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Peter N Coles<\/h4>\n\n\n
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Canadian Medical Association Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Extract<\/strong>
I believe that the statement authorized by the Board of Directors after the meeting of General Council regarding our colleague Dr. Henry Morgentaler shows professional bias and unclear thinking tempered with extreme conservatism. . . .The fact that anyone, for whatever charge, can be acquitted twice by a jury and still be in jail is hard to comprehend. The fact that the appeal courts overturned the jury’s verdict and passed sentence without ordering a new trial is a threat to everyone’s liberty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coles PN. (Correspondence) The Morgentaler case<\/a>. Can Med Assoc J. 1975 Aug 09;113(3):181. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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