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Thread ID: 17574 | Posts: 2 | Started: 2005-03-30
2005-03-30 19:43 | User Profile
A girl recently asked me who [I]truly[/I] enjoys his job. The first example that came to mind was that of a Jewish abortion provider. Exhibit A:
[QUOTE]Morgentaler operates six abortion clinics across Canada. Born in Poland, he is a Holocaust survivor who has devoted his life to challenging Canada's abortion law.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=00b4f378-dcba-47ea-b2fd-[/url]
Morgenthaler is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Western Ontario (where Rushton has manged to retain his precarious position), along with, [I]inter alia[/I], the President of the University of Notre Dame du Lac:
[QUOTE]Honorary degree for Morgentaler sparks outrage
Doctor led fight to legalize abortion; Anti-abortion activists plan demos, urge alumni to stop funding university
ISABEL VINCENT
CanWest News Service
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
The University of Western Ontario is facing a firestorm of protest over its decision to award Henry Morgentaler an honorary degree.
Anti-abortion activists from across Canada will demonstrate at convocation ceremonies when the abortion doctor receives his honorary Doctor of Laws on June 16. They've also asked alumni to stop donating to the London, Ont., university in protest.
Last week, they appealed directly to the university's administration to reconsider their decision to honour Morgentaler. It will be his first honorary degree.
"We're so deeply disappointed that it's not easy to describe our feelings," said Phil Arnsby, president of the London-area Right to Life network. "We were in touch with the vice-president of the university and he said that despite the overwhelming public response, they wouldn't change their mind."
Ted Garrard, a spokesperson for the university, said yesterday its honorary degrees committee, which is made up of faculty, students, alumni and others, made the decision on who would receive the degrees, and that there was a great deal of support for Morgentaler.
"They are empowered by (the university senate) and their decision is final," said Garrard, a university vice-president.
"We certainly respect the dissenting opinions, and we did expect a good deal of reaction. But there are many people who support awarding Dr. Morgentaler this degree."
Honorary degrees will also be awarded to nine other people, including former Chatelaine editor and feminist Doris Anderson, activist Maude Barlow and Rev. Edward A. Malloy, president of Notre Dame University, a Roman Catholic institution.
In a statement to the National Post yesterday, Malloy said through a spokesperson that he was aware Morgentaler was a co-recipient of an honorary degree.
"Father Malloy will accept the honorary degree since it will come from the affiliated university colleges of Western Ontario, which have a separate convocation within the university's framework," the statement said.
Within the university, there are two Catholic colleges (King's College and Brescia University College).
Morgentaler operates six abortion clinics across Canada. Born in Poland, he is a Holocaust survivor who has devoted his life to challenging Canada's abortion law.
Still a source of controversy, he has faced several police raids and a firebombing of his Toronto clinic in the past in his campaign for abortion rights. In 1988, he won a landmark Supreme Court of Canada ruling that effectively legalized abortion.[/QUOTE]
2005-03-30 19:56 | User Profile
"Morgentaler operates six abortion clinics across Canada. Born in Poland, he is a Holocaust survivor who has devoted his life to challenging Canada's abortion law."
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. :shocking: