Press Release 18 June 2008
In the light of Statistics New Zealand’s latest figures showing that 18,380 abortions were performed in the year ended 31 December 2007, Society president John Mills is very angry and says:
“By far the most dangerous place for a developing child to be in New Zealand is inside their mother’s womb. I expect the anti-smacking brigade, such as Green MP Sue Bradford and the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon. Helen Clark who are so opposed to child abuse, would whole heartedly agree with me on this issue!”
The general abortion rate (abortions per 1000 women aged 15 to 44 years) increased from 19.6 in 2006 to 20.1 in 2007. It is noteworthy that women aged 20 to 24 – well informed as adults on methods of contraception – had more abortions than any other age group.
The growth rate in abortions for 2007 is 2.5 per cent more than for 2006. Considering that New Zealand’s average economic growth rate for 1984-1994 was 1.5% per annum, this is a bumper batch of butchered babies – a real success story for the abortion industry driven by so-called women’s health advocates such as Women’s Health Action Trust director, Jo Fitzpatrick. She says her trust would welcome revision of the law so that even more abortions – baby killing – could be carried out.