Oral history interview with Richard Hausknecht, 2001

Biographical Note

Gynecologist

Scope and Contents

Childhood: early experience with family's political activism; education: B.A. Carleton College, M.D., Tufts University, surgical internship at New England medical Center, four-year residency at Yale's Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, military duty in France, two year fellowship at Columbia Presbyterian in Gynelcologic Endrocrinology; response to experience with women dead from illegal abortions; response to racism amongst doctors; illegal education of abortion procedures; significant death of one patient, leading to start of political activism; first New York abortion clinic, July 1970; reminiscences of early research regarding RU-586, Mifepristone, Methotrexate; conflicts with hospital administration; Distinguished Graduate Award for contributions to women's health care, Carleton College, 1996; current abortion legislation pending; reminiscences of performing two illegal abortions

Subjects

• Abortion--Law and legislation--United States.
• Abortion--United States.
• Abortion services--United States.
• Fly on the Wall Productions, interviewer.
• Gynecologists--Interviews.
• Hausknecht, Richard--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Methotrexate--Research--History.
• Mifepristone--Research--History.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Physicians--United States--Attitudes.
• Pro-choice movement--United States.
• Reproductive rights--United States.

Access Conditions

Copyright by Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health (PRCH), 2002