Two former abortionists turned pro-life after marriage.

“The most dangerous place for a Black person in America is the Black womb.”

Prepare to be captivated by the gripping firsthand account of married doctors Noreen Johnson and Haywood Robinson. In their groundbreaking book, The Scalpel and the Soul: Our Radical Transformation as Husband and Wife Abortion Doctors, they reveal the dark underbelly of America’s most lucrative and deadly industry: abortion. Set against the backdrop of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 and spanning the past 50 years, this book chronicles their journey as young medical students coerced into performing abortions, the greed that drove them, and the faith that ultimately saved their souls and opened their eyes to the horrors of what Haywood now calls a “global holocaust” against the unborn.

Johnson and Robinson vividly recount the malicious evil they encountered during their abortion training. They expose the dehumanization of mothers, the deliberate avoidance of eye contact, and the emotional detachment from the procedure. They reveal how they were systematically “desensitized” over time, progressing from mere observers to active participants in the act of abortion, all under the oppressive influence of “academic mob rule.”

As moonlighting abortionists in southern California, they enjoyed a lucrative income but also succumbed to a self-destructive lifestyle. Witnessing the downfall of respected physicians who prioritized profit over ethics, Johnson and Robinson made a life-altering decision. They left California behind and sought redemption in the small Texas town of Bryan/College Station. There, they found solace in the Aldersgate Church, where they repented for their sins, embraced God’s mercy, and emerged as medical missionaries and passionate pro-life advocates. Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Haywood Robinson about The Scalpel and the Soul and their remarkable journey towards embracing the pro-life cause. (Robinson also made a guest appearance on “The Federalist Radio Hour.”)

You point out in the book that physicians could have stood up and said no to abortions after the passage of Roe v. Wade. Why has the medical field allowed the Hippocratic oath to be devalued over time? Why do more doctors not stand against the culture of death?

Robinson: “It kind of gets me how quickly medicine married into abortion. With abortion, we throw away the Hippocratic oath. You would have thought there would have been some type of resistance or fight once Roe v. Wade passed. I thought the American Medical Association would have been reasonable and said, wait, this is a monumental decision and we are going to poll the physicians in the country and decide [how to respond]. … You have to recognize all of those organizations, [like the] American Medical Association, are political organizations, they are not physician organizations that represent the standards and mores that medicine traditionally stood for because they get so much money from the federal government. So they just signed on as the executioners to the ‘death penalty’ of the Roe v. Wade decision.”

Is physician collaboration any more valued now than it was then?

Robinson: “[Anthony] Fauci (chief medical adviser to the president 2021-2022) is not interested [in physicians’ opinions]. We have the best-trained physicians in the U.S., physicians in private practice, and we have a medical emergency (Covid-19) and [the government] shut us out of social networks. We could have come together and collaborated, but they shut us down. We only listened to one guy doing a press conference once a day shutting down all the great minds of medicine aside from those endorsing the vaccination.”

But based on your story, this is much more than a political or social disagreement.

Robinson: “We’ve got to understand this is not political, social, or psychological. It is a spiritual battle. The killing of babies is outlined in the Old Testament. This is not new, the shedding of innocent blood. We rename it reproductive choice, we come up with these euphemisms. The name changes, but the game doesn’t.”

Early on in the book, Noreen describes the dehumanization and depersonalization intrinsic to the abortion of a child. But this can apply to anyone. How embedded is the abortion distortion in our culture?

Robinson: “Medicine has been taken over by the government and corporations. [Noreen and I] practiced for 40 years. It’s no longer person-focused, it’s very anti-human. I use the term abortion less and less, I call these people anti-humanites, against the human species and its normal propagation.”

In your experience as an abortionist, the procedure was entirely profit-driven, never patient-focused. You make that very clear in the book, that the abortion business was founded on greed and selective killing.

Robinson: “Abortion is the No. 1 killer of African Americans. The most dangerous place for a Black person in America is a Black womb. You’re not going to see liberals quote [Planned Parenthood founder] Margaret Sanger in her own words, you’re not going to see liberals quote her vision. And her vision is being indeed realized, not only through Planned Parenthood, the NGOs, the U.N., [Bill] Gates, etc. Africa really scares them. They don’t like populations that are growing.

[Early on], black activists were all speaking out against birth control and all of the other precursors to abortion. They were warning people, but no one was listening, they were buying into the Margaret Sanger model. To this day, the black church doesn’t even address this issue of black genocide. There are more abortions in New York City of black babies than live births.”

Why does abortion thrive in black communities to this day?

Robinson: “I’ve watched blacks get opportunities to get into politics, I’ve seen blacks come along in Congress, but they did not bring with them the important component to build up a community. Most important is education. The reading and math scores in black communities, especially those led by black politicians [are exceptionally low]. As long as you keep a group of people like blacks and the lower socioeconomic class convinced they are victims, that the only people who can protect you are the Democrats, [they are] loyal because [they believe] they can’t live without them. So they are kept undereducated, underserved, under income. But they keep voting for that same thing.”

As a 50-year witness to the fallout of Roe v. Wade, what effect do you hope to make with The Scalpel and the Soul?

Robinson­: “I want to save lives, hearts to be changed, and stop killing these innocent babies and turn from that wickedness. It’s a global Holocaust.”

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