Dr Xavier Dor, embryologist
Dr Xavier Dor ‑ a French embryologist, well known for his activism against abortions – died on 4 April 2020 from Covid-19.
Dor was born into a wealthy, Catholic family. His father was the director of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. He had four children with his wife, Françoise Dugé de Bernonville, daughter of Jacques de Bernonville. Dor was a doctor specializing in embryology and practiced at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris. He was also a researcher in cardiac embryology at Inserm and a lecturer at Pierre and Marie Curie University. Dor died on 4 April 2020 in Paris from COVID-19 at age 91 during the pandemic.
Dor was the founder and president of the SOS tout-petits association. He often led protests in front...
