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Dispelling lie on abortion decriminalisation

NZ Catholic Staff — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 00:00:43 +0000

by Gordon Copeland

The following was published in a recent Dominion Post in answer to questions to Jacinda Ardern, from journalist Hendry Cooke:

Q. What is your stance on the current abortion laws? A. I am on record on this one — I feel very strongly that abortion needs to be removed from the Crimes Act, and our current legislation is due for review. echo $variable;

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Time for compassion and love

NZ Catholic Staff — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 02:00:33 +0000

by Gordon Copeland Back in the 1970’s, following the opening of an abortion clinic in Auckland in defiance of its illegality; abortion became a political and a divisive issue. At the same time, a new organisation known as Sisters Overseas Service assisted women seeking abortions with passage to Australia, where abortion had become legal in

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What is really at stake in the abortion debate

Michael Otto — Fri, 05 May 2017 01:39:26 +0000

There has been much clamour recently over the call from the Abortion Supervisory Committee to review the law about abortions in New Zealand. Activists have been forthright in demands to remove abortion from the Crimes Act and to make abortion merely a medical matter between a woman and a doctor. Political parties have variously reacted

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Pro-life ad stirs hornet’s nest

Michael Otto — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 22:14:01 +0000

A pro-life advertisement in a Wellington magazine sparked a furious reaction on social media, but Voice for Life says its ad also received much positive feedback. The full page ad, which ran in Capital magazine, spelt out the demographic and social consequences of preventing 500,000 Kiwis being born. The ad noted the milestone of 500,000 abortions looming for New Zealand since the first abortion clinic opened in 1974. Voice

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Prayer a pillar of pro-life campaign

Michael Otto — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 02:34:35 +0000

by PETER GRACE A New Zealand abortionist saved a baby’s life when the abortion minded pregnant woman was unable to pay, pro-life people at an Auckland Mass heard on February 9. At the end of Mass to start the 40 Days For Life campaign in Auckland, Family Life International communications manager Michelle Kaufman told the

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Planned Parenthood says it will no longer take payments for fetal tissue

New York (CNS) — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 22:01:33 +0000

By Catholic News Service

NEW YORK (CNS) — The president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America said Oct. 13 that the organization’s clinics will no longer accept reimbursement for fetal tissue procured in abortions and provided to researchers.echo $variable;

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Pain sparks move to change law secrecy

Michael Otto — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 01:54:09 +0000

by PETER GRACE
A mother whose teenage daughter tried to kill herself after a secret abortion is asking the Government to change the law so underage girls won’t undergo abortions without their parents’ knowledge.echo $variable;

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Phone-in abortion service criticised

NZ Catholic Staff — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 22:52:53 +0000

by NZ CATHOLIC staff Auckland Bishop Patrick Dunn is disturbed at a move to allow abortion consultation over the phone. Pro-life groups slammed it as “irresponsible”, “unprofessional” and “disgusting”. Wairarapa abortion doctor Simon Snook has set up a free national phone consultation service because, he said, of potentially harmful delays faced by many New Zealand

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Induced abortion numbers decline

Michael Otto — Tue, 19 May 2015 00:54:47 +0000

by PETER GRACE Induced abortions in New Zealand have fallen about 24 per cent since 2003, according to the latest annual report of the Abortion Supervisory Committee. The 2014 report, presented to Parliament in March, covers licensed abortion activities for the calendar year 2013. There were 18,511 induced abortions in 2003, compared with 14,073 in

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Abortion licence legality faces test in court

NZ Catholic Staff — Mon, 11 May 2015 22:28:01 +0000

by NZ CATHOLIC staff The pro-life, antiabortion group, Right to Life, is going to court to test the lawfulness of an abortion licence. Right to Life is seeking a declaratory judgement on the lawfulness of an abortion licence, first issued in 2013, by the Abortion Supervisory Committee to the New Zealand Family Planning Association (FPA).

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