Oral Memoirs of Jeannie Isabelle Rosoff ; Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control

Interviewed by Rebecca Sharpless on 20 July and 21 July 2001 in Washington, D.C. ; 2 ; 83 pages; index ; Jeannie Isabelle Rosoff was president of the Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI); immigration to the United States; work in Civil Rights movement, Durham, North Carolina; work for labor unions and tenants' rights, New York City; reform of New York state birth control laws; opposition to birth control; merger of New York City Planned Parenthood chapters; creation of Planned Parenthood Federation (PPF) Washington office; technical assistance to local providers; separation of AGI from PPF; creation of Title X of Public Health Services Act; coercion in birth control; breadth of Roe v. Wade; tracking abortion statistics; work with family planning organizations; attempts to amend U.S. Constitution; arguments over abortion funding; class issues in birth control; AGI interest in international population affairs; squeal rule; sexual activity among teenagers; U.S. government opposition to abortion; gag rule; controversy over mifepristone; national health insurance; sterilization.