Save the Date: Come and March For Life in Wellington 7 December Organisers of New Zealand’s National March for Life are urging all people of good will throughout the country to save the date for the 2019 gathering in Wellington. Set aside Saturday 7 December to March for Life in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington. The…
Media Release 25 September 2019 Family First NZ is welcoming news that there has been a strong response to the Abortion Legislation Bill with more than 23,000 written submissions in the extremely short timeframe of six weeks. “No other issue quite cuts to the heart of our humanity and life than the issue of abortion…
Saving Downs September 2019 Family First Comment: In 2017 Saving Down’s highlighted their concerns around Jacinda Ardern’s pledge to change abortion laws and that this would introduce abortion through to birth for babies with disabilities. In response Jacinda Ardern made a commitment to not increase the time limit for disability-selective abortion. In response to the concerns raised by…
If you thought Amnesty International Aotearoa NZ were about human rights, you’d be totally wrong. You just need to read their submission supporting the decriminalisation of abortion. They start by saying “Our vision is for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights…
Radio NZ News 19 September 2019 Family First Comment: In 2017 the prime minister promised abortion changes would not include removing the gestational limit of 20 weeks for an abortion on the grounds of disability. The Abortion Legislation Bill would allow abortion on the grounds of the woman’s well-being after 20 weeks, on the approval of…
Mum Central 10 November 2017 The term ‘premature labour’ is terrifying to hear at any time during pregnancy, but at just 21 weeks a positive outcome is extremely unlikely. But a Texas family is proving that this is not always the case. Doctors prepared Courtney Stensrud for the worst when her baby girl was born…
Stuff co.nz 17 September 2019 Family First Comment: “The Abortion Legislation Bill would make late term abortions considerably more accessible than they are under the current law – currently it’s only available for exceptional circumstances – threat to life of mother or foetal abnormality. Polling Family First had commissioned showed very little support for abortions at…
TVNZ One News 15 September 2019 Family First Comment: This is one of the reasons you have a Crimes Act. More than 2000 medically preserved fetal remains have been found at the Illinois home of a former Indiana abortion clinic doctor who died last week, authorities said. The Will County Sheriff’s Office said in a news…