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Father outraged son was prescribed antibiotics at school without parents’ knowledge
NewsTalk ZB 2 August 2016 Family First Comment: Dear Dad You are right to be outraged. But the politicians have already excluded parents from decisions around a daughter going on contraception or having an abortion. We’re glad that the Principal of this school believes you should have been consulted. So do we. A Bay of…
The Most Important Question About Abortion
Aug 17, 2015 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.
DNC Speaker Shouts Her Abortion ….. and the Crowd Cheers
Weekly Standard 27 July 2016 Family First Comment: Unbelievable! The US Democrat Party is without doubt the party of death – and unashamed of it. It’s ironic that not one of the Democratic supporters of abortion (including Hillary) has been a victim of it!
Poll Finds Americans Strongly Support Abortion Restrictions
PRNewswire.com 25 July 2016 Family First Comment: Clinton has been unabashed in her support of abortion, recently promising Planned Parenthood that she would work to repeal the Hyde Amendment and increase tax dollars for abortion, and that GOP Vice Presidential nominee, Mike Pence would risk women’s health because of his pro-life views. However, based on…
Teen abortions: “I would be mortified if it was my child and I wasn’t told”- Toni Street
TVNZ Seven Sharp 8 July 2016 Family First Comment: Toni is right on the money – support families first, but have provision for the small number of exceptional cases where parents are part of the problem. “Disappointed for Hillary Kieft this week. She’s the mum who’s fighting for it to be mandatory for parents to…
Mum who petitioned for abortion law change won’t give up
NewsTalk ZB 8 July 2016 Family First Comment: Good. Neither will we The mother who petitioned to make it mandatory for parents to know if their children under 16 have an abortion, has pledged not to give up. Hilary Kieft’s 15-year-old daughter had an abortion at boarding school, but Ms Kieft didn’t find out about…
Parental Involvement and Consent for a Minor’s Abortion
American College of Pediatricians May 2016 Family First Comment: Superb summary – and compulsory reading for politicians as they consider a change to the NZ law “Adolescents need the advice and involvement of their parents. As more is learned about the immaturity of the adolescent brain, especially in the development of the decision-making frontal lobes,…
Congratulations – it’s a Ford Foetus
Stuff co.nz 14 June 2016 Family First Comment: Nope – it’s a Holden Human, or a Lamborghini Life, or a Baby Benz 🙂 It was just a normal checkup on his pregnant wife. But Reddit user Brewhaus3223 spotted something unusual with the ultrasound image, and it wasn’t until he zoom-zoomed into the picture that he…
Letter to doctor who advised abortion of girl with Down Syndrome
NZ Herald 9 June 2016 Family First Comment: Awesome! “Emersyn has not only added to our quality of life, she’s touched the hearts of thousands. She’s given us a purpose and a joy that is impossible to express. She’s given us bigger smiles, more laughter and sweeter kisses than we’ve ever known. She’s opened our…
Hillary Clinton on the Rights of the Unborn Child
Lifenews.com 7 June 2016 Family First Comment: What rights?! Clinton’s pro-abortion views are longstanding. In March 2009, Hillary Clinton received Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger award at an event in Houston. During the event, Clinton said that emphasizing and promoting abortion is a key issue in President Barack Obama’s foreign policy. She also defended taxpayer funded…
Margaret Wong: Abortion involves more than a mother’s body
NZ Herald 2 June 2016 Margaret Wong is a practising midwife who has also been a neonatal intensive care nurse and Plunket nurse during the past 40 years. Family First Comment: A superb response to an awful earlier column by a ‘Lizzie Marvelly’ “Instead, why don’t we put more resources into educating young women and…
WATCH: A third of pro-choice women change their view of abortion after seeing this viral video
LifeSiteNews 24 May 2016 Family First Comment: If you’re pro-abortion, please take a couple of minutes to watch this It caused a sensation when it debuted, being viewed millions of times in just three months. And now a four-minute-long viral video is dramatically changing hearts and minds about abortion. One-third of women who said they…