Oral history interview with Harry Jonas [electronic resource], 2002.

Biographical Note

Obstetrician/Gynecologist.

Scope and Contents

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 Obstetricians 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.

Subjects

• Abortion--Law and legislation--Missouri.
• Abortion--Law and legislation--United States.
• Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
• Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects.
• Abortion--United States.
• Fly on the Wall Productions, interviewer.
• Gynecologists--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Jonas, Harry--Interviews.
• Obstetricians--Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Pro-choice movement--United States.
• Reproductive rights--United States.

Access Conditions

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