Abortion

Content Description:

The collection includes fliers, pamphlets, postcards, and objects produced by a variety of organizations working to make abortion illegal in the United States. Items were collected by Megann Licskai, most were distributed at "Vita et Veritas" conferences held on the Yale University campus in 2017 and 2018. Objects include fetus dolls, a pin, and a rubber bracelet.

Abstract:

The collection contains material circa 1930-2010 related to birth control and women's health. Materials include pamphlets produced by manufacturers and vendors of contraceptive products circa 1930-1967; a 1948 fertility calculator; and materials related to safe sex campaigns, abortion rights activism, abstinence-only sex education, and the morning after pill (mifepristone) circa 1989-2010.

Abstract: Extensive writings from Donald Hart Frazier (YDS B.D. 1938) and Elizabeth Hart Frazier (YDS B.D. 1940) reflect over a half century of parish ministry and concern issues of family planning and the rights of women, which they engaged through their involvement in Planned Parenthood, the United Church of Christ, and Yale Divinity School. Substantial gathered materials, including meeting minutes, agendas, memos, and publications from Planned Parenthood (World Population, League of Connecticut,...