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Morgentaler, Henry

LC control no.n 81125805
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Personal name headingMorgentaler, Henry
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Variant(s)Morgentaler, Henryk
Associated countryCanada
Birth date1923-03-19
Death date2013-05-29
Place of birthŁódź (Poland)
Place of deathToronto (Ont.)
Field of activityAbortion
Profession or occupationPhysicians
Found inPelrine, E.W., Morgentaler, c1975.
Morton, F.L. Pro-choice vs. pro-life, 1993: CIP galley (Dr. Henry Morgentaler; East End Montreal Clinic; pro-choice advocate)
Halpern, S. Morgentaler, l'obstiné, 1992: CAN CIP data (Morgentaler, Henry, 1923- )
Canadian encyc. online, Feb. 14, 2022 (Henekh (Henry) Morgentaler, CM, abortion advocate, physician (born 19 March 1923 in Lodz, Poland; died 29 May 2013 in Toronto. Morgentaler spent much of his life advocating for women's reproductive rights at a time when they could not legally obtain abortions)
New York times (online), viewed May 30, 2013 (in obituary published May 29: Dr. Henry Morgentaler; b. Henryk Morgentaler, Mar. 19, 1923, Lodz, Poland; moved to Canada, 1950; d. Tuesday, Toronto, aged 90; Canada's most heralded and vilified abortion doctor, who was assaulted and imprisoned for defying restrictive laws but who won the landmark Canadian Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationally in 1988)
Associated languageeng