15. A Sacred Calling
History in Focus
The Importance of Faith in Abortion
When Curtis began his medical career in the mid-1960s, getting an elective abortion in Texas was difficult. Illegal abortionists operated in motels, in private homes, in gas stations or neighborhood bars. Some women traveled to border towns in Mexico in search of providers. Many others fell into the hands of unskilled predators who were all too willing to take money and mutilate their bodies.
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