[PHOTO] 85-87 Harbord Street
Henry Morgentaler's successful (if controversial) nomination is just another episode in a life full of controversy thanks to his position as Canada's most visible abortion doctor. Some opponents are so upset that they've decided to attack the Chief Justie of the Canadian Supreme Court by lodging a complaint with the Canadian Judicial Council because she supervised the decision.
Toronto's Harbord Street, near the University of Toronto campus, plays an intimate role in his story because his clinic out of 85 Harbord Street in one of the old Victorian row houses that line(d?) that part of the sub-Annex.
Now, in The Globe and Mail's words.
The story of this old Annex Victorian semi, among the storefronts on the south of Harbord, really begins on June 15, 1983, when Henry Morgentaler opened an abortion clinic. It was subjected to protests and pickets, and victories and defeats - for both sides of the debate. The drama might have ended in 1988, when the Supreme Court ruled that freestanding clinics were legal, but the rallies continued, reaching 3,000 strong. Harbord Street Cafe, at No. 87, closed shop, its windows papered over. A sign for The Way Inn took its place. The Toronto Women's Bookstore moved down the street. Then on Victoria Day weekend in 1992, an explosion by arsonists blew the wall out at No. 85. No one was ever charged. A small apartment is there now, next to Ms. Emma Designs at No. 87. Earlier this week, Dr. Morgentaler was named to the Order of Canada.
(85 Harbord Street is small. Look to the left edge of the photo. I thought it was hiding from me at the time I took the photo.)
Toronto's Harbord Street, near the University of Toronto campus, plays an intimate role in his story because his clinic out of 85 Harbord Street in one of the old Victorian row houses that line(d?) that part of the sub-Annex.
Now, in The Globe and Mail's words.
The story of this old Annex Victorian semi, among the storefronts on the south of Harbord, really begins on June 15, 1983, when Henry Morgentaler opened an abortion clinic. It was subjected to protests and pickets, and victories and defeats - for both sides of the debate. The drama might have ended in 1988, when the Supreme Court ruled that freestanding clinics were legal, but the rallies continued, reaching 3,000 strong. Harbord Street Cafe, at No. 87, closed shop, its windows papered over. A sign for The Way Inn took its place. The Toronto Women's Bookstore moved down the street. Then on Victoria Day weekend in 1992, an explosion by arsonists blew the wall out at No. 85. No one was ever charged. A small apartment is there now, next to Ms. Emma Designs at No. 87. Earlier this week, Dr. Morgentaler was named to the Order of Canada.
(85 Harbord Street is small. Look to the left edge of the photo. I thought it was hiding from me at the time I took the photo.)