News & Media Releases
Kate Cormack: All laws impose moral limits on our choices & bodily autonomy
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 foetal heartbeat abortion law
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
I am the 1 percent used to justify 100 percent of abortions
Radiance Foundation 17 May 2019 Family First Comment: There are others like me who were conceived in the violence of rape, like my friend Rebecca Kiessling, an attorney and passionate defender of life. There’s the former Miss Pennsylvania, Valerie Gatto, Trayvon Clifton, Monica Kelsey, Jim Sable, Pam Stenzel, and many more whose stories offer a different perspective than mainstream media’s myopic pro-abortion
Marina Young: The stories from the many women that regret their abortion should be validated too
MARINA YOUNG – Founder of Buttons Project – says that the current abortion debate feels like it’s treating her as a criminal – for regretting her abortion. But her experience has been shared by thousands of other women – many of whom have contacted her through the Buttons Project. 28 May 2019 Through my own
Myths about Alabama’s abortion law – and the truth (for NZ media)
LiveAction May 2019 Family First Comment: The media (including in NZ) are misrepresenting (possibly deliberately) the Alabama abortion law, including “Men are leading the way to ban abortion” (false) and “Women will be criminally prosecuted for abortions.” (also false). Instead of hearing the myths, here’s the facts…. CLAIM: Men are leading the way to ban abortion
Clash of abortion rallies: Pro-choice protesters’ rally meets pro-life rally in Auckland’s Aotea square
NZ Herald 25 May 2019 Family First Comment: Superb work from pro-lifers…. “Catherine Gillies, from Voice for Life, stood behind the speeches with a placard picturing a woman wrapped in barbed wire. Gillies said the image represented “the mess” of a woman after an abortion, trying to heal. Gillies said New Zealand can’t afford to loosen our
Late Term Abortions Will Increase With Abortion Reform
Media Release 23 May 2019 Family First NZ says that Family Planning are misleading the public in relation to proposed abortion law reform, and that any decriminalisation of abortion will lead to more late term abortions. Currently the Crimes Act allows for an abortion after 20 weeks gestation only if it is necessary to save
Abortion debate: Does Crimes Act make women feel like criminals?
Radio NZ News 22 May 2019 National MP Alfred Ngaro says having abortion in the Crimes Act doesn’t make women feel like criminals so no law change is necessary. As the government considers options for law reform, more than 4000 people have signed a petition asking MPs to remove it from the Crimes Act. The
National Party MP Alfred Ngaro says number of abortions in New Zealand is a ‘tragedy’
Stuff co.nz 21 May 2019 Family First Comment: Asking the questions which need to be asked “Ngaro said the Government was pushing for abortions to be made legal at 40 weeks – full term. “People are starting to say: Is this Government taking away the core values that this country was founded on? Do you accept
Poll: Majority thinks fetal heartbeat abortion bans aren’t too restrictive
The Hill 16 May 2019 Family First Comment: Similar to polling recently done in New Zealand. #FollowYourHeart More than half of registered voters believe that laws banning abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy are not too restrictive, according to a new Hill-HarrisX survey. The May 10-11 poll found that 21 percent of registered voters said that
Missouri passes bill that outlaws most abortions at eight weeks
Radio NZ News 18 May 2019 Family First Comment: ‘Life’ just keeps on winning 🎈 Missouri’s state legislature has passed a controversial bill that would outlaw nearly all abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. The bill was approved by the Republican-led Senate and the House of Representatives. Republican Governor Mike Parson is now expected to sign the bill
Alabama abortion ban honors all life
The Hill 17 May 2019 Family First Comment: A must-read (especially with all the pro-abortion media at play at the moment)… Survivors of rape and incest deserve fierce advocacy, resources to help them heal, and the support of their whole community — not just those who want to sell them abortions. Abortion does not erase the