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By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The New Zealand Health Committee report on euthanasia that received 22,000 submissions over a two-year period, and direct input from 1000 people, including myself, did not recommend legalizing...
By Ken Orr, Spokesman, Right to Life of New Zealand Right to Life welcomes the 49 page report of the Parliamentary Health Select Committee that emphatically rejects a culture of death by refusing to make any recommendation that the Crimes Act be changed to allow...
LOWEST ABORTION TOTAL IN 25 YEARS By Ken Orr Editor’s note. Mr. Orr is spokesman for Right to Life of New Zealand. This is excerpted from a post that appeared at righttolife.org.nz. In 2016 there were 12,823 abortions reported in New Zealand. This represents a three...
By Dave Andrusko Dr. Jane Silloway Smith, Director of Every Life Research Unit, has analysed a random sampling of the 20,576 submissions made public by the Health Select Committee thus far and found that 78% of submitters are against legalising assisted suicide, while...
By Cassy Fiano Pro-abortion extremists would like nothing more than for parents to be kept out of the decision when teenage girls are considering abortion. They claim that abortion is vital “health care,” that parents shouldn’t have the right to make the choice for...
By Dave Andrusko Very good news out of New Zealand. Statistics New Zealand reported a decrease of 7% in the number of abortions recorded in 2014. Not only was 13,137 abortions in 2014 936 fewer abortions than the 14,073 reported in 2013, it was also the lowest number...
By Paul Russell, Founder, HOPE Australia On June Justice Collins handed down his judgement in the High Court of New Zealand in a case brought by New Zealand woman, Lecretia Seales. Seales had asked the court for a decision on whether it would be an offence under the...
By Alex Schadenberg, International Chair - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The New Zealand media reported that the government will establish a "select committee" on euthanasia and assisted suicide, but it is not backing a bill to legalize assisted suicide. According...
By Alex Schadenberg, International Chair - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The leader of the New Zealand euthanasia lobby told the Dominion Post that if euthanasia were legalized: "no more would die, but fewer would suffer ... there is absolutely no evidence to...
But trend could reverse if pro-abortion political party has its way By Dave Andrusko When I ran across a post today that induced abortions have dropped about 24% in New Zealand since 2003, I knew (since I know next to nothing about New Zealand) I would have to find a...