A recent news article reports that a regenerative medicine and research centre is planned for Queenstown. While the current therapies offered by those involved are all from adult stem cells, the involvement on Dr Samuel Wood from San Diego is…
A Culture of Life
Another study showing abortion and breast cancer link
Yet another study has been released from India which shows that there is a very strong link between abortion and breast cancer. In an article written by Steven Mosher from the Population Research Institute, the results from 12 studies undertaken…
Read More Another study showing abortion and breast cancer link
Maryan Street fails to make it back into Parliament
Labour candidate, Maryan Street, who is a staunch euthanasia and assisted suicide advocate, has failed to make it back into Parliament after the general election on Saturday. Street, who has been an MP since 2005, had placed the End of…
Read More Maryan Street fails to make it back into Parliament
Why are the Greens withholding information about their proposed law to decriminalise abortion?
The following article is written by Ken Orr of Right to Life New Zealand. He raises some very important questions about the Greens abortion policy. Right to Life is disappointed that the Green Party is refusing to provide a response…
Voting with the most vulnerable in mind
With only a few days to go until New Zealand’s General Election most people have likely made their minds up about who to vote for. Our children attend a Catholic primary school and it has been interesting to hear the…
The Numbers game
One question that frequently comes up in parenting circles is 'how many children is the right number?' I've always thought it is an odd that in a pluralistic world, people would think there would be a one size fits all…
“My Decision” but only if you’re pro-choice
On Sunday, ALRANZ launched a new website "My Decision" which aims to intimidate and bully pro-life doctors through naming them and publishing women's stories about their experiences with "hostile or unhelpful health professionals". Through the website ALRANZ wants to take…
Truth and Reconciliation
The issue is simple. Either ALL lives have value or none do. Either ALL lives have a dignity or none possess this innate quality. Rights or values that are arbitrarily applied can just as easily be retracted. Last century undoubtedly…
The real cost of IVF in New Zealand: human life
Fertility Associates, New Zealand's largest fertility clinic, is currently celebrating the birth of baby 15,000 through their reproductive technology services. At the same time, they have unveiled a new technique to help in the selection of 'healthy' embryos to implant.…
Ebola, an unnecessary epidemic
A few years back I attended a seminar by a colleague who had worked as a volunteer dentist in a hospital in Uganda. Conditions in the hospital weren’t great. She frequently worked out in the open air to get enough…