By Alex Schadenberg, International Chair - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Queensland Australia Chief Justice Paul de Jersey “made legal history,” according to the Herald Sun, when he decided Friday that Merin Nielson, who was convicted for assisting the...
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Broad Alliance launched to oppose legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide in New Zealand
A coalition, assembled to oppose the legalization of euthanasia and assisted-suicide in New Zealand, was formally launched Thursday at a function at Parliament. The Care Alliance is an umbrella organisation that brings together a wide range of voices from...
Number of abortions in New Zealand drops to lowest figure in nearly 20 years
By Dave Andrusko Good news: the number of abortions in New Zealand has dropped to the lowest number since 1995. In 2012, 14,745 women had abortions, the pro-abortion Abortion Supervisory Committee reported. As recently as five years ago, the figure stood at...
New Zealand parents may receive compensation for not being able to abort child with Spina Bifida
By Dave Andrusko Overruling a lower court decision, the New Zealand Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the parents of child born with spina bifida might be able to receive payment from the Accident Compensation Corporation because doctors failed to detect...
MP withdraws euthanasia bill after pressure from Labour Party colleagues
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and is CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members A bill to legalise voluntary euthanasia in New Zealand has...
New Zealand euthanasia bill is wide-open and open to being wider, says the author of the bill
By Alex Schadenberg, executive director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Stuff media in New Zealand reported Monday on a talk given in New Plymouth by Maryan Street, the New Zealand MP who has sponsored a bill to legalize euthanasia in New Zealand. The article...
Fighting Euthanasia in Australia and New Zealand
By Alex Schadenberg, executive director Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Editor’s note. Mr. Schadenberg is on a speaking tour of Australia and New Zealand. This overview is an encouraging summary of coordinated efforts to stop the legalization of euthanasia. On day 1...
Mike Sullivan, the New Zealand Dad who is Fighting Eugenic Abortion
By Leticia Velasquez Co-founder of KIDS Keep Infants with Down Syndrome Mike Sullivan, an engineer, and the father of 3 year old Rebecca with Down syndrome is concerned that soon there will be no more babies born like her in his native New Zealand. A new policy had...