News & Media Releases
India Wants to Ban Birth Surrogacy for Foreigners
New York Times 28 October 2015 The Indian government says it wants to prevent Indian women from becoming surrogate birth mothers for foreigners, according to an affidavit filed Wednesday with the Supreme Court. The filing represented the latest development in a recent push to regulate an industry that has been booming in India. Estimates of
Planned Parenthood Told My 15yo Daughter That Her Abortion Will Be Free If She Hides It (US)
In-school clinic sets up abortion on 15-year-old girl without the girl’s mother having any idea. Watch.
What if all the shouting about abortion means that hurting women are not being heard?
NZ Focus on the Family 29 September 2015 Hi, my name is Marina and I am the founder of the Buttons Project, a special ministry which helps women towards healing after abortion. October is significant month for me, it is a time to reflect, to remember, to grieve and love. Why? Because of certain experiences
Pregnancy centre helps mums in time of need
Bay of Plenty Times 18 October 2015 When Shana Bainbridge found out she was pregnant with her seventh child, the love and support of Pregnancy Choice Centre volunteers helped ease the shock. Miss Bainbridge is one of the 420 women helped by the Pregnancy Choice centre since it opened its doors on October 16, 2013
Tauranga abortion clinic keeps licence
3News 2 October 2015 A Tauranga abortion clinic can continue providing medical abortions in early pregnancy, after a judge largely dismissed a legal challenge from Right to Life. The anti-abortion group went to the High Court in Wellington in June arguing the Abortion Supervisory Committee wrongly granted the Tauranga Family Planning Clinic a limited licence
Parental Notification – Hillary’s Law on Radio Live
Hilary Kieft talks to Sean Plunket on Radio Live regarding her petition to have the parental notification laws changed Part 1 Part 2 www.hillaryslaw.org.nz
Abortion Survivor Gives Powerful Testimony Before Congress
Most babies’ births are met with balloons and tiny embroidered socks, hugs and tears of joy. Not Gianna Jessen’s. During a congressional hearing Wednesday, Jessen, an abortion survivor, shared with members of Congress the heartbreaking story of her own birth — a story that began when her mother, a 19-year-old college student was advised by
Why parents should be told when their 15 year old has an abortion
NZ Doctor 3 September 2015 “One day my daughter didn’t come home on the bus.” Chilling for any parent. In this instance and without parental knowledge or consent, a mother’s 15-year-old daughter had been taken during school hours to another town for an abortion. This was only revealed to the family when the daughter attempted
Karl du Fresne: Our abortion laws encourage deceit
Stuff co.nz 4 September 2015 | OPINION: Mention abortion and a lot of people metaphorically block their ears and start humming loudly. At the very sight of the word in this column, some readers will probably turn the page and move on. But this is an issue that refuses to go away. It was re-ignited
Girl Exploited by Amnesty Int’l Names Baby “Miracle”
C-Fam.org 19 August 2015 The young mother named her baby “Milagros.” That is Spanish for Miracle. Amnesty International wanted the baby aborted. The brave girl in Paraguay was allegedly raped by her stepfather, and pregnant at 11 years old. Amnesty International used her case to demand Paraguay change its pro-life laws to allow an abortion. UN
Parliament considering petition on abortion law changes
‘She is still a child’ – Mum ‘vowing’ to change law around teenage abortion OneNewsNow 28 August 2015 A mother whose daughter’s school organised an abortion for the teenager without parental consent is petitioning parliament for a law change to prevent it happening again. Under New Zealand law a child can have an abortion organised
Mum pushes for abortion law change
‘She had to go through it alone’ – mum wants abortion law change NZ Herald 27 August 2015 A woman has told politicians the harrowing background to her daughter’s suicide attempt, in a bid to have abortion law changed. Hillary Kieft, of Stratford, appeared before the Justice and Electoral select committee and, with pauses to