Posted on 07/09/2008 8:27:21 AM PDT by jerod
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 Acadian businessman, Finn became a member of the Order of Canada in 1974 and an officer in 1979.
That distinction is tarnished by Morgentaler's appointment, Finn said.
"I've sent a note to the prime minister and to the Governor General saying that since Dr. Morgentaler is now a member of the order, I'm returning my insignia and no longer want to be part of the order," Finn told Radio-Canada in French.
Morgentaler, 85, is a Polish-born Holocaust survivor who immigrated to Montreal after the war and opened an abortion clinic in 1969, where he performed thousands of what were then illegal abortion procedures.
A family physician, Morgentaler argued that access to abortion was a basic human right and that women should not have to risk death at the hands of an untrained professional in order to end their pregnancies.
Morgentaler's clinics were often raided by police, and one in Toronto was firebombed.
Morgentaler was arrested several times and spent months in jail as he fought his case at all court levels in Canada.
In January 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down Canada's abortion law, which required women who wanted an abortion to appeal to a three-doctor hospital abortion committee.
The Madonna House, which has soup kitchens and retreats in seven countries, has also returned the Order of Canada that was given to its deceased founder Catherine Doherty.
B.C. priest Rev. Lucien Larré has also returned his Order of Canada in protest of Morgentaler's appointment.
“...a Polish-born Holocaust survivor who immigrated to Montreal after the war and opened an abortion clinic in 1969, where he performed thousands of what were then illegal abortion procedures.”
I don’t know where to begin with this one...
There is no Canada any more therefore what would the Order of Canada mean to some?
Absolutely nothing.
Canada has become another satellite of Europe while it sits frying in hate over its neighbor to the south.
I have never known such an unhappy people with a wealth of land and freedoms who spend countless hours in wasted emotional turmoil scribbling how misguided we in the USA are.
They have revised, thrown out, changed many of their basic laws which made a strong nation originally to accommodate all and every newcomer who wishes to have his or her traditions acknowledged and obeyed.
Canada the Courtesan Country.
Too bad he didn’t die in the Holocaust. Are we really sure he is a survivor and not one of the Nazis?
An honorable and classy act, Mr. Finn.
That is not an appropriate thing to wish, at least from a christian perspective. However, there are some who question whether Morgentaler was ever really in a concentration camp. Something to do with the number he claims was tatooed on his arm.
It seems the mercy he received didn’t mean he himself was suppose to show great mercy,in choosing life. He seems to be at that age when it would be in his best interest to repent and reconcile with God. It would be a great loss for one to find out his personal opinion of who lives and who dies comes down to making the wrong choice and receiving eternal damnation for his lack of mercy for children in the womb.
I pray that when he dies he will get to meet all the babies that he killed.
Oh really??
So I suppose that by the same criteria, the gassing of millions of his fellow countrymen in the holocaust could be called "very late term abortions" - a basic human right..
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