19 June 2018 Abortion Stats Up for Year Ended December 2017 “Today we mourn the 13,285 unborn lives lost, and the even more thousands of women and men whose lives have been touched by abortion,” says Voice for Life National President Jacqui de Ruiter. “Abortion involves not just the killing of an unborn child, but
Voice for Life joins the Abortion Supervisory Committee in calling for Parliament to review New Zealand’s abortion law to make it more fit-for-purpose for the 21st century, but it demands that this review be extensive and involve input from all interested members of the community. “The Contraception, Abortion and Sterilisation Act 1977 is in need
Letter to the Sunday Star Times, published in the 28 January 2018 edition. Dear Editor, The report on abortion “A Birth Right”, includes a quote from PM Jacinda Ardern in 2017: “Women shouldn’t face being criminals for accessing their own rights.” Justice Minister Andrew Little wants to see abortion “treated as a health issue
by Jacqui de Ruiter, President of Voice for Life On Monday night’s Leaders Debate, Patrick Gower asked Jacinda Ardern what she would do about abortion if she became Prime Minister. Without hesitation, she said there would be no review, abortion would be “decriminalised”. I suspect that the majority of viewers would think that her use
Government Statistics for abortions performed in the year ending December 2016 reveal that the rate is continuing to fall. In 2016, there were 12,823 induced abortions in New Zealand – 332 (3%) fewer than in 2015 (13,155). Voice for Life president and media spokeswoman Jacqui deRuiter says the decline in abortions is welcome, but
