SUE REID – Sue is a spokesperson for Family First NZ on parenting and family issues, and is also a Board Member. The short and limited life of Charlie Gard will remain in our hearts and minds for a time to come – though he could not speak, he silently told a powerful story to

Narelle Henson.com 27 July 2017 Voice for Life’s Hamilton branch invited me to speak at its AGM a few weeks ago on the way life issues are covered in the media. It was a fascinating topic, and I spent a good amount of time thinking, or reading, about it. I even spent a couple of

Stuff co.nz 2 July 2017 Family First Comment: So does this mean that Family Planning having been giving yet more incomplete and harmful advice?! Interesting quote in the article though.. “I love, and adore, and idolise my daughter, and in hindsight, I am so glad the pill did not work, but I took the ECP

Dominion Post 22 May 2017 Family First Comment: “It troubles me deeply when I hear that a young women’s baby has been aborted without her being given detailed information about the procedure, its consequences and the alternatives. That needs to change.” Yep. Abortion: The Middle Ground Back in the 1970’s, following the opening of an

NZ Herald 19 June 2017 Family First Comment: Family First NZ spokeswoman Marina Young said she was one of those who had had an abortion and had come to regret it. She wanted the Government to provide “complete information” about abortion-related risks and independent pregnancy counselling so women can make a decision with certainty and

Media Release 19 June 2017 Family First NZ is welcoming the drop in the number of abortions – the lowest rate in over 25 years – but is sounding a warning that these positive trends will be reversed if Labour, Greens and ACT party remove the safeguards in the current abortion law and introduce extreme

The Australian 9 June 2017 Family First Comment: It’s getting harder and harder for pro-abortion people to say ‘it’s just a blob of tissue’ 😊 Babies develop their fascination for faces from the darkness of the womb. A world-first study has found that babies’ preference for faces over other objects — a trait demonstrated in

Daily Telegraph 3 June 2017 Family First Comment: “..young men whose partners aborted were twice as likely to use substances and suffer depression compared with men who had not had that experience.” #chooselife #abortionaffectsmenalso THERE are some times in life when you don’t join the dots until you have a conversation that’s like switching on

My Christian Daily 25 May 2017 Family First Comment: Interesting results from a poll in the UK. “According to the poll, only one per cent of respondents support the abortion limit being raised to birth – something being pushed for by one of Britain’s largest abortion providers, BPAS. Almost nine in ten supported a woman’s

NZ Herald 16 May 2017 Family First Comment: Family Planning say that a drop of 33% down to 24% for sexual involvement is a ‘small drop’! Really? Are they worried that youth are ignoring them and are – shock horror – abstaining?? The teenage birth rate in New Zealand has halved since 2008, according to

Media Release 16 May 2017 Family First NZ is welcoming the latest statistics showing that the teenage fertility rate has halved since 2008. In 2016, the rate was 16 births per 1,000 women aged 15–19 years – half the 2008 rate of 33. And well down from the peak of 69 per 1,000 in 1972.   

ABC News 11 May 2017 Family First Comment: A great decision. Decriminalisation removes safeguards. Even pro-abortion politicians admitted that… “The bill in its current form places no limit on the gestation at which an abortion can be performed, it does not mandate if it can be performed by a clinician, it does not provide a