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Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Gift inscription (not from author) on fep. DJ has slight wear and soiling. [6], 474 p. Notes. Index. Morgentaler's story is an intriguing and unique one, and, until now, a story that has never been completely told. Traces the life of a man forced to face death at an early age, a man who has chosen to live as a perpetual and deliberate outsider and a man who may not himself understand why he feels he must go to battle for an issue that few Canadians are entirely comfortable with. From Wikipedia: "Henry Morgentaler, CM (born March 19, 1923) is a Canadian physician and prominent pro-choice advocate who has fought numerous pro-choice battles. His youth was shadowed by World War II and incarceration at Dachau for being Jewish. After the war, Morgentaler immigrated to Canada where he went into medical practice. After learning of the many women desperately wanting to abort their pregnancy, Dr. Morgentaler challenged anti-abortion laws first in Quebec and then in other provinces. Morgentaler was successful, arguing that the laws were harmful to women and against women's rights. In 2008, Dr. Morgentaler was awarded the Order of Canada...In 1969, Henry Morgentaler opened an abortion clinic in Montreal. He said that he applied for status as a model abortion clinic and proposed to the federal and provincial governments that abortions could be safely done outside hospitals. He recounts that neither the provincial nor the federal government was interested. Each said it was the other's responsibility. No one came inspect the clinic. Instead, they sent the police. On June 1, 1970, Montreal city police raided Morgentaler's clinic and laid several charges of performing illegal abortions. The first case did not come to trial until 1973; in the meanwhile, women's groups organized in support of him and he continued to perform abortions. In 1973, the doctor stated that he had performed 5, 000 safe abortions outside hospitals, demonstrating that a hospital setting was not necessary. To summarize, between 1973 and 1975, Morgentaler was tried three times in Montreal for defying the abortion law; each time, he raised the defence of necessity, and each time he was acquitted. Each time, the jury took less time to reach their decision to acquit: at the third trial, they took one hour. This is called Jury nullification the refusal of juries to enforce a law that they perceive to be unjust. Each charge was brought to trial separately. At the trial of the first charge in 1973, Dr. Morgentaler was defended by Claude-Armand Sheppard. Sheppard presented the "defence of necessity" as a doctor, Morgentaler had a duty to safeguard the life and health of the women who came to him for abortions, which outweighed his duty to obey the law. ] After hearing some of those women as witnesses, the jury acquitted him. The province appealed the acquittal. In a move literally without precedent, the jury's acquittal was overturned by five judges on the Quebec Court of Appeal in 1974, who substituted a conviction. The doctor appealed his conviction to the Supreme Court of Canada but the court upheld his conviction in a 6-3 decision, stating that the danger to women was not immediate. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison and began serving his sentence in March, 1975. In 1975, under Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, the Canadian Parliament changed the law so that an appeals court could not overturn a jury acquittal, although they could order a new trial. This is known as the Morgentaler Amendment to the Criminal Code of Canada. The Quebec government set aside their first, wrongful conviction and ordered a new trial on the first charge. Morgentaler was released to await trial. In 1975, while he was in prison, the Ministry of Justice for Quebec laid a second set of charges against him and he was acquitted by another jury. However, he was already in jail. A political cartoon at the time showed a prison guard pushing Dr. Morgentaler's food tray into his cell and saying, "Congratulations, doctor, you've been acquitted...
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0394223918. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery.; Signed by the author and Morgenthaler on title page. Henry Morgenthaler is the Canadian physician who led the fight for abortion rights in Canada.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall; Signed by Author.
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Very Good in Fine dust jacket. 0394223918. 474 pages including index. Morgentaler's story is an intriguing and unique one, and, until now, a story that has never been completely told. Traces the life of a man forced to face death at an early age, a man who has chosen to live as a perpetual and deliberate outsider and a man who may not himself understand why he feels he must go to battle for an issue that few Canadians are entirely comfortable with. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Probably unread. Excellent copy.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; CANADA BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY GENERAL Morgentaler: A Difficult Hero Abortion Services Pro-Choice Canada History Physicians Quebec Province 474 pages including index. Morgentaler's story is an intriguing and unique one, and, until now, a story that h.
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Very good. No dust jacket. *Softcover*. Standard used condition. May have some wear, highlighting, notes, creasing, previous owner's name, different cover images, etc (the dust cover may be missing). Might be ex-library book. Fast & reliable delivery. Exceptional customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability.
