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.