Henry Morgentaler RIP

[crazy canuck]

Those of you outside Canada may not recognize his name but everyone in Canada does.  He is the person responsible for removing criminal laws regarding abortion.   On a personal level he signficantly informed my views not only regarding the abortion issue (turning me into an advocate for the pro choice movement) but also informing my views regarding the relationship between the State and the individual. 

Here is a good opinion piece on him

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/morgentaler-the-flawed-saint/article12245820/

[Barrister]

[crazy canuck]

I am not sure what the response means.  Surely you know who he was BB.

If not here is a better editorial piece to inform you.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/editorials/dr-morgentaler-was-a-mover-of-history/article12235270/

[Grey Fox]

Greatest Canadian to ever immigrate here. A Great hero.

RIP Hank.

[Barrister]

My mother always taught me not to speak ill of the recently dead.

I am well aware of Dr. Morgentaler.

[The Brain]

Was he a kind of cheese?

[HVC]

He saved countless lives, but I guess depending on how you look at the situation you can see him as the cause of countless deaths. Personally I think he did a great service to Canadians. The fact that three juries acquitted him (and the government doing the unheard of and overturning two of those acquittals to convictions) goes a long way to showing most Canadians agree.

[The Brain]

He saved countless lives, but I guess depending on how you look at the situation you can see him as the cause of countless deaths. Personally I think he did a great service to Canadians. The fact that three juries acquired him (and the government doing the unheard of and overturning two of those acquittals to convictions) goes along way to showing most Canadians agree.

A man cannot serve three juries.

[HVC]

Don't mock my phones autocorrect. It has sensitive feelings

[DGuller]

He saved countless lives, but I guess depending on how you look at the situation you can see him as the cause of countless deaths. Personally I think he did a great service to Canadians. The fact that three juries acquired him (and the government doing the unheard of and overturning two of those acquittals to convictions) goes along way to showing most Canadians agree.

A man cannot serve three juries.

[Malthus]

The abortion situation in Canada is a perfect example of a case in which doing nothing is actually the right move.

We haven't had a law concerning abortion for years, after the courts struck the last one down ... and we haven't missed it.

[Josephus]

No comment.

[Jacob]

Me Mom and Morgantaler was a pretty good band back in the 90s.

[Josephus]

Me Mom and Morgantaler was a pretty good band back in the 90s.

I interviewed them. Probably back in 1990? 91? For a Ska-Zine.

[Tamas]

but I guess depending on how you look at the situation you can see him as the cause of countless deaths.

and let us not get started on condom producers!!!!