By Beryl Wajsman on June 18, 2013
Much has been written about Morgentaler’s acts and his convictions that affirmed collective dignity and individual freedom for all women in Canada. This is as it should be. This was paramount.
But the legacy of the Morgentaler trials in Quebec was greater than that. We are affected by them to this very day. They were profiles in courage and conscience. Profiles of a doctor who challenged the law of our land, and his lawyer - Claude-Armand Sheppard - who changed the life of our law. And not enough has been written about that.
