As you will be aware, the rights of parents to care for their daughters was undermined recently when a petition calling for parental notification for teenage abortions (Hillary’s Law) was rejected by a select committee. MPs voted to keep parents in the dark. Of most concern was that this decision was based in part on…
NewsTalk ZB 2 August 2016 Family First Comment: Dear Dad You are right to be outraged. But the politicians have already excluded parents from decisions around a daughter going on contraception or having an abortion. We’re glad that the Principal of this school believes you should have been consulted. So do we. A Bay of…
Aug 17, 2015 Is abortion right, or is it wrong? It’s the big question that’s lost in a societal debate that’s mostly focused on legality. But, really, whether it’s right or wrong is the most important question about abortion.
Weekly Standard 27 July 2016 Family First Comment: Unbelievable! The US Democrat Party is without doubt the party of death – and unashamed of it. It’s ironic that not one of the Democratic supporters of abortion (including Hillary) has been a victim of it!
PRNewswire.com 25 July 2016 Family First Comment: Clinton has been unabashed in her support of abortion, recently promising Planned Parenthood that she would work to repeal the Hyde Amendment and increase tax dollars for abortion, and that GOP Vice Presidential nominee, Mike Pence would risk women’s health because of his pro-life views. However, based on…
TVNZ Seven Sharp 8 July 2016 Family First Comment: Toni is right on the money – support families first, but have provision for the small number of exceptional cases where parents are part of the problem. “Disappointed for Hillary Kieft this week. She’s the mum who’s fighting for it to be mandatory for parents to…
NewsTalk ZB 8 July 2016 Family First Comment: Good. Neither will we The mother who petitioned to make it mandatory for parents to know if their children under 16 have an abortion, has pledged not to give up. Hilary Kieft’s 15-year-old daughter had an abortion at boarding school, but Ms Kieft didn’t find out about…
American College of Pediatricians May 2016 Family First Comment: Superb summary – and compulsory reading for politicians as they consider a change to the NZ law “Adolescents need the advice and involvement of their parents. As more is learned about the immaturity of the adolescent brain, especially in the development of the decision-making frontal lobes,…