Earlier this week Family First published government data showing that at least one child a month on average is surviving an abortion. A born-alive abortion. But despite their previous obsession with the overturning of Roe v Wade (they normally refer to abortion as an ‘imported culture war’), the media have gone deathly silent on this issue. In this episode, we deal with some of the myths that are being used to minimise the tragedy of what is happening to our most vulnerable children, and how the politicians shut down this debate in 2020 as they ushered in one of the most radical abortion laws in the world.

Bob McCoskrie and Simon O’Connor discuss the revelations today that according to official government data, every month on average an unborn child is surviving an attempted abortion but is not being given life-sustaining treatment. These shocking numbers may be well underestimated because some districts couldn’t or wouldn’t provide the data. A 2023 study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology found that the overall risk of live birth following a second-trimester abortion (15-29 weeks) was 11.2%, with the risk increasing with gestational age.

Family First says that according to official government data, every month on average an unborn child is surviving an attempted abortion but is not being given life-sustaining treatment.

In some good news, large wholesale retailer Costco in the United States has decided it will not supply the abortion drug, mifepristone.

MEDIA RELEASE – 2 May 2025Family First is calling on the Ministry of Health, Health New Zealand and Medsafe to respond to significant new research coming out of the United States that shows that almost one in nine women have serious adverse events after taking the abortion pill, mifepristone. “The sheer scale of adverse events impacting women…

Data from the Ministry of Health reveals that the number of abortions have increased by 30% since abortion was decriminalised in 2020. On average, 329 children are killed every week in the womb in New Zealand, or 47 per day.

Abort your baby late-term and also get around $4600 from the government.  We are not making this up.  This is precisely what is happening in South Australia.

The media reported a tragic case of a pregnant Georgia woman who was brain dead but was kept on life support to give birth – but the media screamed that it shows how bad abortion bans are. As expected, the media is pushing a false narrative. We do a fact-check.

Abortion survivor, Melissa Ohden, joins Family First’s Simon O’Connor to talk about all the recent developments in the pro life space in the United States. Melissa talks about her advocacy on behalf of abortion survivors, and the challenges she is currently facing with Members of the House of Representatives. She also talks to Simon about…

A recent study in the British Medical Journal reported that women are frequently misled about the pain they will experience when taking the abortion pill. The study examined responses from 1,600 women in the United Kingdom (UK) who had undergone a chemical abortion, with over 90% of respondents ranking their pain at least a 4 out…

MEDIA RELEASE 18 December 2024   Abortions Increase 23% Since Law Change The Abortion Services Annual Report was released yesterday. It shows a disturbing trend with the number of abortions increasing 23% since abortion was decriminalised. There has been a 15% increase in just the past 12 months alone. 16,000+ abortions were performed last year….

According to a Ministry of Health report released today, abortions have increased 23% since Jacinda’s ‘kind’ law was passed. And there was a 67% increase in late term abortions between 2021 and 2023. 45 children per day are killed in the womb in New Zealand. Anybody who has viewed the ultrasound of an unborn child…