The Souvenir

In Albuquerque, NM, there is a doctor who is one of only a handful (we're talking 3 who are "open" about their profession) who provides late term abortions. Southwestern Women's Options is the office of Dr. Curtis Boyd. He performs abortions up to 24 weeks (appx. the 6th month of pregnancy). I've never done much research on him (compared to the amount I've done on Dr. Tiller), but of what I have read...one thing always stands out to me. His openness, his honesty, and his refusal to offer an apology for the work he does. In one interview, he says "Am I killing? Yes. I know that". His honesty is almost bone chilling, while at the same time...refreshing (Don't get your panties in a wad. I'm not saying that late term abortions are refreshing. I'm simply referring to the man's brutal honesty). In the same interview, he states that he is also an ordained Baptist minister. Shocker. He goes on to say that he prays about the abortions he does, and asks that God accepts them back with love and understanding. And finally, he says that due to terrible circumstances, he has had to do abortions on girls as young as 9 and 10 years old. Unnerving, but a brutal reality of the world we live in. It goes without saying that the man is a main target of the pro-life movement and has received more death threats than he has time to sit down and count.

This man is probably the only minister you will find that admits to not only supporting abortions, but also performs them. This thought of this alone astounds me. Who knew that one could believe in and love God, but also support abortion? Did you ever think you'd live to see such a thing? If you ask me, I say we could use more with a mind as open as his. The man is willing to say things out loud that many don't even have the guts to admit to themselves. What if we all lived with such honesty? What if we were all willing to speak up about what we really believe in...and not just go along with what we were taught? What if we were all willing to defy our traditions? Oh, what a world we would live in.