Oral history interview with Curtis Boyd, 2001.

Biographical Note

Obstetrician/Gynecologist

Scope and Contents

Education: Athens High School, Athens, Texas (1955); BA, Texas A&M (1959); medical school at Texas Southwestern Medical School (1963); involvement with Texas Liberal Democratic Party, the Unitarian Church, and the National Abortion Federation; trouble with family regarding political stance on abortion; discussion of heavy demand for abortion services; adolescent experience with girl ostracized due to pregnancy; conversion to Unitarianism; involvement with the Clergy Consultation Network; pre-Roe v. Wade fears of blackmail from deceitful and desperate patients; frustration at medical community over lack of abortion education; fears regarding the future of pro-choice legislation

Subjects

• Abortion--Law and legislation--United States--History.
• Abortion--United States.
• Abortion services--United States.
• Boyd, Curtis--Interviews.
• Fly on the Wall Productions, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Gynecologists--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• National Abortion Federation (U.S.)
• National Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion.
• Obstetricians--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Reproductive rights--United States.
• Women's health services--United States--History--20th century.

Access Conditions

Copyright by Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health (PRCH), 2001