SUMMARY ABORTION LEGISLATION ACT 2020 POLICY FAIL * to remove legislation about abortion from the criminal code and insert it to the health code is to equate a procedure to remove an unborn baby with a procedure to remove an appendix, kidney stones, gall bladder or tonsils – simply ’tissue’ removed as part of a ‘health procedure’. This denies the humanity … Read More
Which MPs vote on Referendums based on political expediency, rather than principle
Here’s a list of 49 MPs who voted for a Referendum on euthanasia because they supported euthanasia and knew they had to vote for a referendum to get the law passed, but voted against a referendum on abortion because they didn’t think it was necessary to get the law passed. In other words, they voted according to getting the result … Read More
LEGALISING ABORTION: Which MPs voted most consistently for life, science & biology?
When the abortion bill was looking likely to pass (as was always likely with the current parliament that we have), attempts were made by pro-life MPs during the Committee stage to ‘soften’ the harms of the bill and to take the extreme aspects away from this flawed bill. Below is a record of how the MPs voted on the key … Read More
FINAL VOTE: Who voted FOR the rights of the unborn child ❤, and who voted for those rights to be removed 😢
It was a sad day as 69 out of 120 members of Parliament voted for a law that removes any legal recognition or protection of the unborn child, and introduces one of the most radical abortion laws in the world. Below is the voting record. We are very very grateful for the 51 MPs who voted for the rights of the unborn child … Read More
Who voted against all attempts to moderate the extreme abortion bill?
There were three specific amendments to the abortion legislation that were voted on last night. All three were designed to make the bill less extreme, and to balance the law just a small amount towards the unborn child. They were: 1.‘care of a child born’ – a requirement that a qualified health practitioner who performed an abortion that results in … Read More
Another atrocious day in Parliament
In a shocking display of human rights abuse in New Zealand, an amendment to the Abortion Legislation Bill which required the care of a child born after an attempted abortion was only supported by less than a third of MPs last night. 80 MPs voted against it (and another 3 did not vote at all). 37 MPs voted for it. The amendment of National MP … Read More
“Atrocious” – ‘Born-alive’ provision voted down by MPs
Media Release 11 March 2020 In a shocking display of human rights abuse in New Zealand, an amendment to the Abortion Legislation Bill which required the care of a child born after an attempted abortion was only supported by less than a third of MPs. The amendment of National MP Simon O’Connor clarified that a qualified health practitioner who performed … Read More
Why the Abortion Legislation Bill fails so badly…
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH THE ABORTION LEGISLATION BILL POLICY FAIL * to remove legislation about abortion from the criminal code and insert it to the health code is to equate a procedure to remove an unborn baby with a procedure to remove an appendix, kidney stones, gall bladder or tonsils – simply ’tissue’ removed as part of a ‘health procedure’. … Read More
HOW THEY VOTED: Who Voted to Protect the Unborn Child (2nd Reading)
3 March 2020 It was another dark and shameful day today as 81 members of Parliament voted for a radical bill that attempts to remove any legal recognition or protection of the unborn child, and introduces one of the most radical abortion laws in the world. Below is the voting record. We are very very grateful for the 39 MPs who … Read More
MPs who moved from yes to no on abortion in the 2nd Reading
FROM NATIONAL Maggie Barry Simon Bridges Sarah Dowie Paul Goldsmith Nathan Guy Denise Lee Todd McClay Todd Muller Alastair Scott Lawrence Yule 10 FROM LABOUR Damien O’Connor Greg O’Connor Nanaia Mahuta Jamie Strange Meka Whaitiri 5