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…
Pro-life advocates take to Auckland streets as Abortion Legislation Bill progresses
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…
Carolyn’s story – “I tried to end my life after my abortion”
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’s story – “Every disability deserves a life”
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…
OPEN LETTER: “Dear Jacinda, when does human life begin?”
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’s story – “I was conceived in rape. I value life.”
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…
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…
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…
Trump to Congress: ban late term abortion, every child is a miracle of life
President Donald Trump reiterated his call for a ban on late-term abortion during his annual State of the Union address Tuesday evening, while drawing the country’s attention to a living, smiling example of the children who could have been be legally killed had their mothers made a different “choice.” “As we pray for all who…
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…
ASA throw out complaint re NZ Govt plan to introduce abortion up to birth for Down’s syndrome
Press Release Right To Life UK 14 November 2019 The New Zealand Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has thrown out a complaint against Right To Life UK. The complaint appears to have been made by Young Labour’s Senior Executive Secretary and Labour Party youth camp organiser Tess Macintyre. In September 2019, Right To Life UK ran…
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…