News & Media Releases
Trump administration moves to protect medical providers who oppose abortion
TVNZ One News 19 January 2018 Family First Comment: Trump delivers – again! www.chooselife.nz Moving to solidify its standing with social conservatives, the Trump administration is creating an office to protect the religious rights of medical providers, including those who oppose abortion. The announcement Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services drew immediate
My father was a sperm donor. Here’s why I hate my conception
LifeSite News 4 January 2018 Family First Comment: This is the perspective that isn’t being told – or listened to! “I’m the child of a stranger, who altruistically sold me, his biological daughter, to a family he would never meet. He signed away his rights to be a father to me, and my parents gladly
New study reveals terrible suffering but also hope for women who have abortions
LifeSite News 8 January 2018 Family First Comment: The untold stories… www.chooselife.nz A study published in December in the peer-reviewed Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons reveals that women suffer from a wide variety of severely traumatic psychological effects from abortion, effects that often last for many years and have life-changing consequences. The study also
Born at 23 weeks: A family’s story of survival
NZ Herald 26 November 2017 Family First Comment: #NotABlobOfTissue When baby Holly arrived after only 23 weeks’ gestation, time slowed and every milestone was treasured. At neonatal care units across the country the smallest leaps and bounds are celebrated. One millilitre of milk for feeding turns into two, then three, and so on. Incremental weight
The Most Important Question About Abortion
Is abortion right, or is it wrong? It’s the big question that’s lost in a societal debate that’s mostly focused on legality. But, really, whether it’s right or wrong is the most important question about abortion.
Labour MP Paul Eagle addresses adoption laws in emotional maiden speech
Stuff co.nz 15 November 2017 Family First Comment: Great speech by an incoming Labour MP “After the speech, Eagle said he wanted to seek to promote a private members bill to change adoption law, and make adoption more open. “Parents shouldn’t be able to veto their identity from their children,” he said. “This is one
World’s ‘most premature baby’ ever survives against all odds
NZ Herald 9 November 2017 Family First Comment: Just over 21 weeks!!! (NZ allows most abortions up to 20 weeks) “against all odds, the (3 year old) little girl who weighed just 15 ounces at birth is thriving, attending pre-school, has no medical conditions, and is scoring just as well on developmental tests as any
No abortion changes until ‘well into next year’
Radio NZ News 2 November 2017 Family First Comment: Good! More time to get ready to fight for the welfare of women and the unborn child. Any overhaul of the country’s abortion laws won’t happen until well into next year – at the very earliest, the Labour Party says. During a Newshub election debate, Jacinda
Ethical Case for Abolishing all Forms of Surrogacy
StopSurrogacyNow November 2017 Family First Comment: The NZ Herald is currently pushing this issue without a countering view. Here’s one (of many)…. “Scientific studies prove that maternal-neonate separation in the crucial months after birth disturbs the baby’s heart rate and sleep and other biological systems, predisposing the child to difficulties later in life which can
‘I am a mass murderer,’ former abortionist tells Congress
LifeSiteNews 2 November 2017 Family First Comment: The comments of Dr. Kathi Aultman, a board certified Ob/Gyn and a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists “I love to meet adults that I delivered, but it’s always bittersweet because I am reminded of all the people I will never meet because I aborted
Athletics: Abortion still haunts track star
NZ Herald 29 October 2017 Family First Comment: Another powerful article in the NZ Herald on abortion! “The procedure itself is described in her book fleetingly, but unflinchingly. “All of the crying left me so numb that I barely remember the cold instruments as they brushed against my skin,” she writes. “It was quick, but
Christchurch mum – Choosing not to have an abortion
Christchurch mum Harriet Jackson on choosing not to have an abortion NZ Herald 27 October 2017 Family First Comment: A superb read… Mum of four Harriet Jackson’s baby died 14 hours after birth due to a severe birth defect. The Christchurch woman chose not to terminate despite being given the worst case scenario by medical