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In March 1983, OB-GYN and former abortionist Dr. Bernard Nathanson sat down with Canada’s notorious abortionist Henry Morgentaler who helped overturn Canada’s abortion law, to discuss complex issues surrounding abortion on CHCH’s television program “Cherington”. In a clip of the show posted below, Morgentaler who died recently shatters the pro-“choice” perception that women do not regret their abortions. Morgentaler tells Nathanson, “I’ll make a confession to you, when I was a medical student in Montreal, I had one girl already which was two years old, and my wife got pregnant while I was a medical student, a poor medical student,...

Henry Morgentaler, the family doctor who led the abortion movement in Canada, died of a heart attack at his Toronto home early Wednesday. He was 90. Dr. Morgentaler, who was the focus of both reverence and hatred, was one of the key players in the 1988 Supreme Court of Canada ruling that declared the law prohibiting abortion unconstitutional. He is survived by his wife, Arlene, four children, several grandchildren and his extended family. Funeral arrangements are private. Dr. Morgentaler had a complex relationship with women all his life. As a child, he felt his mother didn’t love him as much...

Henry Morgentaler, abortion crusader, dead at 90 Doctor opened first abortion clinic in Canada in Montreal in 1970, followed by more clinics across the country. Henry Morgentaler, hated and loved in equal measure across Canada for four decades, died this morning, an abortion activist was told by the family. He was 90. Carolyn Egan, with the Ontario Coalition of Abortion Clinics, told Canadian Press she spoke with members of Morgentaler's family, who told her he died early this morning. She was told he was surrounded by family and it was a peaceful death at his Toronto home. Photos View gallery...

Infamous abortion practitioner Henry Morgentaler — responsible for legalized abortions in Canada funded at taxpayer expense — has passed away at the age of 90. Morgentaler is the man who opened up Canada to legal abortions in 1988. Denise Mountenay, the head of the Canada Silent No More Campaign, a group for women who have had abortions and regret their decisions because of physical complications or mental health issues afterwards, talked about him previously. “For years he totally ignored the laws of the land and has profited, making millions of dollars. He and his clinics have been sued for damages...

TORONTO - Abortion rights crusader Henry Morgentaler has died. He was 90. Carolyn Egan, with the Ontario Coalition of Abortion Clinics, says she spoke with members of Morgentaler's family, who told her he died early this morning. She was told he was surrounded by family and it was a peaceful death at his Toronto home.

July 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - "My God is a Goddess with golden breasts, dripping milk and honey. A suckling baby am I, nursing at the golden breast." So writes Dr. Henry Morgentaler, Canada's father of abortion, in one of the poems found in his self-published book of poetry, "Freedom is my Passion."With Morgentaler having burst once again onto the public stage in recent weeks, after being awarded Canada's highest civilian honor, the Order of Canada, many people are questioning who exactly Henry Morgentaler is, and what his legacy has been.While news coverage of the abortion doctor over the years...

Former lieutenant-governor Gilbert Finn, shown here in 2000, says Dr. Henry Morgentaler's work does not match with his own moral values and he is returning his Order of Canada in protest of the appointment of the abortion rights advocate. (CBC)A former New Brunswick lieutenant-governor says he'll return his Order of Canada in protest of Dr. Henry Morgentaler being named to the order. Gilbert Finn, 87, who served as the province's lieutenant-governor from 1987-94, said he doesn't hold the same values as Morgentaler, a leading abortion rights advocate in Canada. A former rector at the University of Moncton and a leading...

B.C. priest gives back his Order over Morgentaler 'A Terrible Mistake'; Revoke abortion doctor's award, churches sayA Catholic priest in British Columbia is returning his Order of Canada after Dr. Henry Morgentaler was named a member, calling the controversial abortion doctor's induction into the Order "a terrible mistake." Father Lucien Larre, who was inducted into the nation's highest order in 1983 for his work with troubled youth, said in a news release yesterday that he felt "compelled in conscience to return my Order of Canada." The priest, based in Coquitlam, B. C., said he did not want to show disrespect...

OTTAWA, JULY 2, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Canada's highest civilian honor has been "debased," the archbishop of Toronto said after the government named abortionist Dr. Henry Morgentaler as an appointee to the Order of Canada. "A community's worth is measured by the way it treats the most vulnerable," Archbishop Thomas Collins wrote Tuesday in a statement, "and no one is more vulnerable than in the first nine months of life's journey." The appointments were announced on Canada Day, which this year marked the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec. According to the press released issued by the governor general's office, Morgentaler...

ORILLIA, Ontario, August 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Notorious Canadian abortionist and abortion activist, Henry Morgentaler, in his acceptance speech after being awarded the Annual Couchiching Award for Excellence in Public Policy Leadership, claimed the so-called campaign to legalize abortion continues despite opposition from religions, like the Catholic Church, which he referred to as a “bastion of patriarchy” and an “opponent of women's rights.”“The struggle of women for emancipation and equal rights as well as for rights specific to women such as control over reproduction and the freedom to make those decisions, has come up against thousands of years of patriarchy,...

Please vote NO! This is a top news story in Canada right now. I'd appreciate you voting. [:-< Do you agree with the University of Western Ontario's decision to award an honorary degree to Henry Morgentaler? (Abortionist) Yes 8866 votes (66 %) No 4492 votes (34 %) GLOBE AND MAIL

"Doctor" Henry Morgentaler Morgentaler has championed the right to have abortions, will be honoured at the University of Western Ontario's Spring Convocation this June.....“The primary focus at Convocation in June should be on the students who are receiving their degrees and it’s a time of celebration for their parents and families. We would hope people keep this in mind.” Western’s decision to confer an honorary degree upon Dr. Henry Morgentaler has brought praise and condemnation in public reaction. Western announced last week that Morgentaler, a pro-choice advocate who has championed the rights of women to have an abortion, is among...

The movement against Morgentaler Ian Hunter National Post Friday, May 06, 2005 A month ago, I wrote on these pages of the decision of the University of Western Ontario to award an honorary doctorate at spring convocation to Canada's most notorious abortionist, Dr. Henry Morgentaler. Since then, opposition to the University's decision has mushroomed. In particular, a student-organized Web page (www.uwoprotest.com) has garnered more than 7,000 signatures. The Roman Catholic Bishop of London, Ronald Fabbro, wrote a stinging letter to UWO president Paul Davenport calling the University's decision "inconceivable and appalling." This takes on added significance when one realizes...

Some abortions must be done in U.S.: minister QUEBEC CITY - Quebec Health Minister Philippe Couillard regrets the need to send some Quebec women to the U.S. for late-term abortions Last year, the provincial government sent 30 patients to clinics in Kansas and New York for treatment. Couillard said that Quebec simply doesn't have the expertise to perform the specialized procedures in the province. INDEPTH: Abortion rights: A timeline of developments Long-time abortion activist Dr. Henry Morgentaler said he approves of Quebec sending women to Kansas for late-term abortions. "These abortions are difficult to do and they have a high...