Jun 15, 2005 / 22:00 pm
As many as 200,000 Catholic high school students in Ontario observed a minute of silence this morning to protest the honorary degree that was given to Dr. Henry Morgentaler, Canada’s abortion pioneer.
The University of Western Ontario conferred the honor to Morgentaler at its 10 a.m. convocation. Morgentaler led the movement to legalize abortion in Canada and currently operates clinics across the country.
Joseph Rapai, education director of the London District Catholic school board, told the Free Press Reporter that students took part in the protest “in recognition of the thousands of lives taken from this world by Dr. Henry Morgentaler.”
In London, all eight Catholic high schools and their 9,000 students participated in the moment of silence and prayer. Other Catholic high schools across Ontario and their roughly 200,000 students were also invited to participate.