Talk:Henry Morgentaler

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Mr Morgentaler is a nice person and what he does is good stuff giving women the choice to have children or not. Having a child is not always the best option. Definitely not!

What does this have to do with enhancing the article?

Why do the articles on Henry Morgentaler and Josef Mengele have links to each other?

[edit] Picture

I think the picture featuring Jack Layton is misleading. While Mr. Layton and the NDP are strong advocates for Women's rights in Canada, I fail to see why the party's leader needs to be included on the page. I'm quite confident other political leaders have had their photos taken with Dr. Morgentaler as well.

[edit] "Worst Canadian" poll

Are the results of online polls of the general public considered encyclopedic? I'm not sure that the "worst Canadians" poll deserves a mention in the article, because the magazine that ran the poll even admits that the results are unscientific. These things are so easily skewed that they are really meaningless. I think that mention of the poll should be deleted altogether. Any thoughts? Dawn bard 19:37, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

No. According to Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons, information must be sourced. just look at the top box. To be removed.

I won't grieve if this "worst of" thing remains deleted, but it was sourced --twice, in fact. Shawn in Montreal 18:20, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps sourcing is not the right term to use, but reliable source would be. If the publisher doesn't feel the results are valid, then they do not belong here. statsone 05:17, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Works for me. Shawn in Montreal 14:05, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gynecologist and abortionist

According to his biographers, Morgentaler's practice was as a family physician before he began performing abortions. I am unaware of any evidence that he ever had any specialized training in gynecology. The mere fact that someone performs abortions, even if that person is a medical doctor, does not make him a gynecologist. In any case Morgentaler does not claim to be a gynecologist on his clinic's website.

As for "abortionist" there are those who view it as a POV term. As such "gynecologist" and "abortionist" should be avoided. — ABCXYZ (talk) 23:41, 21 January 2008 (UTC)