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We, the undersigned, call upon the New Zealand Parliament to rectify the inaction of its predecessors and vote in favour of the Abortion Legislation Bill to amend the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977 and other statutes.

 

Aotearoa New Zealand’s abortion laws have remained static for over forty years, in the face of profound cultural and societal change. The role of women in the 21st century bears little resemblance to what it was in 1977. Equality for women has made great strides. And yet, pregnant people still face an archaic, paternalistic, punitive, and discriminatory legal steeplechase when trying to access safe, routine health care.

We call upon Parliament to end the charade of forcing pregnant people to pretend mental illness, and certifying consultants pretending to believe them. We call upon our representatives to recognise the bodily autonomy of all people, including pregnant ones. We call upon them to heed the call of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women to bring New Zealand into compliance with its obligations under the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, which New Zealand ratified in 1985.

We acknowledge the Bill is not perfect. But the legal framework it will replace is so hopelessly outdated, so out of step with both common sense and fundamental human rights, that failure to pass the Bill would be a dereliction of duty on the part of the New Zealand Parliament. 

The defeat of this Bill would be a signal to the people of New Zealand that its Parliament believes people cannot be trusted to make their own decisions about seeking health care. 

After 43 years, it is time to legalise abortion. 

 

Individual Signatures

Michele A’Court
Loren Aberhart
Caitlin Aberhart
Stephanie Abernethy
Blake Acklin
Sophie Acklin
Holly Adams
Susan Adams
Keri Addison
Elizabeth Adlam
Sue Aitchison-Windeler
Roni Alder
Cerise Alderson
Jack Alice
Jacinta Allen
Ruth Allison
Abbey Allpress
Lívia Almeida de Souza
Tracie Almond
Gabrielle Amodeo
Aleisha Amohia
Cheryl Amys
Astrid an Huef
Raluca-Elena Ana
Annabella Anders
Lauren Anderson
Robyn Anderson
Jude Anderson
David Anderson
Russell Anderson
Jordan Anderson
Frea Anderson
Frances Anderson
Sarah Andreassend
Jo Andrell
Wayne Andrew
Jordan Andrew
Marilyn Andrews
Allanah Andrews
Lynda Angus
Ling Ansell
Will Appelbe
Courtney Apple
Kate Appleton
Helene Arker
Salem Armstrong
Keren Armstrong
Daniel Armstrong
John Armstrong
Dr Lynzi Armstrong
Tamika Ashbrook
Elina Ashimbayeva
Camilla Ashley-Wilson
Penelope Ashton
Liz Atkinson
Sandra Audley
Sai August
Katie Ayre
Yvette Bacon
Cassandra Bahr
Jo Bailey
Michael Bailey
Abe Baillie
Wayne Baker
Garth Baker
Louise Baker
Mylène Baland
Gregory Ball
Gemma Ball
April Bamford
Margaret Barnett
Tessa Barnett
Rowena Barnfether
Nettie Barrow
Emma Bartlett
Anj Barton
Alexandra Barton
Charlotte Basher
Tamsin Bateman
Karen Bates
Chris Batey
Rosalie Bayley
Megan Beard
Anna Beard
Sonja Beardsley
