NZ Herald 16 May 2017 Family First Comment: Family Planning say that a drop of 33% down to 24% for sexual involvement is a ‘small drop’! Really? Are they worried that youth are ignoring them and are – shock horror – abstaining?? The teenage birth rate in New Zealand has halved since 2008, according to…
Media Release 16 May 2017 Family First NZ is welcoming the latest statistics showing that the teenage fertility rate has halved since 2008. In 2016, the rate was 16 births per 1,000 women aged 15–19 years – half the 2008 rate of 33. And well down from the peak of 69 per 1,000 in 1972. …
ABC News 11 May 2017 Family First Comment: A great decision. Decriminalisation removes safeguards. Even pro-abortion politicians admitted that… “The bill in its current form places no limit on the gestation at which an abortion can be performed, it does not mandate if it can be performed by a clinician, it does not provide a…
Rotorua Daily Post 5 May 2017 Family First Comment: Good decision Southern Cross. Stick to healthcare! An application by Southern Cross to perform abortions at its Rotorua hospital has been withdrawn, with the chief executive saying the application should never have been made. But a local doctor says she is disappointed by the hospital’s decision…
NZ Herald 27th April 2017 Family First Comment: Disturbing. Millions of women around the world are turning to IVF to fall pregnant, but a new study has found these “test tube” babies are more likely to develop cancer later in life. From 1991 until 2013, researchers from Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev examined 242,187…
Stuff co.nz 19 April 2017 Family First Comment: Disturbing. The mother of an unborn child with Down Syndrome says she was advised by medical professionals to terminate the pregnancy. Antenatal screening meant Masterton mother of two Danielle Bolt knew her unborn daughter Noa would have Down Syndrome, but she did not hesitate in giving birth…
Stuff co.nz 31 March 2017 Family First Comment: An excellent Op-Ed “For all the talk from the Greens, Labour and whoever else decides to throw their hat in, what will full liberalisation look like? Will our laws demand that abortions remain in hospitals? Demand a process through counselling and meeting with different health care professionals?…
Stuff co.nz 24 March 2017 Family First Comment: Some great statements in this excellent op-ed “It should be remembered that the current abortion laws are those recommended by the Royal Commission on Contraception Sterilisation and Abortion (1975-1977), which was appointed by a Labour government. The Commission’s report said, upholding the status of the unborn child….