Oh (dear!) Canada
Thousands protest plan to award abortionist honorary degree
June 24,2005

LONDON, ON—Although a plan by the University of Western Ontario (UWO) to confer an honorary doctor of laws degree on Canada’s foremost abortion proponent has generated great controversy, as of press time, the university was still planning to honour Henry Morgentaler during its spring convocation ceremonies on June 16.

In a March edition of the Western News, the university noted Morgentaler “founded the first abortion clinic in Montreal in 1968 and in the year that followed, he challenged the Criminal Code…He has continued to campaign province-by-province seeking to provide abortion services…Today, Morgentaler operates six clinics in Canada providing…abortion and contraceptive services.”

Since the article appeared, thousands of students, faculty, alumni and Canadians-at-large have rallied against the university’s decision to give Morgentaler the degree, flooding UWO administration with phone calls, e-mail and letters. Some estimates place the current cost to the university from cancelled donations, bequests and other funding at up to $50 million.

Story: http://www.christianweek.org/stories/vol19/no07/story1.html

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