The "Montreal Gazette" reported in 1974, that according to police evidence, Morgentaler was re-using disposable vacurettes, against the manufacturer's instructions which stated that they "cannot be re-used". "The Gazette" reported that when contacted, Morgentaler stated that earlier model Vacurettes "could occasionally be used more than once", but he insisted that "whether someone uses a Vacurette once or twice has nothing to do with practising good medicine." A 1991 "Alberta Report" article reports that he now denied having re-used vacurettes, but it also reported that according to "The Gazette"'s lawyers, Morgentaler never took any legal action against that paper.