News & Media Releases
Dad demands abortion after surrogate learns she’s having triplets
Fox News 25 November 2015 A man who paid a surrogate to have his baby became overwhelmed when he learned she was having triplets — and demanded the woman abort one of the fetuses while threatening her with financial ruin, she claims. “They are human beings. I bonded with these kids. This is just not right,”
Breast-Feeding Is Good for Mothers, Not Just Babies, Studies Suggest
New York Times 23 November 2015 Breast milk may provide the ideal nourishment for an infant, but two recent studies are putting a different spin on the bottle-versus-breast debate, suggesting it is mothers, and not just babies, who may have much to gain from breast-feeding. One study found that breast-feeding may help protect women from
Supreme court to decide major abortion case for first time since 2007
Reuters 13 November 2015 The U.S. Supreme Court took up a major new abortion case on Friday, agreeing to hear a challenge by abortion providers to parts of a restrictive, Republican-backed Texas law that they contend are aimed at shutting clinics that offer the procedure. The case focuses in part on a provision that has
Born at 23 weeks, Tia-Jane is fighting on
Stuff co.nz 15 November 2015 Tiny Tia-Jane’s super-human fight for life started when she put her foot in it. Her mother, Wellingtonian Alysha McVeigh, went into labour only 22 weeks and five days into a pregnancy that was her only chance of a child. Tia-Jane’s chances were remote because there were still two days to
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