall Productions (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Harry Jonas 2002
- Abstract
- Education: Washington University School of Medicine; early experiences of abortion during internship at Barnes Hospital; the rigid state of abortion legislation in Missouri pre-Roe v. Wade; experiences at Planned Parenthood, practice in Missouri; discussion of abortion methods and operating within network without performing illegal abortions; National President of the American College of Obstetrici ans and Gynecologists 1986/87, Missourians for Choice award; history of abortion issue, current religious/political obstacles; public stance in the pro-choice movement; fears regarding the future of pro-choice legislation.
- Collection Name
- Physicians for reproductive health and choice oral history project
- Subjects
- Obstetricians; Gynecologists; Abortion--United States; Abortion--Law and legislation--United States; Abortion--Law and legislation--Missouri; Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects; Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects--United States; Pro-choice movement--United States; Reproductive rights--United States; Jonas, Harry
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- 2 sound cassettes
- Note (Biographical)
- Obstetrician/Gynecologist.
- Note
- Interviewed by Fly on the Wall Productions, April 2002.
- Note (Provenance)
- Harry Jonas, Gift 2002
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13795030
- Also In
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-e3gy-q811
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.