Oral history interview with George Miks, 2002
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- Name
- Miks, George (Interviewee)
- Fly on the Wall Productions (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with George Miks, 2002
- Abstract
- Experiences as a "circuit provider" who travels between Minnesota and North Dakota to provide abortions in rural areas; reminiscences about flying own plane to provide abortions; difficulty of inclement weather in Minnesota and North Dakota; frustrations about other doctors' unwillingness to provide abortions; concerns about being able to retire and finding replacement doctors; unhappiness about in adequate after-abortion care women receive at area hospitals; training at Cook County Hospital in Chicago and first experiences with botched abortions; impact of anti-abortion protestors on his personal life and the profession general; long distances women must travel for abortions; award from the National Abortion Federation as and "unsung hero" for travel several hundred thousand miles to provide abortions and only missing clinic once
- Collection Name
- Physicians for reproductive health and choice oral history project
- Subjects
- Obstetricians; Gynecologists; Abortion--United States; Abortion services--Minnesota; Abortion services--North Dakota; Reproductive rights--United States; Pro-life movement--United States; Miks, George
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2002
- Note (Biographical)
- Obstetrician/Gynecologist
- Note
- Interviewed by Fly on the Wall Productions, May 2002
- Note (Provenance)
- George Miks, Gift 2002
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13795140
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-79we-7y12
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.