NewsTalk ZB 5 May 2016 Forcing a teenager to tell her parents if she has an abortion could be a breach of her rights. A petition is currently before select committee, asking doctors to inform parents if a girl under 16 wants an abortion. Ministry of Justice policy manager Caroline Greaney said there was a…
Stuff co.nz 5 May 2016 Family First Comment: Quite right. The health and welfare of the woman is paramount. Health officials may be forced into an embarrassing backtrack after a recommendation that pharmacists be allowed sell birth control pills without a doctor’s script. The controversial issue was put back on the agenda this week after…
Media Release 6 May 2016 Family First NZ is slamming statements by the Ministry of Justice that a parent should not be informed about a medical issue affecting their child because it might breach the child’s rights. The comments are related to a petition being considered by Parliament on behalf of a Stratford mother whose…
LifeSiteNews 4 May 2016 The abortion industry and the Obama administration have made it easier than ever to have a medication abortion, a procedure little known or understood outside medical circles. Dr. Anthony Levatino, who performed more than 1,200 abortions before becoming a pro-life advocate, has released a video detailing each step of the process….
Bob McCoskrie – National Director The recent media coverage of the same-sex couple who travelled to Mexico to have ‘triplings’ raises a number of issues. Three babies, born from one set of sperm and one egg, but carried by different surrogates, was bound to bring difficulties. And then there is the coverage of a surrogate…
Stuff co.nz 15 April 2016 Family First Comment: Facing the reality of the problems with IVF… “In a split decision, five of the seven (UK) Judges ruled in (the father’s) favour and ordered that the embryos be destroyed. They expressed great sympathy for (the mother) but concluded that the couple had only consented to IVF…
TV3 Story 29 March 2016 Family First Comment: The inconvenient truth (and shocking lack of legal recognition and protection) of a child that exists but just hasn’t been born yet. Note how the media try to mitigate the real message by using the word ‘foetus’! “Charges relating to the death of a foetus can only…
NewsHub 26 March 2016 Family First Comment: Superb work. Why should the taxpayer fund it!? Florida Governor Rick Scott has signed a law that cuts off state funding for preventive health services to clinics providing abortion and imposes abortion restrictions already being tested before the US Supreme Court. Florida is among many states adopting new…