Stuff co.nz 9 March 2020 Family First Comment: “Each time, the decision was made by John and his partner together, based on various circumstances. But that didn’t make it easier. “It’s a hell of a tough call, whichever way you go. It’s bloody traumatic for everybody. It should never be one person’s decision, if possible … When

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH THE ABORTION LEGISLATION BILL POLICY FAIL * to remove legislation about abortion from the criminal code and insert it to the health code is to equate a procedure to remove an unborn baby with a procedure to remove an appendix, kidney stones, gall bladder or tonsils – simply ’tissue’ removed as

3 March 2020 It was another dark and shameful day today as 81 members of Parliament voted for a radical bill that attempts to remove any legal recognition or protection of the unborn child, and introduces one of the most radical abortion laws in the world. Below is the voting record. We are very very grateful

FROM NATIONAL Maggie Barry Simon Bridges Sarah Dowie Paul Goldsmith Nathan Guy Denise Lee Todd McClay Todd Muller Alastair Scott Lawrence Yule 10 FROM LABOUR Damien O’Connor Greg O’Connor Nanaia Mahuta Jamie Strange Meka Whaitiri 5

Media Release 3 March 2020 2nd Reading of Abortion Legislation Bill tonight Family First NZ says that the government’s haste in ramming through the radical abortion bill demonstrates a shocking human rights abuse, all at the same time as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she wants to ‘bring kindness back’. The Prime Minister is also

TVNZ One News 2 March 2020 Over 2000 pro-life activists marched up Auckland’s Queen St at the weekend, to show their opposition to abortion reform. They were making a stand against the upcoming conscience vote on the issue in Parliament. The proposed Bill would take abortion out of the Crimes Act and give women the

19 years ago, 17-year-old Carolyn made a permanent decision to a temporary problem. She was unexpectedly pregnant, and she mistakenly thought that an abortion was the only solution. After the abortion, she attempted to take her own life. Fortunately, she was unsuccessful. “If only someone had let me know about adoption, or shown me an

Pearl Vaafusuaga and her husband didn’t need to ‘think about it’ when they were told by doctors that their son had Down syndrome. As far as they were concerned, every human deserves life. As a mother of a Down syndrome son, she has an important message for politicians considering a radical abortion bill, and for

We’ve placed an Open Letter to the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern from 12 women who have had abortions in two major newspapers this weekend – the Dominion Post yesterday, and the Herald on Sunday today. We’re very grateful to the financial supporters who have made it possible to speak loudly in this abortion debate about

Jacqui has a powerful story to tell – a story which politicians should hear BEFORE they pass a radical and extreme abortion law in New Zealand. But the politicians on the Select Committee denied her the opportunity to make an oral submission to them. Watch Jacqui’s deeply personal and moving testimony. The testimony that the

Media Release 14 February 2020 National MP Agnes Loheni – a member of the abortion select committee – has slammed the process of the committee, saying in her minority view that she disagreed with the select committee’s decision and criteria used to “deliberately and intentionally restrict the number of oral submissions on such an important

Media Release 14 February 2020 The Select Committee report considering the bill resulting from Jacinda Ardern’s policy to liberalise abortion laws has come back with their report, and not surprisingly – because of the make-up of the committee and the muzzling of many people who wanted to make oral submissions – the majority have endorsed