Abortion Articles

Medical reform group

February 6, 1985|Comments Off on Medical reform group

    On January 8, four spokesmen for a new group called the Medical Reform Group of Ontario stated in [...]

Queen’s invites Morgentaler

February 6, 1985|Comments Off on Queen’s invites Morgentaler

    Kingston   Queen’s University has invited Henry Morgentaler to speak in its prestigious Dunning Trust lecture series in [...]

Ontario: Smoling denied

February 6, 1985|Comments Off on Ontario: Smoling denied

        Dr. Leslie Smoling, a former associate of Henry Morgentaler, was denied hospital privileges at Woodstock General [...]

Quebec – $Always get cash (Part II)

February 6, 1985|Comments Off on Quebec – $Always get cash (Part II)

    On Saturday, January 1, 1985, Henry Morgentaler placed an advertisement in The Montreal Gazette. “I need your help,” [...]

Jury questions not allowed

February 3, 1985|Comments Off on Jury questions not allowed

    AH   In a jury trial concerned with the spreading of false news about the killing of Jews [...]

Cardinal Carter on Abortion

January 30, 1985|Comments Off on Cardinal Carter on Abortion

On November 15, Gerald Emmet Cardinal Carter issued a pastoral letter on abortion in response to the Morgentaler acquittal (November [...]

Churchgoers and housewives, please do not apply

January 30, 1985|Comments Off on Churchgoers and housewives, please do not apply

In 1974, Alphonse de Valk, the author of Mortality and Law in Canadian Politics: The Abortion Controversy, stated that "the [...]

The Editorial: Slicing them open

January 30, 1985|Comments Off on The Editorial: Slicing them open

The recent disclosure that vaccines were produced from tissues of aborted babies had three main pro-life reactions: the immediate one [...]

From acquittal to appeal

January 30, 1985|Comments Off on From acquittal to appeal

On December 4, 1984, Attorney-General Roy McMurtry announced that the Crown would appeal the jury's November 8th decision to acquit [...]

Hansard: House of Commons debates

January 30, 1985|Comments Off on Hansard: House of Commons debates

The Morgentaler acquittal of Thursday, November 8, 1984, had its reverberations on the "hill."  Right-to-abortion supporters were quick to move, [...]

McMurtry appeals: The reasons given

January 30, 1985|Comments Off on McMurtry appeals: The reasons given

Ontario's Attorney-General Roy McMurty addressed the Ontario Legislature on Tuesday, December 4, explaining his reason for appeal.  The following are [...]

Always get cash

January 30, 1985|Comments Off on Always get cash

An appointment list, taken by police at Morgentaler's Toronto Harbord Street abortuary, showed that abortions - at $300 each - [...]

The Abortion Pill

January 3, 1985|Comments Off on The Abortion Pill

  Canadian newspapers reported recently that next year the first “foolproof” birth control drug will be distributed in Europe.  “First [...]