The pro versus anti abortion argument often deteriorates to a slanging match, in which those in favour of abortion are accused of not really understanding the consequences of choosing an abortion. However, a recent survey has debunked this myth. It seems that 87% of women seeking an abortion are highly confident in the decision they […]
A New Zealand health board has decided to stop offering abortion directly. Instead a private contractor has been hired to carry out the work. The decision to pull out is thought to be, in part, due to objections by some hospital staff. The new contract negotiated by the Waikato District Health Board is for three […]
The pro-life group called Life Allways has been accused of playing the race card with their billboard advert that appears to target black people. The advert shows a picture of a young black girl, with a caption reading: “The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb.” One of those outraged by […]
An American Democratic representative, Debbie Wasserman Schultz has vociferously attacked the new anti-abortion bill as “a violent attack on women.” Ms Wasserman Schultz who hails from Florida says the bill goes further than just denying access to abortion it will redefine rape so that it any woman is attacked in this way will no longer […]
The anti abortion backlash seems to be gathering pace with many fronts being opened. For example, Marjorie Dannenfelser is president of the Susan B. Anthony List, a United States anti-abortion pressure group. Its purpose isn’t just to oppose abortion but to promote the pro-life cause and force Congress to stop all funding for abortions. In […]
The former President of the United States, George W. Bush has revealed in a TV interview where his strict anti-abortion stance comes from. When he was a teenager his mother, herself a former First Lady, showed him a dead foetus in a jar after she had suffered a miscarriage. “There’s no question that affected me, […]