A Basic Lack of Trust

A Basic Lack of Trust

by Terry Bellamak Last week Newshub asked Christopher Luxon whether contraception would be fully funded if National gets elected and rolls back Labour’s elimination of the $5 fee for prescriptions. Caught off guard, his answer revealed just how...

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Terry Bellamak’s Remarks at Wellington’s Anti-TERF Rally

Terry Bellamak’s Remarks at Wellington’s Anti-TERF Rally

Kia Ora koutou. Ahiahi marie. Thanks for coming out today and standing up from trans rights. I’m Terry Bellamak, life member and former president of ALRANZ Abortion Rights Aotearoa. And I’m here to tell you ALRANZ supports our trans whanau. LGBT...

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This is Not America

This is Not America

by Craig Young The New Zealand anti-abortion movement seems to believe that we're the fifty-first US state  rather than a sovereign country. Otherwise, why would they wholly parrot every cue and soundbyte from their US counterparts? Now, some might...

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Losing Our Religion

Losing Our Religion

by Craig Young The Aotearoa/New Zealand anti-abortion movement still doesn't get it. In the United States, there's at least some semblance of ersatz pluralism, despite the fact that their movement is overwhelmingly dominated by conservative...

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Burning Down the House

Burning Down the House

by Terry Bellamak Back in May, when the US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v Jackson was leaked by persons unknown, the world thought such treachery was unprecedented in US history. It turns out we were wrong. The Rev Bob Schenck, a former...

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Telemedicine abortion service to expand access to care

 Whomever you are and wherever you live in Aotearoa New Zealand, you have the right to end a pregnancy if you want or need to. One way to do so is through early medical abortion, which uses pills and allows for self-managed abortion at home. This...

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