I'm sure all Canadian feminists know who Dr Henry Morgentaler is, and may be interested to know that there's a documentary coming out on his life. While there have been many documentaries about his fight to legalize abortion in Canada and ongoing support of access to safe abortion, this is the first documentary about who he is as a person.

My mom, who is also a doctor who campaigned for women's right to safe abortion and performed illegal abortions, knew Dr Morgentaler and considered going to work with him. Plus, my high school art teacher was his wife so I met him a couple of times over the years and found him to be a very warm and gentle man.

This links to an article about the new documentary coming out about him
www.macleans.ca/culture/wire/article.jsp

And this is an older article which gives a good biographical account of Dr Morgentaler
www.theglobeandmail.com/series...ntaler/

"Certainly, Dr. Morgentaler's younger patients at his Toronto clinic seem blithe about anything beyond their personal situation. They are free to choose, and why wouldn't they be?

Dr. Morgentaler has said he likes this attitude. Why shouldn't they take their human rights for granted? Their insouciance is a triumph, maybe the greatest triumph of all."