Robert Elliott Hall | |
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| Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | 1995 Stamford, Connecticut, US |
| Education | Harvard University Columbia University (MD, 1947) |
| Occupation(s) | obstetrician psychiatrist professor |
Robert Elliott Hall was an American obstetrician, psychiatrist, professor, and early advocate for the liberalization of abortion law in the United States. He founded the Association for the Study of Abortion with Alan F. Guttmacher in 1965, the first national abortion-rights organization in the country, and served as its chair. He and Guttmacher were considered the two most prominent physicians advocating for liberalization of abortion law in the US.[1] Hall published many medical papers, as well as materials aimed at the general public, particularly relating to abortion law.