Screening adviser offering illegal abortions for Down syndrome | Saving Downs

Saving Downs has revealed today in their blog that Professor Peter Stone who is the fetal medicine adviser to the National Screening Unit is offering illegal abortions to women who are carrying a child with Down syndrome.  This includes offering…

Judge’s Decision Sets a Dangerous Precedent for Assisted Suicide Law in NZ

Justice Patricia Courtney's decision today, to discharge without conviction Evans Mott, for assisting his wife to commit suicide, sets a dangerous precedent for future cases of assisted suicide in New Zealand. While Mr Mott was not actually present when his…

International Criminal Court to Investigate New Zealand’s Ante-natal Screening Programme

This past week has seen some exciting news regarding the antenatal screening programme in New Zealand.  The purpose of the programme is to detect Down Syndrome, Spina Bifida and other conditions in pre-born babies with the intention of preventing the birth…

Proposed Adoption Legislation Discriminates Against Traditional Families

It has become extremely difficult for married couples, husbands and wives, to adopt a child in New Zealand. Those approaching adoption services to seek information on how they can become adoptive parents in this country are actually steered towards “lifetime…