Henry Morgentaler was born on 19 March 1923 in Lódz, Poland. He was married to Carmen Wernli, Chava Rosenfarb and Arlene Leibovich. He died on 29 May 2013 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
[on his part in Canada's Supreme Court decision striking down the abortion law] The fact I could have been a spot of dust fifty years ago but I survived made me understand I could never give up - that I had a responsibility to my fellow beings to accomplish something important.