The New American 22 July 2019 Family First Comment: 95% of 5,500 biologists — with specialties ranging from anatomy, biochemistry, cellular biology, genetics, and physiology — believe that “a human’s life begins at fertilization”, even those who are “very pro-choice,” “very liberal,” and consider themselves to be “strong Democrats”. #biologymatters In writing his majority opinion in Roe…
TVNZ One News 23 July 2019 Family First Comment: “The whole nation needs to be doing some soul searching, MPs need to be doing some soul searching because it’s here they have the power to change things. We don’t want to see it changed, we don’t want to see it liberalised because women already have access…
NZ Herald 15 July 2019 Family First Comment: “This is a subject that could put the Government’s survival at risk.” Correct. Sign our petition @ www.chooselife.nz Abortion is one of those subjects on which a wise man keeps quiet. I wish I was wise. We don’t have equal rights on this one. Women carry the load…
Scoop Health 18 June 2019 There were 13,282 abortions performed in New Zealand in 2018, similar to the year before, Stats NZ said today. Women in their 20s were most likely to have an abortion in 2018, accounting for 52 percent of all abortions. Abortions for women under 20 have been decreasing since the peak…
CURRENT ABORTION LAW What is the current abortion law in New Zealand? Under the Crimes Act 1961, it is a crime to perform an abortion unlawfully, or to supply the means of providing an abortion (such as drugs or instruments) unlawfully (ss. 183 and 186). Women are explicitly exempt from liability, meaning a woman cannot…
Are you ready to discuss abortion? RESPONDING TO ARGUMENTS FOR CHANGING THE LAW It’s important that we’re able to debate the issue with our friends and families and in our workplaces. “It’s a health issue.” “Women should have control over their own bodies.” “It’s a matter between a woman and her doctor.” “Women who have…
Being pro-life isn’t about tyranny, it’s about the exact opposite Stuff co.nz 3 June 2019 Family First Comment: Boom! Kate Cormack destroys the arguments of ALRANZ’s American lobbyist Terri Ballamak.. “No law can ever rightly be called a just law if it denies one group of human beings their fundamental human rights simply because they are…
Louisiana becomes fifth US state to enact restrictive abortion law based on foetal heartbeat TVNZ One News 31 May 2019 Family First Comment: Louisiana’s latest abortion ban won support from many Democrats and was sponsored by Democratic Sen. John Milkovich. And the governor won some GOP praise for his position, including female Republicans!! “Although Edwards is…