The story of a woman receiving an IUD without her consent at New Zealand's largest abortion facility should not alarm us. What is amazing is the fact that this story made the mainstream news at all. The premise of keeping…
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New Zealand’s largest abortion facility gives woman IUD without her consent
Reposted from Life Site News by Michelle Kaufman and Lisa Bourne: New Zealand’s largest abortion facility is under fire after a woman filed a complaint that they had given her an IUD without her knowledge, despite her repeated objections. The…
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Abby Johnson challenges New Zealand pro-lifers
Over 500 people traveled to Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin to hear the powerful and inspiring story of Abby Johnson over the last week. Abby is a former clinic director of a Planned Parenthood facility in Bryan/College Station, Texas. She worked…
Family Planning’s obsession with sex
Family Planning New Zealand is an organisation obsessed with sex. And they are especially obsessed with young people exercising their so-called 'right' to participate in sex. Consequences of sexual activity outside of a monogamous committed relationship (that would be marriage)…
The tragedy of “surplus” embryos
A tragedy is about to unfold in New Zealand history. Almost 2,000 embryos, lives suspended through cyropreservation, have a final date of existence. They must be destroyed within six months of November 22nd. Each of these embryos were created at…
The issue of consent
There has been a lot of talk lately about sexual consent. Educators and organisations who have an interest in the sexual violence that is occurring amongst New Zealand's young people believe that "consent" is the answer to this side of…
Calling embryos “reproductive material” is degrading
The deadline for frozen embryos and reproductive tissue (gametes) which have been stored for ten years is fast coming up. The embryos and gametes must be destroyed within six months of November 22nd unless special permission to extend the storage…
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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…
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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…
IVF as exploitation
I think the Catholic Church’s opposition to IVF is well known. It’s based on the principle that IVF separates intercourse from procreation. In some ways it’s like contraception, only in reverse. It’s also very costly in terms of human life…