Media Release 5 October 2017 Family First NZ is welcoming a decision by the Auckland University Students Association (AUSA) to reject attempts to disaffiliate the student club Prolife Auckland from the AUSA. “The original vote was a disturbing attempt by ideologues to shut down free speech, debate and views, and the AUSA was correct to

Stuff co.nz 24 March 2017 Family First Comment: This is a superb read – especially in light of the no-details-policy of Labour during the election campaign. It explains perfectly why Down Syndrome groups (as well as all of us) are right to be concerned when politicians push the ‘decriminalise abortion’ message and the hidden agenda

SBS News 25 September 2017 Family First Comment: “The first thousand days is a period of maximum developmental plasticity, that means it’s the period during which as an organism we are most susceptible to change by environmental experiences, and those changes can have lifelong consequences… Researchers examined all available research on development during the first

NewsHub 21 September 2017 Family First Comment: Euthanasia, marijuana, abortion – ACT want them all. #disturbing www.ValueYourVote.nz Called out ‘feminist’ politicians for failing to table bills on abortion Mr Seymour said politicians who call themselves feminists but have not written up bills to take abortion out of the Crimes Act should be called out. “Jacinda

The ‘parental notification’ law for teenage abortions currently means that while a parent has to sign a letter for their daughter to go on a school trip to the zoo or to play in the netball team, they are totally excluded from any knowledge or granting of permission for that same child to be put

The good news is that abortions are at the lowest rate since 1990. But some political parties want to ‘decriminalise’ abortion and consequently diminish safeguards that exist for vulnerable women. Decriminalisation will pave the way for late term and partial birth abortions, and ‘gendercide’ (abortion based on the sex of the unborn child, usually targeting

Charlotte Lozier Institute 2015 The Reality of Late-Term Abortion Procedures Introduction Of interest to the medical, moral, sociological, and political issues surrounding late-term abortion is the question of why women seek abortion after 20 weeks gestation. Any data considered to answer this question must be examined carefully for limitations. However, a greater understanding of the

NZ Herald 11 September 2017 Labour leader Jacinda Ardern says she’s the victim of a deliberate misinformation campaign about her stance on abortion. The question of where she drew the line was raised during her interview on this morning’s Newstalk ZB leaders breakfast segment with Larry Williams. Family First NZ’s Bob McCoskrie asked if Ardern

Stuff co.nz 8 September 2017 Family First Comment: The momentum starts to build against Jacinda’s abortion ‘policy’…… “You talked about choice on Monday night, Ardern. But if abortion involves ending the life of another human being, I can’t vote for you. Like the child, I would have no choice.” #chooselife #ImForBoth OPINION: I would like

NZ Herald 10 September 2017 Family First Comment: Even Rodney Hide understands our concerns…. “In the leader’s debate she was resolute on abortion. She declared her Government would remove abortion from the Crimes Act. The following morning she stepped back a little, accepting the vote would be a conscience one, not a government decree. Such

Voice for Life – by Jacqui de Ruiter 8 September 2017 Family First Comment: An excellent commentary from Voice for Life… “Without hesitation, (Jacinda Ardern)said there would be no review, abortion would be “decriminalised”. I suspect that the majority of viewers would think that her use of the word “decriminalize”, means that women seeking an

Stuff co.nz 8 September 2017 Family First Comment: It’s highly ironic that a pro-“choice” group wants to deny the choice of students to support another club 😬 #hypocrisy Pro-life activists in New Zealand are having a rough month. Last week, at the University of Auckland, the student association voted 1599 to 1021 to cut ties