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Blind Faith @ Christmas

Parents of an unborn child were advised to abort, based on a calculated risk that the baby could be born with a deformity. They declined, and persisted with the birth. The baby did show signs of eye defects, and was totally blinded at a young age in a sports accident. However he grew up revelling
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Justice Minister Amy Adams rejects calls for abortion reform

Stuff.co.nz 9 December 2016 Family First Comment: More good news – and more reasons that the Greens are unelectable… “The Greens are the only political party in New Zealand that backs comprehensive abortion reform. Other politicians are happy with current abortion law, among them Justice Minister Adams. “Abortion is a deeply personal issue and has
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3D interactive ‘embryo atlas’ gives never-before-seen detail of unborn baby

LifeSiteNews 25 November 2016 Family First Comment: This is very cool – and is another ‘nail in the coffin’ of the pro-abortion movement. #ChooseLife #NotABlobOfTissue A team of Dutch embryologists has produced an unprecedented three-dimensional atlas demonstrating how the unborn child develops in the first eight weeks of life. “Everyone thinks we already know this,
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Parents can meet unborn children in 3D virtual reality

The Telegraph 21 November 2016 Family First Comment: Just a ‘blob of tissue’? Yeah right! Seeing a baby in the womb for the first time on an ultrasound is a magical moment for most parents. But a groundbreaking new scanning technology is allowing mothers and fathers to meet their unborn children in three dimensional virtual
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Abortion and Suicide

Life.org November 2016 “Abortion increases the likelihood of suicide,” is the finding of research in the United States, Britain and Finland. After an abortion a woman has to deal with painful issues of grief and loss. Keeping the baby reduces the risks of suicide because the mother lives to care for her child. The Finland
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Sandwich bag saves baby born three months early

Stuff co.nz 28 October 2016 Family First Comment: Awesome! Not just a ‘blob of tissue’ eh! A sandwich bag has saved a UK baby girl’s life after she was born three months early. Twenty-nine-year-old Rhiannon Shades was terrified when she went into labour at 24 weeks pregnant. After her baby, Emily, was born naturally still
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Three-person baby ‘race’ dangerous

BBC News 12 October 2016 Family First Comment: The warnings are clear – “They are ignoring ongoing policy debates and conducting dangerous and socially fraught experiments on mothers and children. And they appear to be actively seeking a media splash on the way down. Use of these biologically extreme procedures for infertility is based purely
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Celebrating a pro-life saint

Mother Teresa, famous for her work with the extreme poor in India, has become a household name, synonymous with selflessness, goodness and charity. But not everyone knows that Mother Teresa was a GIANT in the fight for life. In 1994, Mother Teresa addressed the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. In attendance were (then)
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EXCELLENT – Queensland abortion bill rejected

Queensland rejects bill to decriminalise abortion Stuff co.nz 30 August 2016 Family First Comment: Great decision. And NZ will do likewise. But it’s amusing reading the bias of the reporter. #chooselife #prowomen After 1400 submission, scores of expert appearances and public hearings, Queensland’s Parliamentary inquiry into abortion law reform has rejected a bill to decriminalise
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Woman sues after botched termination leads to motherhood

Stuff co.nz 25 August 2016 Family First Comment: How very sad. “The woman is also seeking an unspecified amount for pain and suffering she has experienced, including depression and psychological trauma.” I think it may be the son who grows up and reads this article that will suffer far far more. But I’m sure he
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