Background
Christopher Tietze was born in Vienna.
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Christopher Tietze
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He graduated from the medical school at the University of Vienna.
Career
In 1938 he came to the United States. In 1967 he joined the biomedical division of the Population Council. He criticized attempts to limit access to abortion.
He died on April 4, 1984 at age 75.
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. Lincoln, Richard (1987).
Sarah L. Tietze and Richard Lincoln, educated Fertility regulation and the public health: selected papers of Christopher Tietze.
New York: Springer-Verlag.
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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.
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.
Achievements
Membership
He was a member of seven organizations in the World Health Organization which recommended policy on human reproduction.
