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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
New Labour-led Government should protect women and their unborn children
Media Release -Voice for Life 20 October 2017 Family First Comment: “When people talk of ‘decriminalisation’, they usually mean liberalising the practice of abortion. Overseas, ‘decriminalisation’ has seen abortions performed under unsafe and unsanitary conditions, increased abortions of babies with disabilities, and increasing numbers of abortions in the second and third trimesters – abortions that
Only 7 out of 198 nations allow elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy
Is the United States one of seven countries that ‘allow elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy?’ Washington Post 2 October 2017 Family First Comment: Interesting – the media are forced to admit that Trump was right 🙂 Fortunately, NZ is NOT one of the 7 countries – yet! The Facts The source of this
AUSA Protects Young Nats, But Not ProLife Group
Media Release 12 October 2017 Family First NZ says that in the latest bizarre twist in the debacle covering the Auckland University Students Association’s (AUSA) attempt to disaffiliate the student club Prolife Auckland, a similar attempt to disaffiliate the Young Nats has been blocked by the AUSA. In the latest round of Referenda questions for
Auckland University Students’ Association anti-abortion referendum ‘unconstitutional’
Stuff co.nz 5 October 2017 Family First Comment: Not only unconstitutional but also desperate, flawed, and dangerous! Universities should promote free speech, not muzzle it. Poor wording has forced a university students’ union to pull a U-turn on its stance towards an anti-abortion club. A provisional decision to disaffiliate ProLife Auckland from the Auckland University