William Morgentaler: Agent Of Change: Henry Morgentaler.
Henry Morgentaler: by anthropod: Sat Jul 31 2004 at 16:24:36: Canada's greatest abortion rights activist Henry Morgentaler is also a physician and an Auschwitz survivor. Hailed by his supporters as a hero and champion of women's rights, reviled by his enemies as a murderer and a show boater, Dr. Morgentaler has pursued what he believes in even at the risk of his health, liberty, and life.
On this date in 1923, abortion doctor and pro-choice activist Henry Morgentaler, born Henryk Morgentaler, was born in Lodz, Poland. His parents were Jewish socialists. The Gestapo murdered his father in 1939 when the Nazis invaded Poland. Morgentaler, his mother and two siblings were forced to live in Lodz’s ghetto, where his sister died, until 1944. The Nazis then sent Morgentaler, his.
The R.v. Morgentaler case made a significant impact on Canadian society; more broadly this case impacted the women of Canada by granting women greater equality rights, giving them a healthier along with a safe lifestyle, and it got rid of illegal acts made by doctors. The R.v. Morgentaler case illustrated that women in Canada have equal rights. They have the right to make decisions about their.
Henry Morgentaler. On this date in 1923, abortion doctor and pro-choice activist Henry Morgentaler, born Henryk Morgentaler, was born in Lodz, Poland. His parents were Jewish socialists. The Gestapo murdered his father in 1939 when the Nazis invaded Poland. Morgentaler, his mother and two siblings were forced to live in Lodz’s ghetto, where.
In the late 1960s Dr. Henry Morgentaler -- a Montreal family physician -- emerges as a vocal advocate for the right of Canadian women to have abortion on demand.
Dr. Henry Morgentaler, quite possibly the most controversial public figure in Canada, died of a heart attack on May 29 at the age of 90. Morgentaler was a survivor of the Holocaust, a pioneer of the abortion-rights movement, and a founder and long-time president of the Humanist Association of Canada. Even more than with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Canadians either loved him or hated him.
Who chooses life or death for this little one because abortion is the taking of a human life? This fact is undeniable; however much of the members of the Women's Liberation Movement, the new Feminists, Dr. Henry Morgentaler or the Canadian Medical Association President feel about it, does not alter the fact of the matter. An incontrovertible.