Sophie Beaumont
James Beck
Jaimee Beck
Bronwen Beechey
Ivana Behrent
Jazmine Bell
Natalie Bell
Daphne Bell
Rohan Bell
Debbie Bell
Terry Bellamak
Kate Bendall
Suzanne Benham
Kim Bennett
Eliza Bennett
Andrea Bennett
Maxine Bennett
Anna Bensky
Anna Bensky
Celeste Berdinner
Cassandra Beregi
Corinna Berry
Lauren Betts
Catherine Bew
Sarah Bichan
Diana Bidwell
Roselyn Binnie
Monica Birch
Catherine Bircher
Yvonne Bird
Karyl Bishop
Matt Black
Ellen Blake
Thomas Blakely
Lyn Blaker
Christine Blance
Margaret Blay
Katherine Boag
Maxine Boag
Hannah Boaler
Jessa Boanas
Owen Bodley
Kelly Bold
Michael Bold
Rebecca Bond
Rebecca Bonham-Carter
Delia Bonner
Arda Booiman
Yvonne Booysen
Marion Borrell
Deanna Borren
Esther Bosshard
Anneliese Boston
Kath Boswell
Lisa Bourne
Tessa Bowler
Jasmine Bown
Jenny Boyd
Leila Boyle
Nick Boyle
Hera Bradburn
Lydia Bradey
Danielle Bradley
Emily Bradley
Anna Brady
Tess Brady
Megan Brady-Clark
Lana Brannigan
Emma Bray
Tatia Bray
Gabriella Brayne
Jack Brazil
Tanya Breen
Shannon Breslin
Liz Breslin
Francesca Brice
Sarah Brick
Ben Bright
Miriam Bright
Sue Bristow
John Britton
Sheila Broderick
Orma Brodfield
Maria-Jane Brodie
Shelley Broekhals
Kylie Bronlund
Jay Brooker
Grant Brookes
Paul Brown
Quinn Brown
Cally Brown
Robyn Brown
Sina Brown-Davis
Lhizz Browne
Margaret Browne
Laura Brunton
Margaret Bryant
Karina Buchanan
Sophie Buchanan
Jenna Buchanan
Miriam Buhler
Katie Bulkley
Emily Bulkley
Nik Bullard
Pauline Bulman
Imogen Bunting
Emma Bunting
Elise Burkeviccs
Taryn Burley
Christine Burns
Heidi Busch
Gabby Bush
Rachael Butcher
Andrew Butler
Cristy Cable
Cate Cable
Octavia Cade
Angie Cairncross
Barbara Cairns
Eirene Cairns-Cowan
Tessa Calogaras
Leah Camenzind
Leah Cameron
Rosa Cameron
Lucy Campagnolo
Emma Campbell
Samantha Campbell
Nicholas Candy
Helen Capes
Kelly Care
Tina Carlson
Sue Carnegie-Harding
Louise Caro
Kate Carr
Mary Carr
Grace Carr
Belinda Carrigan
Lizzie Carruthers
Sarah Carswell
Rosemary Carter
Andrew Casey
Morris Cassie
Lauren Castle
Jade Caulfield
Matthew Cavanagh
Jacqueline Cavanagh
Lesley Cavanagh
Jasmine Chalmers
Rosie Chalmers
Sarah Chambers
Tracey Chan
Stephen Chapman
Alex Chapman
Sophia Chapman
Ann Chapman
Jane Chapman
Beth Chapman
Ann Charlotte
Lisa Chatfield
Serena Chen
Aaron Chester
Hannah Chisholm
Sarah Choice
Brit Chreptyk
Sarah Christie
S Christie
Jessica Christini
Chloe Christopher
Matt Christophers
Laura Chubb
Belinda Ckements
Johanna Clark
Inaya Clark
Jacqui Clark
Mahalia Clark
Anne Clark
Rita Clark
Rt Hon Helen Clark
Alexandra Clark
Johanna Clark
Graeme Clarke
Donna Clarkson
Larissa Cleave
Fiona Clements
Shelley Clews
Tim Clissold
Ally Clover
Sacha Coburn
Brenda Cockburn
Hamish Coleman
Paul Collins
Amanda Collins
Jeremy Conn
Kylie Connell
Ruth Connor
Jessica Connors
Jeff Constable
Hilary Cook
Hannah Cook
Steve Cook
Amber Copland
Steve Copley
Emma Corbett
Mandy Corbett
Catherine Costello
Susan Cotton
Jasmine Couch
Judith Cox
Kelsi Cox
Verity Craft
Tamara Craigen
Celeste Crawford
Hilary Crighton
Caitlyn Crivelli
Nicola Croft
Catherine Crooks
