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Let’s Boost Support for Contraception
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 12:05 pm | ALRANZ
Better contraception appears to be playing a role in the continued decline in abortions, but much more can be done to make the newer contraceptives accessible and affordable, president of the Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand, Dr. Morgan Healey, ... More >>
ALRANZ Calls For More Vigilance Of Anti-Abortion Tactics
Thursday, 11 April 2013, 8:48 am | ALRANZ
ALRANZ Calls For More Vigilance Of Anti-Abortion Tactics The pro-choice organisation ALRANZ today called for increased vigilance by the authorities in the wake of an attack on an Auckland abortion clinic worker’s car. Television New Zealand last ... More >>
It’s Time NZ Decriminalised Abortion
Monday, 21 January 2013, 3:09 pm | ALRANZ
The Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand (ALRANZ) today called on the New Zealand government to mirror the actions of the United States 40 years ago and decriminalise abortion here. More >>
ALRANZ To Back Call For Free Contraception
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 10:04 am | ALRANZ
The Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand (ALRANZ) is throwing its full support behind a remit calling for contraception to be made freely available to all New Zealand women, which is up for a vote at this weekend’s National Council of ... More >>
Abortion Ruling Good News But Political Action Needed
Friday, 10 August 2012, 9:51 am | ALRANZ
The Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand (ALRANZ) was relieved to learn that the Supreme Court ruled, by a three to two majority, in favour of the Abortion Supervisory Committee (ASC) in Right to Life’s seven-year case against it, ALRANZ ... More >>
Lower abortion figures welcomed, but more must be done
Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 11:57 am | ALRANZ
The Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand (ALRANZ) welcomed figures released today showing a decrease in the number of abortions by 767 to 15,863 in 2011 compared with the previous year. The organization is hopeful that the drop from 16,630 in ... More >>
ALRANZ Welcomes News of Southland Abortion Service
Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 3:17 pm | ALRANZ
Plans to set up abortion services in Southland are good news for women of the region who will no longer have to make long journeys to Dunedin or Christchurch for care they should be able to get in their own area, the president of ALRANZ Dr. Morgan ... More >>
ALRANZ Pays Tribute to Departing MP Steve Chadwick
Monday, 28 November 2011, 3:02 pm | ALRANZ
ALRANZ today paid tribute to retiring Labour MP Steve Chadwick for her tireless efforts in the struggle for reproductive justice in New Zealand. More >>
ALRANZ Accuses Medical Council of Caving In to Anti-Abortion
Monday, 21 November 2011, 9:56 am | ALRANZ
ALRANZ today hit out at the Medical Council for caving in to anti-abortion doctors and abandoning its own principles in the on-going case over the use of conscientious objection in abortion care. More >>
Abortion Stats, ALRANZ Calls for Fresh Dialogue
Saturday, 29 October 2011, 2:06 pm | ALRANZ
With new figures showing a continued decline in New Zealand’s abortion rate, the Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand (ALRANZ) is calling for a new debate this election season on the impact our out-dated abortion laws are having on New ... More >>
Cost in Abortion Case Could Prevent Unwanted Pregnancies
Wednesday, 7 September 2011, 9:37 am | ALRANZ
For the money the government has spent defending itself in the 6-year-long Right to Life anti-abortion case, it could have paid for more than a quarter of a million condoms, preventing scores of unplanned pregnancies and abortions, ALRANZ President ... More >>
Abortion Access Again At Risk In Court Case
Saturday, 27 August 2011, 10:27 am | ALRANZ
MEDIA RELEASE Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand 26 August 2011 Abortion Access Again At Risk In Court Case ALRANZ is disappointed that efforts to roll back abortion access in New Zealand are headed to the Supreme Court, with today’s decision ... More >>
ALRANZ Applauds Court Ruling in Abortion Case
Thursday, 2 June 2011, 11:44 am | ALRANZ
ALRANZ tonight applauded the Court of Appeal judgment in the long-running anti-abortion court case as a victory for the reproductive rights of all New Zealand women. More >>
ALRANZ Announces New Leadership Line-Up
Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 1:26 pm | ALRANZ
30 March 2011 Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand ALRANZ Announces New Leadership Line-Up More >>
On 40th Anniversary, Alranz Joins New Abortion Campaign
Thursday, 17 March 2011, 9:20 am | ALRANZ
On the 40th anniversary of its first ever public meeting, the Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand is excited to announce its participation in a new campaign to decriminalise New Zealand’s outdated abortion laws. More >>
High Court Rules On Abortion Guidelines
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 9:30 am | ALRANZ
The recent High Court ruling on the draft Medical Council guidelines on conscientious objection over abortion exposes yet again problems with our outdated abortion laws the president of the Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand, Dame Margaret ... More >>
ALRANZ Calls On MPs To Defeat Anti-Student Union Bill
Wednesday, 1 December 2010, 10:21 am | ALRANZ
The Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand (ALRANZ) is calling on Members of Parliament (MPs) to vote against the* *Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill. More >>
New Book Reveals NZ's Hidden History Of Abortion
Wednesday, 17 November 2010, 8:48 am | ALRANZ
A groundbreaking book detailing a hidden history of abortion in New Zealand, told primarily by those whose lives it affected, was launched in Wellington on Tuesday night by the Labour MP Steve Chadwick and the book’s author, ALRANZ president, ... More >>
Anti-Abortion Case Reflects Political Apathy
Monday, 4 October 2010, 9:32 am | ALRANZ
The long-running anti-abortion case that returns to the Court of Appeal in Wellington on Tuesday is a sad indictment of a Parliament unwilling to protect New Zealand women’s reproductive rights, the president of the Abortion Law Reform Association, Dame Margaret ... More >>
ALRANZ Dismayed At Recommendation
Thursday, 30 September 2010, 11:09 am | ALRANZ
The Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand (ALRANZ) is deeply dismayed at the recent recommendation of the Education and Science Select Committee to adopt the Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill. More >>