The Family Planning Association (FPA) is applying for a licence for their Hamilton office to administer RU486, a drug used to induce an abortion.
As citizens are we for LIFE or DEATH
for women and the unborn?
One of the methods available to us, as concerned members of the public living in Hamilton, Waikato and Coromandel, is to gather signatures opposing the granting of a licence to the Hamilton FPA allowing it to use RU486.
The petition will be posted to the Abortion Supervisory Committee, who has the jurisdiction to grant, or deny, the necessary licence. It will also be sent to the Select Committee, the parliamentary body which is responsible for the ASC.
It seems that Hamilton Family Planning is a test case. Should that licence be granted we can expect that other Family Planning branches throughout NZ would also apply to the Abortion Supervisory Committee for a licence.
The Waikato Times reported on 24th Oct:
“The Waikato District Health Board is supporting Family Planning in their licence request. The Waikato DHB does not have the resource or facilities to offer women a medical abortion…..We are working with them to ensure all safety and medical requirements are met. We will back them up as a medical provider should it be required.”
Family Planning Hamilton are shifting in November to a much larger facility, probably 4x larger. Presumably it is because they expect to be granted the licence.
ABORTION STATS!
Approx 18,000 abortions in NZ per year
That’s about 4x the population of Hamilton since 1977 when the law was passed.
1,487 abortions in Waikato in 2008.
The petition will be available to sign in the foyer of the church over the next two weeks. You must be eighteen years old or over to sign. See Kate Baird if you would like a petition form to take away and promote.
