{"id":860873,"date":"2021-10-08T20:44:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T00:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=860873"},"modified":"2021-10-08T20:44:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T00:44:10","slug":"texas-abortionist-says-its-his-lifes-calling-used-to-perform-30-abortions-per-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-abortionist-says-its-his-lifes-calling-used-to-perform-30-abortions-per-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Abortionist Says It\u2019s His \u2018Life\u2019s Calling,\u2019 Used To Perform 30 Abortions Per Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-abortionist-says-its-his-lifes-calling-used-to-perform-30-abortions-per-day%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=860873&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Texas-abortion.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>A Texas abortionist who has claimed that he used to perform about 30 abortions a day called abortion his \u201clife\u2019s calling\u201d in a recent interview where he describes his dilemma about whether he should follow Texas\u2019 new \u201cheartbeat bill.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The abortionist, 35-year-old Joe Nelson, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelily.com\/abortion-care-is-a-calling-for-this-texas-doctor-now-he-faces-a-dilemma-risk-lawsuits-or-quit\/\"><span>discussed<\/span><\/a><span> the decline in abortions he has performed at one of the biggest abortion centers in Texas, Whole Women\u2019s Health, in a recent interview with The Lilly. The Lilly, produced by The Washington Post, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelily.com\/\"><span>describes<\/span><\/a><span> its mission as \u201c<\/span><span>a destination for stories central to the everyday lives of millennial women.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While an Obama-appointed district judge <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/obama-appointed-judge-issues-order-blocking-texas-law-that-protects-unborn-babies\"><span>struck<\/span><\/a><span> down Texas\u2019 pro-life law protecting unborn babies when cardiac activity can be detected on Wednesday, Nelson told The Lilly that he has said he will not resume performing abortions restricted by the law\u2019s provisions until further decisions from courts, saying that the \u201cuncertainty was excruciating.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Lilly\u2019s report glowingly profiles the ex-Mormon, which claims that before the Texas law was implemented, the abortionist performed about 30 abortions every day. He reportedly has three children from a prior marriage for whom he pays child support, and has about $200,000 in student debt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf I can keep doing this for the rest of my career,\u201d Nelson apparently told his mom when asked if he would move away from being an abortionist, \u201cI will be very happy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The abortionist, who has now spent four years in the industry, once spent two years in Thailand as a Mormon missionary. He deconverted in 2014, leading to the disintegration of his first marriage.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His wife said that Nelson became so involved in performing abortions that he did not spend much time with their children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe was so involved in his career, then residency, then he found his love of abortion care,\u201d she told The Lilly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nelson has since remarried, but reportedly he and his new wife are uncomfortable with the labels \u201chusband\u201d and \u201cwife,\u201d so they refer to themselves as partners instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAt home, Nelson wears skinny jeans with tight V-neck T-shirts, a tiger tattoo dancing down his right arm. He identifies as queer and is proud to be, as he says, \u2018a little femmy,\u2019\u201d the outlet reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The article also highlights Nelson\u2019s regrets about not referring an abortion to one of his patients early in his medical career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The report says, \u201cIf Nelson could have offered to perform the abortion himself, he\u2019s always wondered whether things might have been different. After that, Nelson said, he knew he wanted to learn how.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nelson said that performing abortions \u201cfeels natural\u201d and is what he is \u201csupposed\u201d to be doing. Last November, he also began working for a telehealth company that works with transgender clients to do \u201cgender affirming care.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAbortion didn\u2019t feel like an option when I was that age. And, you know, here my kids are, I love them to death,\u201d Nelson said, referencing the time he found out his wife was pregnant with their second child, \u201cBut I know how difficult it can be to be that overwhelmed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Once he learned about the pro-life law being discussed in the Texas legislature, which effectively bans abortions at six weeks, Nelson described his fear that abortions would be over in Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI thought, \u2018Oh my god. This is going to end abortions, period,\u2019\u201d he said. He told The Lilly that at some point, he might start working with transgender individuals full time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For now, the Texas law has been stalled by the ruling from district Judge Robert Pitman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Soon after Pitman\u2019s ruling, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that Texas would appeal.&nbsp;<\/span><span>\u201cWe disagree with the Court\u2019s decision and have already taken steps to immediately appeal it to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The sanctity of human life is, and will always be, a top priority for me,\u201d Paxton <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/txag\/status\/1446098363498311685?s=10\"><span>tweeted<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas abortionist who has claimed that he used to perform about 30 abortions a day called abortion his \u201clife\u2019s calling\u201d in a recent interview where he describes his dilemma &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-860873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}