Bill Rewritten To Explicitly Ignore Women With Post-Abortion Grief
It is shocking that a Labour MP’s private members bill which allowed for bereavement leave for a miscarriage has been withdrawn and resubmitted, in seemingly…
Bruce Logan: When Rights go Wrong
Bruce Logan says that human rights legislation has lost its way because so much of daily life has been deconstructed under the rubric of oppressor and oppressed….
MPs Voting ‘Blind’ On Euthanasia Bill
MPs have had to vote ‘blind’ on a bill labelled by the Select Committee as “not workable in its present state”. The assisted suicide bill…
Euthanasia’s 2nd Reading – How they voted
National NO Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, Maggie Barry, Andrew Bayly, David Bennett, Dan Bidois, Simon Bridges, Simeon Brown, Gerry Brownlee, David Carter, Jacqui Dean, Sarah Dowie,…
NZ Muslim Community: We ask the PM and MPs to oppose euthanasia
25 June 2019 Family First Comment:“As a community we implore our elected democratic Ministers of Parliament to join us to also oppose euthanasia – and…
The euthanasia debate: Death is not a black-and-white issue
Stuff co.nz 24 June 2019 Family First Comment: An excellent piece by Amanda Landers (who spoke at our Forum last year) “The answer to bad deaths…
Bob McCoskrie: Don’t let Kiwis go to pot
Gisborne Herald 23 June 2019 Family First Comment: “The law has an important deterrent effect. Most people don’t want to break the law. It sends an…
Euthanasia bill would be rife for exploitation by the selfish and the abusive, says QC
Stuff co.nz 23 June 2019 Family First Comment: “Believing that doctors will always be able to tell whether or not someone is making a free choice…
1000 Kiwi doctors sign letter against euthanasia
NZ Herald 23 June 2019 Family First Comment: The doctors said they were “committed to the concept of death with dignity and comfort”, including effective pain…
Instead of offering assisted suicide, let’s help those who are suffering
Stuff co.nz 19 June 2019 Family First Comment: “I find the End of Life Choice Bill very scary. At my lowest point I could have seen suicide as a…