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

Rotorua Daily Post 5 May 2017 Family First Comment: Good decision Southern Cross. Stick to healthcare! An application by Southern Cross to perform abortions at its Rotorua hospital has been withdrawn, with the chief executive saying the application should never have been made. But a local doctor says she is disappointed by the hospital’s decision

NZ Herald 27th April 2017 Family First Comment: Disturbing. Millions of women around the world are turning to IVF to fall pregnant, but a new study has found these “test tube” babies are more likely to develop cancer later in life. From 1991 until 2013, researchers from Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev examined 242,187

Stuff co.nz 19 April 2017 Family First Comment: Disturbing. The mother of an unborn child with Down Syndrome says she was advised by medical professionals to terminate the pregnancy. Antenatal screening meant Masterton mother of two Danielle Bolt knew her unborn daughter Noa would have Down Syndrome, but she did not hesitate in giving birth

Stuff co.nz 31 March 2017 Family First Comment: An excellent Op-Ed “For all the talk from the Greens, Labour and whoever else decides to throw their hat in, what will full liberalisation look like? Will our laws demand that abortions remain in hospitals? Demand a process through counselling and meeting with different health care professionals?

Stuff co.nz 24 March 2017 Family First Comment: Some great statements in this excellent op-ed “It should be remembered that the current abortion laws are those recommended by the Royal Commission on Contraception Sterilisation and Abortion (1975-1977), which was appointed by a Labour government. The Commission’s report said, upholding the status of the unborn child.

Stuff co.nz 20 March 2017 Family First Comment: “When will we see case law that cites the same rights accorded to the Whanganui River or the Te Urewera National Park given to an unborn child? Perhaps it’s time to review the abortion law but far from liberalising it, tighten it up so that the most

The Blaze 18 March 2017 Family First Comment: “Although New Zealand now feels compelled to grant human rights to non-living entities in the nation, the country allows women of any age to have an abortion under a number of circumstances.” That’s right folks. An unborn child has less rights than a river. Only in NZ!

Stuff co.nz 17 March 2017 Family First Comment: Superb article, and some great points… – “we made aborting calves illegal three years ago on the basis that it was “inhumane” and forced vets to breech their duty of care. It is now obvious that this logic also applies to human babies.” – “what that science

LifeSiteNews 16 March 2017 Family First Comment: “The 20-week ban … challenges the current national abortion standard and properly moves the legal needle from viability to the baby’s ability to feel pain,” he said. Similar laws are now in place in 16 states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio,

Stuff co.nz 17 March 2017 Family First Comment: A superb commentary to (finally) bring some balance to the media coverage. “…the fact that abortion remains in the Crimes Act serves a symbolic purpose. It’s a reminder that abortion involves extinguishing a life, no matter how hard the pro-choice lobby tries to disguise that fact.” www.chooselife.org.nz