Today marks the 37th anniversary of the assent of the Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion Act. On this day in 1977 our parliamentarians made law the "how to" of destroying innocent preborn children in their mothers wombs. The Act also put forward…
Read More Anniversary of assent of the Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion Act
Two leading technology companies, Apple and Facebook, are funding their workers or ‘partners’ to have their eggs frozen for future IVF. This is already covered by Facebook's employee benefit plan, and Apple plans to introduce it in the 2015. Both…
When the topic of liberalising abortion comes up, as it has recently, invariably there is talk about “increasing access” and reducing the number of visits required before a woman can have an abortion. New Zealand law stipulates that the woman…
Thinking about Mother's Day had me looking at quotes about motherhood. I came across a huge number of beautifully illustrated thoughts from various people. But then, then there was this... “Was it the act of giving birth that made you…
Read More The heart of a mother: bearing witness to a child’s life
Early this week an interview of Pope Francis was run by a major Italian newspaper. As is typical with Pope Francis, he is relaxed with the media, and shows a great deal of skill and honesty with his answers. He’s…
As I have been reviewing the literature related to life issues, one thing has struck me, how much we don’t know. Here I’m primarily talking about how ‘contraceptives’ work. And it is concerning just how comfortable people, especially pro-abortion people…
Last year the ministry of health has approved a 'new' contraceptive device. Although it's new to New Zealand, but has been around in the United States and Europe for more than 10 years, so we already know a lot about…
Monday morning, first day back from the holidays and after some prayers, I'm sitting at my desk checking the voicemail. I had a message from a lovely lady who had organised a group of women to knit baby clothes for…
I had a few 'pro-choice' activists visit me in the office this week. They were obviously wanting to know a bit about what we are doing, and were polite enough to visit in person. This differs greatly from my experience…
Read More Why are they not telling women the information they want about abortion and breast cancer?
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…
Read More Never say never, and other thoughts on having more kids
