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
A fascinating and moving insight which appeared in the April issue of the Nathaniel Report and is re-printed here with the permission of The Nathaniel Centre in Wellington. Dawn de Witt Beginnings Around 2000 I joined a small group of women to explore the merits of the Victims of Choice post abortion recovery programme from
by Claire van Ryn. This article appeared originally at Emily’s Voice I’m going out on a limb here and suggesting that the most stomach-churning, horror-inducing words that parents will hear propelled from the mouth of their beloved teenage daughter are, “I’m pregnant!” Internalised reactions will vary from an urge to dissolve into a soul-searching, sobbing
In our culture caring for a baby is often considered to be an unpleasant and unattractive task. Based on this idea a Western Australian program was trialed which was designed to discourage teenage pregnancy. The program involved giving lifelike robot baby dolls to teenage girls. The baby dolls were supposed to replicate all the “negative”
