“Abortion law needs to align with the times”, you say.
So what’s changed
since “the debate of 40 years ago”? An unborn baby is still a human life, with
the same right to life as his/her mother’s. Women are still uninformed of the
health risks of abortion: prematurity in subsequent pregnancies, psychological
trauma, increased likelihood of breast cancer.
“The earlier the abortion, the easier for the woman”, you say. Abortion is
never ‘easy’ for the woman, and always hard on the baby. It’s not “a health
matter”. Its scientifically proven adverse effects on women’s health make it
very definitely a sickness matter.
The
Law Commission has ignored the weight of New Zealand’s submissions, which
overwhelmingly opposed removing abortion from the Crimes Act – under which
it has never been a crime for the mother, and rarely for the practitioner. So how can you substantiate your claim that most health practitioners want abortion to be “purely a matter between the woman and her doctor”?
To "align with the times" you should be reporting on the information amassed in the last 40 years on the unborn child and the risks of abortion to women’s health.
It’s our right to be informed and your
responsibility to report that information.
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