Another unbelievable

Well, yet again I opened my email inbox to read a rather unsettling article. It seems that Dr. Henry Morgentaler who many consider to be the father of abortion is potentially going to receive Canada's highest honor, The Order Of Canada. (On Canada Day to boot) Now I remember back in February there was a big kuffuffle over this and it was said back then that he was not on the list. Well, it now appears that the commitee that decides who gets it and who doesn't have gone against the traditional way of deciding about who gets the order (it usually is a unanimous decision not a vote) and the majority have voted in favor of giving it to him. (See an article from The National Post here: http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/06/29/douglas-farrow-quot-henry-morgentaler-s-canada-is-not-my-canada-quot.aspx

I looked up on the governor general's website about the Order of Canada. It states the following: "The Order of Canada is the centrepiece of Canada’s honours system and recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation. The Order recognizes people in all sectors of Canadian society. Their contributions are varied, yet they have all enriched the lives of others and made a difference to this country. The Order of Canada’s motto is DESIDERANTES MELIOREM PATRIAM (They desire a better country)." Now I just have one question? Does the work that Dr. Morgentaler has done fall into the above definition? Has he really done something that would be considered a lifetime of outstanding achievement? How about dedication to a community? Service to the nation? Has he, the father of abortion, really enriched the lives of others? Here is a quote from him in an article from the Globe & Mail back in January of this year.
"I knew I could not save my mother. But I could save other mothers. It was an unconscious thought. It became almost like a command. If I help women to have babies at a time when they can give love and affection, they will not grow up to be rapists or murderers. They will not build concentration camps". He describes the landmark Supreme Court decision on Jan. 28, 1988, as the greatest day of his life. “It was a vindication of everything I believed in. For the first time, it gave women the status of full human beings able to make decisions about their own lives.”

I frankly find this all to be very disturbing. When a Globe and Mail poll stated that 92% of Canadians did not think that he should deserve The Order Of Canada, that should have sparked something in the commitee's head. How can we possibly give this man a medal for killing millions of unborn babies? That has bettered our country?!? Are you nuts?! It's genocide to an entire generation. There are so many other options. Adoption, not having sex in the first place until you are married. Give me a break!!!

I hope, no I pray that this does not occur. I pray that the commitee members wake up and realize the gross error that they are going to make by bestowing this award on him.