Media Release 14 October 2018 Family First NZ says that information received from the Law Commission under the Official Information Act reveals that the Law Commission received almost 3,500 submissions regarding the abortion law review, and of those submissions, just 18% – less than one in five – supported removing abortion from the Crimes Act….
Waatea News 5 September 2018 National MP Jo Hayes doesn’t want to see abortion taken out of the Crimes Act. Justice Minister Andrew Little has asked the Law Commission to give advice on possible changes to the laws around abortion that have been in place for 40 years. He has promised a conscience vote…
Adoption was never offered as an alternative to my abortion Stuff co.nz 6 September 2018 Family First Comment: “Twenty years later I saw a poster in a doctor’s office of the different stages of gestation. It was then that I realised I had been lied to. My baby would have had fingers, toes and a…
CMF Blogs 28 August 2018 Family First Comment: The Ministry of Health in NZ are also pushing medical abortions. “The head of the Royal College of gynaecologists (UK) is on record claiming that having an abortion is no different to having a bunion removed. Ironically, with this change that activists have been campaigning for, women…
LifeNews 20 August 2018 Family First Comment: “The poll, conducted by YouGov, looked at women from the ages of 18 to 35 and found that only 28% want abortion “legal in all cases.” Other results included: 34% want abortion “legal in most cases,” 25% want abortion “illegal in most cases,” and 13% want abortion “illegal…
Watch a baby grow from the moment of conception in the mother’s womb. Science teaches without reservation that life begins at fertilization (conception). It is a scientific fact that an organism exists after fertilization that did not exist before. This new organism has its own DNA distinct from the mother and father, meaning that it…
NewsHub 19 August 2018 Debate about sex selection in Australia has arisen from shocking new research suggesting mothers are aborting their babies if they are not boys. So how difficult is sex selection for pregnant women in New Zealand? In New Zealand, abortion is prohibited under the Crimes Act, except for in limited circumstances –…
NewsHub 9 August 2018 Women who have a miscarriage at any stage in their pregnancy would be entitled to bereavement leave under a new Member’s Bill drawn from the ballot. Labour MP Ginny Andersen’s bill would make it explicit that the “unplanned death of a foetus” is grounds for up to three days of bereavement…