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SAINTE-ANNE-DE-BEAUPRE, Quebec — The archbishop of Montreal announced Thursday that he is returning Canada’s most prestigious award because an abortion doctor received the same honor.

Archbishop Jean-Claude Turcotte said that he hoped opposition voices such as his would prompt officials to reverse their decision in July to give Dr. Henry Morgentaler the Order of Canada.

Morgentaler led a campaign to overturn Canada’s anti- abortion laws Jan. 28, 1988, making Canada the only Western democracy at the time with no criminal sanctions against abortion.

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