Sterilisation and Abortion Act – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:23:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4 Time for compassion and love https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/08/22/time-compassion-love/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/08/22/time-compassion-love/#respond Tue, 22 Aug 2017 02:00:33 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=15704 by Gordon Copeland Back in the 1970’s, following the opening of an abortion clinic in Auckland in defiance of its illegality; abortion became a political and a divisive issue. At the same time, a new organisation known as Sisters Overseas Service assisted women seeking abortions with passage to Australia, where abortion had become legal in

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/08/22/time-compassion-love/feed/ 0 NZ abortion figures reach 500,000 mark https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/04/20/nz-abortion-figures-reach-500000-mark/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/04/20/nz-abortion-figures-reach-500000-mark/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2016 22:27:32 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=12587 by ROWENA OREJANA The number of babies aborted since the Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion Act was implemented in 1974 reached half a million in the first quarter of the year — equivalent to the population of 14 New Zealand cities. Voice for Life president Bernard Moran said this sad milestone has real socio-economic consequences for

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