Amy Crookston
Tash Crosby
Tiffany Cross
Anna Crossling
Prue Cruickshank
Jana Cuff
Steve Culpan
Ann Culy
Toby Cunliffe-Steel
Rachael Cunningham
Therese Curle
Dave Currie
Sisley Currie
Mary Curry
Peter Curry
Lynne Curry
Makyla Curtis
Fiona Cutler
Loren D’Ambrosio
Teneille Dale
Jay Daley
Suzanne Daniels
Gina Dao-McLay
Eliana Darroch
Pat David
Hugh Davidson
Sarah Davies
Meredith Davis
Diane Davis
Maura Davis-Wall
Matthew Davison
Gill Dawidowski
Sally Day
Selina Daysh
Janieke De Graaf
Katia De Lu
Genevieve de Pont
Meg de Ronde
Bronwyn Dean
Zoe Deans
Kim Deeming
Jesse Dekel
Susana Delgado
Gina Dellabarca
Sally Dellow
Ocean Denham
Sebastian Denize
Jessie Dennis
Jodie Densem
Natalie Denton
Poppy Deridder
Marie Deverell
Kora Deverick
Eryn Deverson
Kent Deverson
Susan Dew
Susan Diamond
Sheridan Dickson
Allison Diem
Janet Digby
Anthea Digby-Smith
Christine Diggins
Amy Dilworth
Richard Dingwall
Amber Dixon
Stefanie Dixon
Sophie Dixon
Adam Dodd
Janice Donaldson
Erica Donovan
Celeste Donovan
Robyne Dowdall
Sarah Down
Dr Janet Downs
Sarah Doyle
Debra Dragonheart
Claire Drake
Sam Dredge
Kathryn Drew
Serena Driver
Briar Drummond
John Drummond
Cody Drysdale
Jess Drysdale
Jess Ducey
Jessica Ducey
L’Amour Duckett
Nicole Duke
Pip Duncalf
Sol Marco Duncan
Bridget Duncan
Claire Duncan
Alastair Duncan
Sol Duncan
Laura Dunham
Meghan Dunn
Elaine Dyett
Deborah East
Stephen Easton
Jenny Easton
Joanna Eastwood
Diana Eden
Frances Edmond
Jackie Edmond
Briar Edmonds
Erin Edwards
Jo Eggers
Marianne Elliott
Jenna Ellis
Claire Ellis
Peter Elsbury
Owen Evans
Beth Evans
Felicity Evans
Amanda Evans
Clare Everett
Patrick Everett
Caroline Everitt
Jessica Evers
Paulien Fa’atafa
Richard Fairgray
Alice Fairley
Natasha Fairley
Kathryn Fargher
Ricardo Faria Monteiro
Lauren Farrell
Yossarian Fay
Brian Felton
Emmilee Fendall
Rachel Fenton
Melissa Ferguson
Tina Ferguson
Megan Ferris
Taryn Field
Sarah Filmer
Angela Findlay
Tamsin Fisher
Sarah Fitzpatrick
Patricia Flanagan
Raewyn Flay
Beth Fleming
Laurie Fleming
Yvette Fletcher
Laura Foley
Julia Fomison
Nicola Ford
Jane Foreman
Gabriella Foreman
Natalie Forsdick
Bethany Foster
Melanie Fowler
Franceska Francina
Debra Francis
Julia Franco
Dennis Frank
Vanessa Franks
Kylie Fraser
Kristina Free
Danielle Freeland
Mhairi Freer
Sharon Freer
Dale Frew
Anita Frost
Daniela Fuenzalida
Russell Fulton
Karin Gabrielsen
Amanda Gada
Heidi Gaiger
Peter Galbraith
Demelza Gallen
Juliet Galuszka
Lesley Gamlen
Ankita Gangotra
Salla Garam
Nicole Gardner
Danielle Gardner
Nicola Garvey
Cheryl Gausel
Beth Gavey
Maxine Gay
John Geddes
Richard Geismar
Chrissen Gemmill
Lara Gempton
Terangi George
Lynda George
Nick Georgiev
Janine Gera
Kieren Gera
Kristen Gibb
Cherie Gibbons
Rebecca Gibbs
Alexandra Gibson
Caro Gilbert
Sandra Gildea
Lisa Giles
Erica Gill
Clare Gillard
Ben Gillard
Daria Gillespie
Chris Gilman
Emerald Gilmour
Fiona Given
Hannah Glaeser
Tom Gledhill
Stephanie Glen
Sasha Godman
Jasmine Gooda
Terry Goodall
Ali Goodall
Nigel Goodchild
Kathryn Goodman
Ashleigh Goodman
Charles Goodwin

