Posts Tagged ‘Abortion law reform’

Government abortion law announcement ‘weeks away’ . . . again

Thursday, July 11th, 2019

Abortion law reform advocates are calling for the Government to “get the lead out” after what appears to be further delay to long-awaited legislation. Justice Minister Andrew Little has been looking at potential changes to New Zealand’s four-decade-old abortion laws, including whether to take abortion out of the Crimes Act, since early last year. Read Read more

Pope says procuring abortion is like hiring a hitman

Monday, May 27th, 2019

Opposing abortion isn’t a religious issue but a human one, Pope Francis said at a Vatican-sponsored anti-abortion conference on Saturday. “Is it licit to throw away a life to resolve a problem?” he challenged conference delegates. “Is it licit to hire a hitman to resolve a problem?” Abortion can never be condoned, he said. Instead Read more