MEDIA RELEASES
International Safe Abortion Day
ALRANZ Abortion Rights Aotearoa lends our voice to organisations across the world to support free, safe, and legal access to abortion. Abortion is only one part of the larger framework of reproductive justice that includes the right to bodily autonomy, the choice to...
ALRANZ welcomes good news from Kansas
The vote is a strong demonstration of the popularity of abortion rights in the United States of America, even in conservative states like Kansas. US polls consistently show support for reproductive rights in the 60%’s.
Roe v Wade Reversal: An Assault on Rights
On Friday, 24 June 2022 (local time), millions of United States citizens lost the right to control their bodies and make decisions affecting their lives, families, and futures. The US Supreme Court reached a majority decision to overturn the constitutional right to...
ALRANZ condemns potential overturning of Roe v Wade in United States
ALRANZ Abortion Rights Aotearoa is deeply disturbed by the leaked draft opinion of the United States Supreme Court that purports to overturn the constitutional right to abortion. Abortion is a fundamental human right and, if the leak is accurate, the decision will...
Passage of Safe Areas Amendment Bill at third reading welcomed by ALRANZ
ALRANZ Abortion Rights Aotearoa welcomes the passing of the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Bill 2020 at its third and final reading today.
National Abortion Telehealth Service a step toward equitable reproductive healthcare
Early medical abortion involves using two medications to end a pregnancy – mifepristone and misoprostol. (Image: VAlaSiurua via Wikimedia Commons) ALRANZ Abortion Rights Aotearoa commends the Ministry of Health’s plan for a funded national abortion...
Safe areas second reading a win for abortion care in Aotearoa
ALRANZ welcomes the passage of the Safe Areas Amendment Bill 2020 at its second reading and looks forward to future improvements
Oral arguments on Mississippi abortion ban a dark day for women everywhere
This is a world where some countries remain steadfast in their attempts to erode and control reproductive freedoms.
National Party’s new conscience not representative of Aotearoa’s values
“Christopher Luxon’s well-publicised anti-abortion views are not representative of the values of mainstream New Zealanders, who overwhelmingly supported reform”.
ALRANZ Gets New Interim President
Longtime ALRANZ president Terry Bellamak announced she is stepping down from the role. Dr Tracy Morison will take over as interim president until the next ALRANZ AGM. In her final post, Bellamak said, “It has been an honour and a privilege to lead this organisation...