In May the Sunday Star Times appears to have started a bit of a campaign around supporting parental notification for "teen" abortions, featuring SHOCK stories at the top of their news agenda three weeks' running.
Mothers For Choice did some media work in response to this, in particular the following:
Spokesperson Rebecca Matthews on Back Benchers (in Chapter 2)
Row rages over school abortion - NZ Herald
Some abortion secrets need to be kept, say advocates - TVNZ
Debate continues over abortion controversy - Otago Daily Times
I wrote a blog post critiquing the original SST article
Mothers For Choice backs girls' right - our original media release on the issue at Scoop
Friday, June 3, 2011
Court of Appeal decide against Right to Life NZ
On June 1st the Court of Appeal announced their decision in the long-running case taken by Right To Life NZ (RTL) against the Abortion Supervisory Committee (ASC).
The basic gist of it is that they have overturned the previous High Court decision is which Justice Miller raised questions about the legality of the 98% of abortions permitted on the grounds of the mental health of the pregnant person.
The Court of Appeal has also rejected RTL's claims that the fetus has a right to life. (Wonder if they're going to change their name?)
Here's the Court of Appeal decision (PDF, quite long) and a summary. The ALRANZ site has a timeline of the whole saga.
Also a round-up of pro-choice blog-posts on the matter, from The Hand Mirror.
Media coverage:
Unborn have no right to life: Court of Appeal rules - Stuff
Appeal court strikes out abortion finding - NZ Herald
Praise for court ruling over abortion - Newstalk ZB - includes link to Mike Hosking talking to Dame Margaret Sparrow of ALRANZ about the announcement
Anti-abortion group considers taking case to Supreme Court - NZ Herald
The basic gist of it is that they have overturned the previous High Court decision is which Justice Miller raised questions about the legality of the 98% of abortions permitted on the grounds of the mental health of the pregnant person.
The Court of Appeal has also rejected RTL's claims that the fetus has a right to life. (Wonder if they're going to change their name?)
Here's the Court of Appeal decision (PDF, quite long) and a summary. The ALRANZ site has a timeline of the whole saga.
Also a round-up of pro-choice blog-posts on the matter, from The Hand Mirror.
Media coverage:
Unborn have no right to life: Court of Appeal rules - Stuff
Appeal court strikes out abortion finding - NZ Herald
Praise for court ruling over abortion - Newstalk ZB - includes link to Mike Hosking talking to Dame Margaret Sparrow of ALRANZ about the announcement
Anti-abortion group considers taking case to Supreme Court - NZ Herald
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