Oral history interview with Curtis Boyd, 2001
Oral history interview with Curtis Boyd, 2001
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- Name
- Boyd, Curtis (Interviewee)
- Fly on the Wall Productions (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Curtis Boyd, 2001
- Abstract
- 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
- Collection Name
- Physicians for reproductive health and choice oral history project
- Subjects
- Obstetricians; Gynecologists; Abortion--United States; Abortion--Law and legislation--United States; Abortion services--United States; Women's health services--History--20th century.--United States; Reproductive rights--United States; Boyd, Curtis; National Abortion Federation (U.S.); National Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2001
- Note (Biographical)
- Obstetrician/Gynecologist
- Note
- Interviewed by Fly on the Wall Productions, in July 2001
- Note (Provenance)
- Curtis Boyd, Gift 2001
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13792665
- Also In
- Time-Based Media
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-02y8-pd78
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview