News & Media Releases

Radical Abortion Bill A Gross Abuse Of Human Rights

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…
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MP Slams Sham Process of Abortion Select Committee

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…
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Radical Abortion Bill Ignores Human Rights Of Children

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…
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Foetus 18 Weeks: the greatest photograph of the 20th century?

The Guardian 18 November 2019 Family First Comment: The image of an 18-week unborn baby from Life magazine’s stunning 1965 photo-spread is being hailed as the photograph of the century. “In full colour and crystal clear detail, the picture showed a foetus in its amniotic sac, with its umbilical cord winding off to the placenta. The…
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Born at 24 weeks: mum of premature baby says thanks to Waikato NICU

Stuff co.nz 12 November 2019 Family First Comment: Powerful story! And at just 24 weeks, little Peter looks real human to us. What does he look like to MPs who support abortion? Terehia Rakatau-Emery was delighted the first time she heard her son cry. “I videoed it. I know it sounds weird,” she said. “But it was just…
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