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…
Tag: New Zealand
Euthanasia Back on the Agenda
It has been revealed that Nelson Labour List MP, Maryan Street is intending to submit a Private Member's Bill legalising euthanasia in New Zealand. The Nelson Mail reported on Saturday that the MP would be submitting "an end of life…
After-Birth Abortion Is Really Infanticide
Two ethicists who work in Australia are calling for what they call "after-birth abortion". They say it is their preference to use these words instead of what it really is infanticide, because they believe a newborn infant has the same…
More Contraception an Answer to Abortion?
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…
Preventing the spread of HIV
A study has just been released which reveals that one in five gay or bisexual men in Auckland (New Zealand's largest city) have HIV and don't know it. One in 15 in the study of over a thousand gay or bisexual…
“Jadelle” an answer to Child Abuse?
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…
Defending Life Without Counting the Cost
March 22nd saw the anniversary of America's Roe v Wade decision (1973) which made abortion legal in the United States. For 39 years, thousands have marched in Washington DC on this day, speaking up for those who have no voice. Asking…
NZ Teens Tend to Be Pro-Life
A poll undertaken in December by Family First suggests that NZ teens and young adults are tending to take a more pro-life position than not. The poll asked 600 New Zealand young people between the ages of 15 to 21 three…
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
In 2007 American Susan Wilson stood by and watched another human person commit suicide and then removed the evidence of the assisted suicide. Last year she was charged by New Zealand police for assisting suicide. As a caring nation and…
Changing the Culture of Child Abuse
Yet another innocent's life has been brutally ended at the hands of those who are supposed to love and care for them. Yet again, New Zealanders are asking the question "How do we stop this endemic violence in our country?"…