Christopher Tietze Explained

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

• Book: Fertility regulation and the public health : selected papers of Christopher Tietze. 1987. Springer-Verlag. New York. 978-0387964508. Lincoln, Richard. Sarah L. Tietze . Richard Lincoln .
• Tietze. Christopher. Lewit. Sarah . 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). June 1972 . 3. 6. 97–123. 1965375. Population Council. 10.2307/1965375.
• Tietze . C. . Murstein . M. C. . Induced abortion: 1975 factbook . Reports on Population/Family Planning . 14 . 1–75 . 1975 . 56023.
• Tietze. Christopher. Two Years' Experience with a Liberal Abortion Law: Its Impact on Fertility Trends in New York City. Family Planning Perspectives. 1973. 5. 1. 36–41. 2133799. Guttmacher Institute. 10.2307/2133799. 4805715.

Notes and References

1. News: Christopher Tietze, Physician and Authority on Pregnancy . James . Barron . . 5 April 1984 . . 0362-4331 . 11 June 2013.
2. Mehlan . K. H. . In memory of Christopher Tietze 1908-1984 . Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie . 111 . 2 . 123–124 . 1989 . 2646843.
3. Lincoln . R. . A gentle warrior. Christopher Tietze, 1908-1984 . Family Planning Perspectives . 16 . 2 . 89, 98 . 1984 . 6373361.
4. Lehfeldt . H. . In memoriam, Christopher Tietze, MD . 10.1080/00224498409551229 . Journal of Sex Research . 20 . 3 . 325 . 1984 .
5. Web site: PPFA Margaret Sanger Award Winners . plannedparenthood.org . 2013 . 11 June 2013.