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The Canadian Model
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Created: 02:15 PM, Tuesday 13 July, 2010
Comments: As the debate over decriminalisation in New Zealand heats up, it's worth looking at the situation in Canada, the only democratic country in the world with no laws restricting abortion since 1988.
An Abuse of Conscience?
The right to conscientious objection is an important one, but in the war against reproductive rights, is it being abused?
Abortion Access
Decriminalisation at Last?
Labour MP Steve Chadwick's proposed bill decriminalising abortion in NZ hit the headlines this past week.
Abortion Stats & Blog Discussion
NZ's annual abortion stats were released 17 June, and provoked some powerful discussion on the feminist blog, The Hand Mirror.
ASC Report Shows Access Problems
The Abortion Supervisory Committee released its annual report on 8 December. Here's the media release Alranz put out on the report.
Taxes and Abortion Part II
Abortion and taxes has become an issue in the U.S. healthcare debate, highlighting an issue the New Zealand pro-choice community needs to keep an eye on.
ALRANZ
Time for Action!
It looks like Steve Chadwick's bill is not going ahead. Disappointing, yes; time for action, heck yes. Contact us for our new Postcards to MPs!
Rosy Fenwicke Responds
Some of you will have read Karl du Fresne's piece in the DomPost targeting ASC member and physician Rosy Fenwicke. Well, she has responded!
The Parental Notification Debate
Parental notification laws for abortion have long been part of successful anti-abortion wedge campaigning in the U.S., and there's a move to push for them here. But, like everything else in the abortion debate, the issue is not as simple as proponents o
Taxes and Abortion Update I
Updating 'Taxes and Abortion' Part II, there's some good and some bad -- and "personhood" efforts advance in the U.S.
Encouraging Pregnancy, or Abortion
Should governments be in the business of encouraging women to have babies? Or is abortion sometimes the best option? Frances Kissling examines the issues, and ALRANZ wonders how they apply in New Zealand.
Abortion Around the World: Canada
In Canada for the past 21 years, abortion has been a health matter, not a criminal offence. How did Canada reach that goal, and what are the threats to choice in Canada today? Also, what's happening with the Dutch abortion ship.
Taxes and Abortion
Some anti-abortion advocates argue no taxes should be spent on abortion, a complete turnaround on their 1970s campaigns and a move right out of the U.S. playbook.
Welcome to the ALRANZ blog
Welcome to the ALRANZ blog on Issues.co.nz We will post regular updates here on issues that relate to women's reproductive health and freedom, and we welcome your comments.
Court Cases
Right to Life v ASC
The long-running Right to Life v. Abortion Supervisory Committee case lives on. Alranz reports.
Is Right 2 Life Case Over?
Is the five-year Right to Life v Abortion Supervisory Committee case finally over? Alranz reports.
Lighter Side
Men Don't Get Pregnant
As we contemplate the leadership of the anti-abortion movement in New Zealand (and around the world), enjoy this subway ad from the Pro-Choice Public Education Project in the U.S.
The Egg Patrol
Antichoicers want to give fertilised eggs legal rights - but only ONE group can defend those rights: EGG RESCUE SQUAD. A wonderful cartoon from Mikhaela Reid. Thanks to Mikhaela for permission. Visit http://www.mikhaela.net/
Medical abortion
Anti Family Planning Advocacy
Anti-abortion advocates campaigning against Family Planning appear to be following the U.S. playbook.
Ryall Must Counter Abortion Pill Scare Tactics
Wonaac issued a press statement last week urging the Minister of Health to respond to the anti-abortion misinformation campaign by reassuring women that the abortion pill is safe.
What's Happening in Hamilton?
Hamilton has become the new front line in the struggle to ensure all New Zealand women have access to abortion services.
Improving access to medical abortion
Marie Stopes International improving access to medical abortion for Australian women.
Mental Health
Fergusson and Mental Health
David Fergusson et al have a new study on abortion and mental health. We find some anti-abortion claims dispatched, but have concerns at some of the data.
Newsletters
May Newsletter Out Now
Alranz's May newsletter is out now. Highlights include: Alranz wins Web sabotage case, update on attacks on Family Planning and much more...
No Going Back
No Going Back: Trans-Tasman trade
A quick trip back, courtesy of an article from The Auckland Star, to the days of New Zealand's trans-Tasman abortion trade.
Overseas
What Does an Abortion Ban Look Like?
As the Guttmacher Institute reports, legal restrictions on abortion do not affect its incidence. Which raises the question, what would an anti-abortion victory in New Zealand look like? Quite possibly, it would look like present-day Ireland. Here's an upd
Queensland
The Moral Veto
The moral veto is at work again in Australia, helping prevent decriminalization in Queensland, as a new study shows. It's a force we're all too familiar with here.
Queensland Update 3
The latest from Queensland and an interview with Kate Marsh of the Australian group Children by Choice
Queensland Update 2
The young couple facing abortion charges in Queensland are to go on trial, a Cairns magistrate orders.
Queensland Update
Momentum is building in Queensland to reform the state's abortion law in the wake of the case against a young woman and her boyfriend.
Roundup
Violence
What's Happening in Queensland: Update
Anti-abortion violence has struck Queensland where the young couple charged with breaching the state's abortion laws have been firebombed out of their home near Cairns. An update on the case.
Violence: Here and there
A feature article in today's NYT about the death of George Tiller sparks questions about the situation in New Zealand.