Does Henry Morgentaler deserve the Order of Canada?

We should most definitely not grant Henry Morgentaler the Order of Canada. Why do we allow people to kill a child while it is still within its mother and call it a therapeutic action, but call it murder once the child has been born? As someone who lost a child to abortion, I can honestly attest to the fact that it truly is the taking of a life. I can't decide that another person is doing things to impact the direction of my life, and kill them. Yet a woman can decide to abort a child, how is this right? Rather than taking lives, we should be working to provide sufficient support to women who find themselves in the position of wondering whether or not to keep their baby. While in Canada we pride ourselves on being an open and just society, by granting this honour to Mr. Morgentaler, we are betraying these core elements of the Canadian persona. Maybe next year the Governor General will nominate Paul Bernardo for the Order of Canada. As a Canadian, a Jew, a parent, and a health practitioner, I am horrified that he is even being considered for the Order of Canada.

I have never read that Morgentaler ever advocated abortion any more than I do however, he has always advocated safe medical procedures for women who choose that route for THEIR bodies. I strongly support Morgentaler for getting women out of the back alleys and into the proper surgical surroundings in spite of all the roadblocks of those who would like to "own" anothers body and direct what they think or their group thinks should or should not be done. With sex, if there was a 50 / 50 chance that EITHER the man or the women would get pregnant, then we would never have this discussion.

I don't care what the majority says, because I do not believe that majority opinion is always right. No matter what you think, the truth is simply that abortion is murder. Period. Therefore, this man does not deserve the Order of Canada. He deserves jail time.

Ever think that people may agree or disagree for other reasons than the ones you stated?