The architects of the 1977 abortion
legislation were hardly “conservative” (Editorial, November 1) – they considered
themselves brave liberals - but their legacy of 500,000 abortions should
certainly horrify them.
Jacinda Ardern may not want abortions up to
birth, but she should look at Victoria, where
decriminalisation of abortion has had exactly that gruesome result, and I
confidently predict that to “put the decision where it should be, with the woman
herself” will mean an increase in deaths by abortion – not of the woman of
course, but of her child.
The Dominion Post says “keeping the
20-week time limit is reasonable”. Really? Now that science shows that the
20-week fetus feels pain, is killing him/her at that age “reasonable”?
Our current law is “dishonest” because we are
dishonest. We deny the proven fact that an unborn child is a human life. And/or
we deny that the right to life is inviolable. And we subjectively value the
woman’s “right to choose” as greater than her child’s right to
life.
Yes, "democracy should be robust enough to
face the truth". But that means its individual members should be robust enough
to face the truth. And obviously, we are not.
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