And now for some actual news about Dr Henry Morgentaler.
CBC reports:
Abortion provider Dr. Henry Morgentaler has the legal right to challenge the New Brunswick government’s policy on abortion funding, a judge has ruled.
In an ongoing scandal, New Brunswick — Canada’s equivalent to Kansas — has been flouting the Canada Health Act. The province pays for abortions done only in an approved hospital AND approved by two physicians.
Funnily, women of New Brunswick object to this restriction. They think they should have the same rights as the rest of Canadian women.
And Dr Morgentaler agrees with them.
When Dr Morgentaler first brought the action, the province argued that only a woman who had used the clinic ‘had the right to question the government’s payment policy’.
But New Brunswick Court of Queen’s Bench Judge Paulette Garnett rejected the province’s argument, saying Morgentaler has the legal right to take the case to court.
She ruled:
There are many valid reasons why women who have had abortions at the Fredericton clinic would not or could not bring this challenge. Dr. Morgentaler is therefore a suitable alternative person to do so.
Dr Morgentaler demonstrates again why he richly deserves Canada’s highest civilian honour.
(We at Birth Pangs haven’t checked the fetus fetishist sites yet for reaction to this news. But rest assured that their spin will be that this is all about the munnee. Because Dr Morgentaler is just a ‘munnee-grubbing . . . um . . . abortionist’, right?)
UPPITY-DATE:
Hey, can we call ‘em or what?
Peter Ryan, the Executive Director of NB Right to Life, commented on the case, saying, “I think it is most unlikely the people of New Brunswick will ever pay Morgentaler to kill our province’s unborn babies on demand. Our Province needs to stand firm in this matter, and I am very hopeful they will do so.
“Regrettably, however, we can have no confidence in the judicial process underway. It is a travesty that no pro-life group representing unborn babies or their mothers has been allowed to take part in the trial. The exclusion in my view reflects both narrow mindedness and bias on the part of New Brunswick courts.”
We really like this bit:
The trial process will now ensue. The courts (Queen’s Bench and Appeal) previously barred a coalition of Canadian pro-life groups – including NB Right to Life, Focus on the Family, the Catholic Women’s League, and the Knights of Columbus – from participating as a third-party intervener. The groups were deemed “moral busybodies” with nothing worthwhile to contribute.
MORE UPPITY-DATE:And the other LifeShite weighs in:
A New Brunswick Court has ruled that infamous abortion practitioner Henry Morgentaler can proceed with a lawsuit to force the Canadian province to pay for abortions. Morgentaler’s bid to make taxpayers fund abortions done at his private abortion business dates back to 2003.
And they’re still quoting the MASSIVELY discredited KLRVU poll.
When the courts get things right, they really do get it:
The groups were deemed “moral busybodies” with nothing worthwhile to contribute.