Kapiti Voice for Life adopted the Bodhi Vincent sculpture, the centrepiece on an installation that includes artwork by dozens of school children, as a symbol for its campaign against abortion. President Brian Whitaker said the group plans to gather annually at Kapiti Police Station after staging a publicity event coinciding with White Ribbon week. Mr
The ‘right to die’ could become a ‘duty’ to die, writes John KleinsmanThe case against Sean Davison has provoked debate about whether euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide should be legalised. Few would argue that Mr Davison was not motivated by a sense of love and duty for his mother in doing what he did – he
International Criminal Court Complaint released on 23rd June, 2011 NZ’s largest anti-abortion group claims that the antenatal screening programme targets babies with Down syndrome, so that once they are identified, parents can be pressured to abort them. The Ministry of Health acknowledged that 90% of Down syndrome babies are aborted. Voice for Life national president,
I have read the complete text of the Court of Appeal’s ruling. Please note that this commentary has been written by a layman, not a lawyer. However, the text has been checked by a very experienced courtroom lawyer and his comment is in the postscript. Background In 2007, Christchurch-based Right to Life took a case
Parental Notification Why Parents should be informed of the risks to their daughter I have had the distressing experience of parents ringing to vent their outrage on finding that their under 16-year old daughter has had a secret abortion. They are incredulous that this can happen without them being notified beforehand. In the case of
