Statistics New Zealand says 15,863 abortions were performed last year, the lowest level since 1999. Family Planning says 4000 implants have been inserted this year alone compared with 200 hundred last year. Auckland Hospital clinical director of gynaecology Dr Mahesh Harilall believes the implants are the main cause of an almost 30% decrease in terminations Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Abortion’
Abortion proponents admit defeat at Rio Conference
Friday, June 22nd, 2012In an astounding show of solidarity, a diverse group of countries rallied together with the Holy See to successfully remove any mention of reproductive rights or population control from the final outcome document produced during the last round of UN negotiations at the Rio +20 conference this week. For the past six months, the UN Read more
Forced abortion in China prompts outrage, calls for reform
Monday, June 18th, 2012A pregnant woman who was dragged to a hospital by authorities and forced to have an abortion has enraged Chinese and sparked an online flurry of debate over whether it is time to end China’s draconian one-child family planning policy. “Our country is the inventor of family planning committees, how couldn’t we have accumulated enough Read more
Move at Auckland University to disaffiliate anti abortion club “quite uncommon”
Friday, June 8th, 2012
An anti abortion club at Auckland University may be disaffiliated after students complained about being harassed by its members. Prolife Auckland was affiliated in 2011 after the removal of an 8 year ban against pro-life clubs. Auckland University Student Association president Arena Williams has called for a special general meeting next month, which could see Read more
On abortion, Americans say ‘it’s complicated’
Tuesday, June 5th, 2012
Last week, Gallup released new data that, at first glance, appeared to show a significant change in Americans’ perspectives on abortion. The number of Americans who identify as “pro-choice” has dropped six points since last July, from 47 percent to 41 percent, while half (50 percent) of Americans identify as “pro-life.” Given the charged election year atmosphere, Read more
Doctors feed aborted girls to dogs, hiding sex-selection abortions
Monday, May 28th, 2012India Today reports eye-witness accounts of doctors in one city are so desperate to hide evidence that they are doing sex-selection abortions that they are feeding the remains of aborted girl babies to dogs. Sme physicians in the city of Beed, India are engaging in the practice, according to India Today, which spoke with Varsha Deshpande Read more
Doctor ordered to pay child support for baby who survived abortion
Monday, May 28th, 2012A judge in the Spanish city of Palma has ordered a doctor and his clinic to provide financial support for a baby who survived a botched abortion until the child’s 25th birthday. According to local media, the mother of the child attempted to procure an abortion on April 20, 2010. Two weeks later, the doctor – Read more
Abortion survivor’s story now a movie
Friday, May 25th, 2012
“My name is Gianna Jessen. I was aborted, and I did not die”. Gianna Jessen’s remarkable story is now a movie called “October Baby”. Talking about her life story, Gianna explains that her mother, who was seven months pregnant, undertook to have a late-term abortion. The process involved a saline solution being injected into the Read more
From Conception to Birth – vivid images
Friday, May 18th, 2012
What’s happening with the baby now? All expectant parents ask this question throughout the exhilirating months of pregnancy. Fuzzy sonograms and doctor’s explanations can provide basic information, but through the remarkable achievements in medical imaging technology made by Alexander Tsiaras, parents can see, for the first time, the awe-inspiring process of a new life unfolding, in stunning, Read more
BBC criticized for plans to broadcast live from abortion clinic
Monday, April 30th, 2012The BBC has drawn criticism from pro-life groups over plans to broadcast a live radio program from an abortion clinic. “News that a publicly funded radio station – BBC Radio 5 – is going to record inside an abortion clinic is being seen by many of us as biased support for the abortion lobby,” said Read more