MP's Abortion Bill Ignores Science And Common Sense

ProLife NZ is appalled to hear of MP Steve Chadwick's proposed bill to legalise abortion on demand in New Zealand up to 24 weeks into a pregnancy.

“This bill ignores both science and common sense,” said Prolife NZ Acting President Sargia Harrison. “It has been proven that babies can survive outside the womb from around 20 weeks into a pregnancy. In some cases babies have survived from an even younger age.”

Recently the UK government has announced plans to reduce legal abortion age from 24 weeks to 22 or 20 weeks, acknowledging that advances in science mean that babies can survive from increasingly early ages.

"It goes against common sense to be moving in the opposite direction in NZ," she said. "New Zealand should be ashamed of its abortion numbers rather than taking moves to liberalise our laws even further."

"Abortion statistics released only two weeks ago showed that 529 teenage girls who had abortions in 2009 had had multiple abortions with one girl as young as 11. This change to abortion laws will only mean that more pre-born children are needlessly killed. As a society we should be supporting these young women through difficult situations, and facing the fact that taking innocent life is not the answer," Ms. Harrison said.

"New Zealand desperately needs to confront the issue of abortion. For too long we have stood back and allowed pre-born children to be killed without any thought. We need to discuss the issue, focusing on how we can reduce the high number of abortions, rather than denying even more pre-born children the most basic of human rights – the right to life.”

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