Oral history interview with Robert H. Tamis, 2001
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- Name
- Tamis, Robert H (Interviewee)
- Fly on the Wall Productions (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Robert H. Tamis, 2001
- Abstract
- Early life in the Bronx; father as a obstetrician/gynecologist; education: M.D., New York University College of Medicine, residency at Bronx Municipal Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City; National Abortion Rights Action League, board of directors; Arizona Right to Choose, board of directors; Planned Parenthood of Northern and Central Arizona, medical Advisory Committee; t wo years in the Army; experiences with teenage rape victims; lack of abortion training in the medical school system; different treatment in hospital administrations due to position on abortion; controversies over the appropriate situation for abortion; obtaining an abortion pre-Roe v. Wade; reactionary response ot Roe v. Wad by Right fo Life Movement; experiences with the Clergymen's Underground; thoughts on the current generation and Roe v. Wade
- Collection Name
- Physicians for reproductive health and choice oral history project
- Subjects
- Obstetricians; Gynecologists; Abortion--United States; Abortion--Law and legislation--United States; Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects; Physicians--Attitudes.--United States; Reproductive rights--United States; Pro-choice movement--United States; Pro-life movement--United States; Tamis, Robert H; National Abortion Rights Action League; Planned Parenthood of Central and Northern Arizona
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2001
- Note (Biographical)
- Obstetrician/Gynecologist
- Note
- Interviewed by Fly on the Wall Productions, April 2001
- Note (Provenance)
- Robert H. Tamis, Gift 2001
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13795317
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-wctp-fq67
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.