With the increased use of Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC) among New Zealand teenage girls and women, there has been a decline in prescriptions for Emergency Contraception (otherwise known as the Morning After Pill) and an increase in the incidence…
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The following is Jennifer Fulwiler's honest take on being open to another child when the doctors are saying that the risk of another pregnancy is too high. Ever faithful to Catholic teaching on marriage and family, this post is well…
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Jadelle is a contraceptive implant currently widely promoted, and available free to women in New Zealand, although associated costs such as doctors fees still need to be paid. It is also available to beneficiaries and their daughters over the age…
Figures have been made public over how many beneficiaries have taken up the offer of free long-acting contraception. The Special Needs Grant administered by Work and Income NZ (WINZ) offers free long-acting contraception for beneficiaries and their daughters (16+). The…
It appears that the incidence of sexually transmitted infections has been rising in New Zealand over the last few years. These figures may be levelling out, but they are not going down. Is the overall level out just a coincidence? According to an…
Once again contraception and abortion are being hailed as the answer to problems involving families. South Auckland has the highest rate of newborn and fetal death in the country at 13.1 deaths per 1000 births, whereas the rest of the country sits…
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A remit calling for contraception to be made freely available to all New Zealand women is being voted on at this weekend's National Council for Women Conference. The remit is fully supported by Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand…
What a fortnight it has been for life issues being debated in the public square! Last week the country was ablaze with discussion about euthanasia and assisted suicide. That conversation was soon pushed aside as Paula Bennett announced that the…
The NZ Abortion Supervisory Committee released this month a Supplementary Report to their Annual Report of 2011. The report dealt with 2010 abortion statistics in New Zealand, and included information about the number of abortions, how and where they were…
Dame Lesley Max, a children's advocate made a call on Friday for better promotion of contraception in order to tackle child abuse. This call has been backed up by a Families Commission Report which says "There may be scope for…
