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; Richard Lincoln (eds.). Fertility regulation and the public health : selected papers of Christopher Tietze. New York: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-0387964508.
  • Tietze, Christopher; 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. doi:10.2307/1965375. JSTOR 1965375.
  • Tietze, C.; Murstein, M. C. (1975). "Induced abortion: 1975 factbook". Reports on Population/Family Planning (14): 1–75. PMID 56023.
  • Tietze, Christopher (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. doi:10.2307/2133799. JSTOR 2133799. PMID 4805715.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Barron, James (5 April 1984). "Christopher Tietze, Physician and Authority on Pregnancy". The New York Times. New York. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Mehlan, K. H. (1989). "In memory of Christopher Tietze 1908-1984". Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie. 111 (2): 123–124. PMID 2646843.
  3. ↑ Lincoln, R. (1984). "A gentle warrior. Christopher Tietze, 1908-1984". Family Planning Perspectives. 16 (2): 89, 98. PMID 6373361.
  4. ↑ Lehfeldt, H. (1984). "In memoriam, Christopher Tietze, MD". Journal of Sex Research. 20 (3): 325. doi:10.1080/00224498409551229.
  5. ↑ "PPFA Margaret Sanger Award Winners". plannedparenthood.org. 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
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