News & Media Releases
Big Read: Abortion law reform – what’s at stake?
NZ Herald 17 June 2018 Family First Comment: “Those who argue for the decriminalisation of abortion do so by prioritising the right of the pregnant woman to self-determination regarding decisions affecting her own body. The right of the unborn child to life, even the humanity of the unborn baby must be considered secondary, or denied
Pope says aborting babies with birth defects just like Nazis
NewsHub 17 June 2018 Family First Comment: “In the last century the whole world was scandalised by what the Nazis did to pursue the pureness of the race. Today, we are doing the same thing, with white gloves.” Exactly. www.chooselife.nz Pope Francis has called the practice of having an abortion after pre-natal tests have discovered
Body Inside My Body
Controversial pregnancy announcement destroys #MyBodyMyChoice. #BodyInsideMyBody #OurBodiesMyChoice #CHOICE42 #LauraKlassen
The failed abortion survivor whose mum thought she was dead
BBC News 5 June 2018 Family First Comment: An abortion victim – who lived to tell her story….. “When Melissa Ohden was 14 she learned a shocking secret – her mother had tried to abort her. She was saved by a nurse who heard her crying as she lay among medical waste at a US
PETER HITCHENS: Abortion treats one minority as less than human. So who’s next?
Daily Mail 3 June 2018 Family First Comment: “The truth is that modern abortion campaigners are fervent dogmatists who impose their new ideology everywhere, on any excuse. They know the truth about it. But they don’t mind. They want a very different world from the one we grew up in, and now they are going
When is a life a life? That’s what abortion comes down to
Stuff co.nz 30 May 2018 Family First Comment: Well presented argument.. “It’s strange, but when a woman wants to have a baby, the moment she finds out she is pregnant she often sees that embryo inside her as a life, sometimes as part of the family, and may even have names lined up. And if
To anyone hoping for impartial coverage of the abortion debate, these are not promising signs
Karl du Fresne 28 May 2018 Family First Comment: Some refreshing commentary on the media bias in NZ – in this case, Radio NZ! “On Morning Report…Susie Ferguson questioned Abortion Law Reform New Zealand president Terry Bellamak about the implications of the Irish referendum result. That was a soft interview too, although Morning Report professes
Pregnant PM continues to push abortion liberalisation agenda
‘In 2018, it should no longer be a part of our Crimes Act’ – PM discusses moving abortion to Health Act TVNZ One News 28 May 2018 Family First Comment: In 2018, it STILL involves the taking of a human life. #biology Jacinda Ardern said there are a number of “flow on effects” from abortion
Simon Bridges: Abortion should be rare, safe and legal
NewsHub 28 May 2018 Leader of the National Party Simon Bridges believes there’s no case for change when it comes to abortion law in New Zealand. Mr Bridges told RNZ New Zealand’s abortion law is working well. “I think what it is is a situation where we want abortions to be rare, safe and legal.
NZ’s Views On Abortion Laws Already Known
Media Release 28 May 2018 Family First NZ says that the views of NZers on our abortion laws have already been expressed, and that there is a clear rejection of the type of extremist abortion law being pushed by groups like ALRANZ. “New Zealanders don’t want an extreme abortion law – they want a law
Catholic Bishops lobbies Law Commission over proposed abortion law change
Stuff co.nz 24 May 2018 Family First Comment: Well said…. “The state would fail its responsibility to care for all human life if it were to make abortion solely a matter between woman and doctor, according to the New Zealand Catholic Bishop’s Conference (NZCBC)…. The submission also calls for a review of the “social support
Govt Pushes Abortion Over Weightier Law Commission Issues
Media Release 22 May 2018 Family First NZ is questioning why the government is pushing the Law Commission to consider abortion laws over far weightier issues of property relationships, trust law reforms and the use of DNA in criminal investigations. “The review of the abortion laws by the Law Commission and the very quick time