Film Date
5/17/70
Film Reference Number
KPIX 102092
Description
KPIX Eyewitness News report from May 17th 1970 by Ben Williams featuring interviews with a group who are trying to get the California abortion law declared unconstitutional. One man argues that with a qualified doctor and the latest equipment it's safe to perform the procedure out of a doctor's office. A woman refers to abortion as "a status crime" in the context that affluent women already have easy access to abortion. A physician from Oklahoma "Dr Henrie" (possibly Dr. J. Bryan Henrie?) explains that he's been performing abortions illegally since being "busted" in 1962 and wants to see the law changed so qualified practitioners can offer abortions "when a woman wants it done."
Format
16mm newsfilm
Copyright
CBS5 KPIX-TV