Life matters : the story of an illegal abortionist / by Kyle Boyd.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Boyd, Kyle.

Contributor:

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Filmakers Library online

Filmakers library online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boyd, Curtis Wayne.

Abortion services--Texas.

Abortion services.

Abortion.

Texas.

Abortion--Texas.

Genre:

Documentary.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (49 min.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2002.

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

In an era when women could not get legal abortions there were only a handful of courageous doctors who risked imprisonment, loss of license, and their future in order to provide safe abortions to women. The filmmaker's father, Dr. Curtis Boyd, was one such individual. A one-time Pentecostal preacher, Dr. Boyd was influenced by the social changes of the Sixties. As a small town physician he performed thousands of abortions to desperate women. Ironically, it was only after abortion became legal in 1973 that Dr. Boyd became subject to the most severe harassment. Despite this, he continues to provide abortion services because he believes abortion is not only a fundamental women's rights issue, but that it is a human rights issue as well. As he puts it, "by providing abortion services we are in fact helping to make the world a better place".

Notes:

Originally released as DVD.

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2011. (Filmakers library online). Available via World Wide Web.

Great Lakes Film Festival, 2002

Silver Award, WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, 2002

OCLC:

747797900

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.