Christopher Tietze
Christopher Tietze (1908 - April 4 1984) was a United States physician best known for his stance in the United States pro-choice movement to permit abortion in the United States.
Biography
Christopher Tietze was born in Vienna.[1] He graduated from the medical school at the University of Vienna.[1] In 1938 he came to the United States.[1]
In 1967 he joined the biomedical division of the Population Council.[1] He was a member of seven organizations in the World Health Organization which recommended policy on human reproduction.[1] He criticized attempts to limit access to abortion.[1]
He died on April 4 1984 at age 75.[1][2][3][4]
Recognition
In 1973 he and his wife Sarat Lewit Tietze won the Margaret Sanger Award of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.[5] In 1977 he won the American Public Health Association's Carl Schultz Award.[1]
The National Abortion Federation grants the Christopher Tietze Humanitarian Award annually to the person or organization which it recognizes as having advanced its organizational mission.
Selected biography
- Lincoln, Richard (1987). Sarah L. Tietze and Richard Lincoln, ed. Fertility regulation and the public health : selected papers of Christopher Tietze. New York: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-0387964508.
- Lewit, Sarah (June 1972). "Joint Program for the Study of Abortion (JPSA): Early Medical Complications of Legal Abortion". Studies in Family Planning Joint Program for the Study of Abortion (JPSA) (Population Council) 3 (6): 97–123.
- Tietze, C.; Murstein, M. C. (1975). "Induced abortion: 1975 factbook". Reports on population/family planning (14): 1–75. PMID 56023.
- Tietze, Christopher (1973 1973). "Two Years' Experience with a Liberal Abortion Law: Its Impact on Fertility Trends in New York City". Family Planning Perspectives (Guttmacher Institute) 5 (1): 36–41.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Barron, James (5 April 1984). "Christopher Tietze, Physician and Authority on Pregnancy". The New York Times (New York: NYTC). ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ↑ Mehlan, K. H. (1989). "In memory of Christopher Tietze 1908-1984". Zentralblatt fur Gynakologie 111 (2): 123–124. PMID 2646843.
- ↑ Lincoln, R. (1984). "A gentle warrior. Christopher Tietze, 1908-1984". Family planning perspectives 16 (2): 89, 98. PMID 6373361.
- ↑ Lehfeldt, H. (1984). "In memoriam, Christopher Tietze, MD". Journal of Sex Research 20 (3): 325–325. doi:10.1080/00224498409551229.
- ↑ "PPFA Margaret Sanger Award Winners". plannedparenthood.org. 2013 [last update]. Retrieved 11 June 2013.