Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair

Canadian physician Dr Morgentaler’s fight for legal and safe abortions between 1970 and 1976 and its serious legal consequences for him form the centre of Democracy on a Trial: The Morgentaler Affair. This compelling docudrama demonstrates the complexity of this case, which began with the demand for a Canadian abortion law and turned into an explosive civil rights case. Dr Morgentaler’s commitment resulted in unique legal progress: Since 1988 Canada has been the only country in which there is no single law concerning abortion any more.

• DirectorPaul Cowan
• AuthorJefferson Lewis
• CameraPaul Cowan, Mike Mahoney
• ActorsHenry Morgentaler, Mike Morgentaler, Michael Rudder, Lisa Schwartz, Claude-Armand Sheppard, Jacques Thisdale Gwen Tolbart, Gabriel Gascon
• MusicAlex Pauk, Alexina Louie
• produced byPaul Cowan
• CountriesCanada
• GenreDocumentary
• Year1984
• Length58 min
• TopicAbortion
• LanguagesEnglish
• Website http://www.nfb.ca/film/democracy_on_trial/
• SynchronizationsFrench

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