{"id":3104,"date":"2014-10-13T11:50:43","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T11:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/?p=3104"},"modified":"2014-10-13T11:54:55","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T11:54:55","slug":"new-zealand-call-for-a-change-in-abortion-law-5620","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/new-zealand-call-for-a-change-in-abortion-law-5620\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Calls for a Change in Abortion Law-1341"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Zealand National Council of Women (NZNCW) is calling for a change in the law regarding abortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The organisation is asking to simplify and clarify the legal situation to ensure women have the right to choose whether or not to have a termination.<\/p>\n

The National Council for Women is a not-for-profit organisation that lobbies on behalf of women and women\u2019s issues.<\/p>\n

Like elsewhere in the West, the debate about abortion is still rife in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

In the UK, this debate was more or less settled with the 1969 Abortion Act, originally put forward by the then Liberal MP, David Steel.<\/p>\n

Yet, more than 40 years on, in other countries the abortion debate is still raging; most particularly in the USA where the issue often becomes violent.<\/p>\n

However, such violent protests appear to be reaching the shores of the Antipodes, where in Melbourne, Australia recently there where clashes between pro-life and pro-abortion campaigners.<\/p>\n

While in the USA it is the pro-life groups who are often accused of violent behaviour, according to reports by Canadian press, the latter accused the pro-abortion campaigners as ‘acting like thugs’.<\/p>\n

The demonstration by the pro-life groups was a remembrance march over the passing of the Abortion Law passed by the State of Victoria. This law removed all legal protections for fetuses until the moment of birth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To pro-lifers, this is tantamount to state sanctioned killing. However, from the point of view of pro-abortion campaigners, the Victoria Abortion Law Reform Act enshrined women\u2019s right to choose.<\/p>\n

As for New Zealand, it isn’t known whether the Australian law, which was passed in 2008, has influenced the NZ National Council for Women\u2019s approach.<\/p>\n

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