By CatholicVote | Created at 2024-11-19 23:44:49 | Updated at 2024-11-21 09:38:13
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CV NEWS FEED // A retired late-term abortionist recently described his work of killing preborn babies, which included harvesting and selling their body parts, as “exhilarating” acts of “love” and “compassion.”
Analyst Isabella Childs, writing for pro-life advocacy group LiveAction, reported that in a recent talk at a Washington, D.C., bookstore, retired abortionist Curtis Boyd and his wife, retired psychologist Glenna Halvorson-Boyd, discussed their decades-long careers in the abortion industry and their recently-released memoirs, We Choose To.
In the talk, Boyd, who claims to have committed as many as 250,000 abortions, including late-term abortions on viable preborn babies, made appalling statements describing his feelings, which he characterized as “utter exhilaration,” about his work.
Boyd grotesquely compared the emotional satisfaction of performing abortions to the joy of delivering live babies, stating, “It was utter exhilaration… I never had that feeling other than delivering babies.”
He added that he thought women were exhilarated at having an abortion because it gave them power and liberation. “It was exhilarating for the families and the women… so liberating for them – the power it gave them… just to kind of guide their destiny,” he claimed.
Halvorson-Boyd echoed his sentiments, describing how she “fell in love” with the work. The couple recounted how they built what they euphemistically called a “culture of love” within their abortion facilities, Southwestern Women’s Options in Albuquerque and Southwestern Women’s Surgery Center in Dallas.
“You have to care about helping people… you have to have compassion… that was what drove me,” Boyd claimed, adding that this so-called “compassion” motivated his actions.
According to LiveAction, Boyd’s assertions about compassion have long been a point of contention. Childs reported that during a deposition for a lawsuit that contributed to the closure of his business, Boyd admitted that he knew he was “killing” but claimed to pray for the spirits of the aborted babies, saying, “I prayed they would be returned to God with love, with understanding.”
His admissions have drawn sharp criticism, particularly in light of investigations into his facility’s involvement in harvesting and donating baby organs to the University of New Mexico for research. The university eventually severed ties with Boyd’s facility after public outcry over the trafficking of fetal remains.
Childs detailed that Boyd’s career was also marred by legal battles. LiveAction reported that Attorney Mike Seibel, who has described Boyd’s work as “blasphemous” and “despicable,” brought lawsuits against Boyd on behalf of families who suffered harm under his care. One case involved Jessica Duran, whose aborted child’s remains were donated to research without her consent. Another centered on Keisha Atkins, a 23-year-old woman who died following a late-term abortion at Boyd’s clinic.
The lawsuits ultimately led to significant consequences for Boyd’s operations. Seibel won a case against Boyd and his employees over Atkins’ death, contributing to the closure of Boyd’s Dallas clinic and the sale of his Albuquerque facility. Boyd described the fallout from these legal challenges as taking an “emotional toll on our doctors and staff… greater than I can calculate.”
Commenting on the callousness of the abortionists, Childs wrote: “It is astounding to watch Boyd and his wife applauding their own careers in killing viable preborn children at a D.C. bookstore like beloved, admired celebrities. Such is the blindness brought on by years of abortion work – that such individuals can convince themselves they are moral people while they leave behind a legacy of horror and bloodshed.”
