Xavier Dor

Dr Xavier Dor (cropped) (2).jpg

Xavier Dor (30 January 1929 – 4 April 2020) was a French embryologist. He was well known for his activism against abortions.[1] He was born in Marseille, France.

Dor was charged with eleven different crimes throughout his life, most of which coming after the Neiertz Law passed in 1993. It made obstructing abortion a crime.[2] Dor took part in the March for Life in Paris on 22 January 2017. The movement did not achieve its ultimate goal, which was to overturn the legalization of abortion.[3]

Dor died of COVID-19 on 4 April 2020 in Paris at the age of 91.[4]

References

  1. "Coronavirus: le Dr Xavier Dor n'est pas décédé mais dans un « état stationnaire »". TVLIBERTES (in French). 4 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. "Xavier Dor évite la prison". L'Humanité (in French). 7 January 1998.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. ""Les anti-IVG sont souvent anti-genre, homophobes et contre le planning familial"". Libération (in French). 28 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. "Hommage au Dr Xavier Dor : une vie au service de la Vie (rediffusion)". TVLIBERTES (in French). 4 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)