Jan. 28, 1988. Henry Morgentaler's supporters at his clinic in Toronto celebrate the Supreme Court decision. Anti-abortion demonstrators next door to the clinic did not take the news so well. Credit: Erik Christensen / The Globe and Mail

Originally published: Jan. 29, 1988, A11

Historical note: The Supreme Court of Canada struck down the federal abortion law, ruling 5-2 that the law threatens the health of women by forcing them to undergo painful and utterly arbitrary delays to obtain a medical procedure. The decision was announced Jan. 28, 1988