Christchurch mum Harriet Jackson on choosing not to have an abortion NZ Herald 27 October 2017 Family First Comment: A superb read… Mum of four Harriet Jackson’s baby died 14 hours after birth due to a severe birth defect. The Christchurch woman chose not to terminate despite being given the worst case scenario by medical…
Media Release -Voice for Life 20 October 2017 Family First Comment: “When people talk of ‘decriminalisation’, they usually mean liberalising the practice of abortion. Overseas, ‘decriminalisation’ has seen abortions performed under unsafe and unsanitary conditions, increased abortions of babies with disabilities, and increasing numbers of abortions in the second and third trimesters – abortions that…
Is the United States one of seven countries that ‘allow elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy?’ Washington Post 2 October 2017 Family First Comment: Interesting – the media are forced to admit that Trump was right 🙂 Fortunately, NZ is NOT one of the 7 countries – yet! The Facts The source of this…
Media Release 12 October 2017 Family First NZ says that in the latest bizarre twist in the debacle covering the Auckland University Students Association’s (AUSA) attempt to disaffiliate the student club Prolife Auckland, a similar attempt to disaffiliate the Young Nats has been blocked by the AUSA. In the latest round of Referenda questions for…
Stuff co.nz 5 October 2017 Family First Comment: Not only unconstitutional but also desperate, flawed, and dangerous! Universities should promote free speech, not muzzle it. Poor wording has forced a university students’ union to pull a U-turn on its stance towards an anti-abortion club. A provisional decision to disaffiliate ProLife Auckland from the Auckland University…
Media Release 5 October 2017 Family First NZ is welcoming a decision by the Auckland University Students Association (AUSA) to reject attempts to disaffiliate the student club Prolife Auckland from the AUSA. “The original vote was a disturbing attempt by ideologues to shut down free speech, debate and views, and the AUSA was correct to…
Stuff co.nz 24 March 2017 Family First Comment: This is a superb read – especially in light of the no-details-policy of Labour during the election campaign. It explains perfectly why Down Syndrome groups (as well as all of us) are right to be concerned when politicians push the ‘decriminalise abortion’ message and the hidden agenda…
SBS News 25 September 2017 Family First Comment: “The first thousand days is a period of maximum developmental plasticity, that means it’s the period during which as an organism we are most susceptible to change by environmental experiences, and those changes can have lifelong consequences… Researchers examined all available research on development during the first…