Oral history interview with George Miks, 2002

Biographical Note

Obstetrician/Gynecologist

Scope and Contents

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 inadequate 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

Subjects

• Abortion--United States.
• Abortion services--Minnesota.
• Abortion services--North Dakota.
• Fly on the Wall Productions, interviewer.
• Gynecologists--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Miks, George--Interviews.
• Obstetricians--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Pro-life movement--United States.
• Reproductive rights--United States.

Access Conditions

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