The Velvet Sledgehammer - November 25, 1981: Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on abortion law (Part 1 only)
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Producer Eileen Zalisk introduces the program, a continuation of the Women's
Department's presentation of tapes edited and selected from the hearings of
the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Constitution, the hearings on the topic
of abortion. Begins with hearings from October 19, 1981, Chair Senator Orrin
Hatch. He introduces Dr. Richard T. Schmidt, Professor of Obstetrics and
Gynecology at the University of Cincinnati Medical School, Dr. George M.
Ryan, Jr., dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Tennessee,
Dr. Jasper F. Williams, Jr. Chairman of the Dept. of Obstetrics and
Gynecology at St. Bernard Hospital in Chicago, Dr. Haig Kazazian, Professor
of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University, and Ms. Terry Barris Ford of
Planned Parenthood, Maryland. Part 1 only.
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