It was witnessing the suffering of their patients women who were forced to carry to term unwanted pregnancies, and terminally-ill individuals dying in pain and desiring to do something to alleviate this situation. It is not surprising that both men are also actively involved in the humanist movement, for organized religion has always been the key social force opposing the legalization and implementation of abortion and euthanasia policies. Thanks to my involvement in the humanist cause, it has been my privilege to get to know Morgentaler and Admiraal, two of the most compassionate and life-affirming human beings I have ever met. It is a travesty to categorize them, and others like them, as merchants of death. I would have been flabbergasted, in 1978, to learn that I would some day be on close personal terms with people I had been taught to demonize.
Life does take some unexpected turns.
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