Henry morgentaler biography

Henekh "Henry" Morgentaler [ 1 ] CM March 19, — May 29, , was a Polish-born Canadian physician , and abortion rights advocate [ 2 ] who fought numerous legal battles aimed at expanding abortion rights in Canada. After the war, Morgentaler migrated to Canada and entered medical practice, becoming one of the first Canadian doctors to perform vasectomies, to insert intrauterine devices , and to provide birth control pills to unmarried women.

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He opened his first abortion clinic in in Montreal, challenging what he saw as an unjust law placing burdensome restrictions on women seeking abortions. The resulting Morgentaler Amendment to the Criminal Code restricted appeal courts from overturning acquittals. Morgentaler twice challenged the constitutionality of the federal abortion law, losing the first time, in Morgentaler v R in , but winning the second time, in R v Morgentaler in In , Morgentaler was awarded the Order of Canada "for his commitment to increased health care options for women, his determined efforts to influence Canadian public policy and his leadership in humanist and civil liberties organizations.

She was killed at the Treblinka extermination camp. After two days in hiding, on August 23, , they were found and deported to Auschwitz concentration camp. On August 27, Henry and Abraham were shipped to KL Landsberg, Dachau concentration camp , where they both remained until the end of the war. By the end of the war, he was in sick bay Krankenrevier , whence he was finally liberated by the U.

Army on April 29, After his release at age 22 Henry weighed just 32 kilograms 71 lb.