I recently had the experience of sitting in on a 19 week pregnancy scan. For my wife and I it was the first chance to see our new child and as such, we were both looking forward to it. For…
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Abortion and pre abortion visits
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…
NZ abortion figures drop again, but don’t forget the numbers are about real people
Statistics New Zealand has today released the induced abortion figures for 2013, and the numbers are very welcome. The recorded abortions have dropped for the sixth consecutive year to 14,073. This is the lowest since 2007 when there were 18,382…
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Decriminalisation of what?
Decriminalising’ abortion is in the media again. It’s not the first time it’s been in the news and it certainly will not be the last time. This time it looks like it’s going to be an election issue, or at…
The Edges of Life
The edges of life are controversial. On one side there are the debates about contraception, abortion and in vitro fertilisation. At the end of life the debates are about euthanasia, organ transplantation, and its cousin, brain death. Trauma surgeon Peter…
Greens attack crisis pregnancy centres, sidewalk counsellors and pro-life doctors in new abortion policy
Crisis Pregnancy Centres, sidewalk counsellors, pro-life doctors and midwives are further targets of the new Green Party policy on abortion announced last week. Initially the focus was on the Green’s wish to remove abortion from the Crimes Act and to…
The Greens: vote for me. Really?
On Friday, New Zealand's Green Party declared that they will liberalise abortion laws by removing it from the Crimes Act, as well as making it legal for late term abortions for fetal anomalies. The Greens have done what no other…
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…
Pro-Life Leaders Meet in Rome
Pro-life leaders from all over the world descended upon Rome this past weekend to meet at the inaugural Rome Life Forum. The Conference, hosted by LifeSiteNews in partnership with Human Life International and Family Life International NZ, was an amazing…
The Pope praises Humanae Vitae
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…