Ashley Goodwin
Dana Gordon
Emily Gott
Jean Grace
Triena Graham
Sophie Graham
Bronwyn Grant
Georgia Grant
Marama Gravett
Maari Gray
Michael Gray
Maggie Gray
Zenthia Gray
Nicola Gray
Alison Green
Emma Green
Laura Green
Olivia Green
Marie Griese
Francisca Griffin
Amy Griffin-Browne
Nathan Griffiths
Faye Grigg
Margaret Grindlay
Rainsford Grubb
Kristin Guenther
Raquel Gunman
Julia Guthrey
Alexandra Guthrey
Belle Gwilliam
Natasha H’ng
Mandy Hager
Ariana Haika
Annette Haile
Kerrin Hainsworth
Percy Hall
Linda Halle
Reece Hallum
Dianne Hambrook
Robyn Hambrook
Stacey Hamilton
Natasha Hamilton
Anna Hammond
Olivia Hammond
Susan Hammond
Jessica Hammond
Nadia Hampton
Rebecca Hancock
Sally Handyside
Morgan Hanks
Tim Hannah
Mark Hansen
Martin Hanson
Richie Hardcore
Nina Harding
Julie Hardy
Pip Harker
Wendy Harper
Ruth Harper
Abigail Harris
Amber Harris
Abigail Harris
Laura Harrison
John Hart
Linz Hart-MacDiarmid
Simon Hartman
Jayne Hartstone
Hannah Harvey
Rouzie Hassanova
William Hawera
Andrew Hawken
Katherine Hay
Susam Hayworth
Madeleine Heal
Alishia Healey
Dr Morgan Healey
Aoife Healy
Emily Heard
Fiona Heares
Jacob Heatherington
Josie Heenan
Diane Hemara
Keri Henare
Charlotte Henderson
Graham Henderson
Christine Henderson
Willow Henderson
Beth Henderson
Annabel Henderson
Katie Hendry
Tamara Henry
Jean Hera
Marcella Herrera
Nina Herriman
Frances Herrington
Matt Herron
Alexander Heyes
Kathryn Hickey
Lesley Hill
Annie Hill
Larissa Hinds
Brenda Hinton
Jo-Anne Hitchcock
Kimberley Hitchings
Kristina Hjelm
Rebecca Hobbs
Stephen Hobo-Tuck
Belinda Hodson
Sam Hogg
Kylie Hogg
Simon Holden
Kaitlyn Holden
Russell Holder
Liz Holland
Rochelle Holland
Kristy Holly
Gillian Holmes
Judith Holt
Ash Holwell
Gwen Hooper
Renata Hopkins
Peta Horlor
Rosie Horsfall
Danika Hotham
Carol Houghton
Ali Howard
Freja Hudspith
Sarah Hughes
Victoria Hughes
Wendy Hulbert
Manaia Hunt
Megan Hunter
Alan Hunter
Lachlan Hurse
Khiran Huston
Rose Hutchinson-Daniel
Louise Hutt
Fiona Hutton
Judith Hutton
Rebecca Hyde
Freya Ingram
David Ireland
Helen Jack
Amanda Jack
Sharron Jackson
Ruth Jackson
Sharron Jackson
Aisha James
Helen Jamieson
Bryony Jamison
Darcey Jane
Donna Jarvis
Jonatan Jaworski
Catherine Jeffcoat
Rachel Jenkins
Berwyn Jenkins
Shannon Jennings
Neil Jennings
Gala Jensen
Erin John
Tanya Johnson
Lisa Johnston
Fiona Johnston
Hannah Johnston
Brandon Johnstone
Seka Jones
Jenny Jones
Shirley Jones
Deborah Jones
Ali Jones
Robert Joosten
Margaret Joppa
Brendon Joyce
Jo Jukes
Ahi Kaitai-Mullane
Dylann Kanagaratnam
Shef Kane
Jan Katene
Ruby Katz
Parminder Kaur
Cassandra Kearney-Rogers
Sophie Keats
Linda Jane Keegan
Naomi Keene
Hamish Keith
C Kelly
Ruth Kelly
Derek Kelsey
Rachel Kemp
Louise Kendall
Ruthe Kenderdine
Caroline Kennedy
Rachel Kennedy
Amanda Kennedy
Susan Kennedy
Rachel Kent
Meagan Kerr
Chris Kerr
Kathleen Kerr
Sian Kershaw
Liz Kerslake
Megan Kerstens
Rachael Kesha
Georgie Keyse
Sarah King
Christine King
Rosalind King
Jenny Kirk
Chanelle Kirker
Lorraine Kite
Patricia Klauer
Anna Klein
Lana Knezevic
Lydia Knox
Channa Knuckey
Paige Koedijk
Tessa Koedijk
Michelle Koedyk
Rena Kohere
Erich Kolig
Elena Kondrateva
Miranda Koster
Karen Kotze
Elena Margarita Koulizi
Camilla Koutsos
Mary Alice Krayecki
Oliver Krollmann
Hilde Krollmann
Violet Kumar
Jane Kumitau
Heidi Kursteiner
Chrissie Lahood
Rebecca Lamb
Celia Lampe
John Lane
Sandi Lang
Frances Langdon
Gwendoline Langert
Ruth Larsen
Alex Lash
Linn Latta
Kelly Laugesen
Sarah Laurenson
Kim Laurenson
Rachael Laurie-Fendall
Vicki Law
Daphne Lawless
Susan Lawrence
Lisa Lawrence
Jahla Lawrence
Marg Lawson
Zoë Lawton
Stanley Layzell
Kira Lázaro
Paul Le Comte
Julie Leaver
Hannah Lee
Nicole Lee
Mallory Legge
Marjorie Leggett
Claire Leighton
Leilani Lemusu-Read
Shannon Lenihan
Christine Leov-Lealand
Erin Lester
Lisa Levitt
Jim Lewis
Melanie Lewis
Andrea Lewis
Lauren Lewis
Georgina Lewis
Joanna Li
Angelo Libeau
Alonso Licks
F. Connaugh Liddall
Margaret Liddle
Jan Liggins
Charlotte Lightbody
Maggie Lindsay
Andy Linton
Bes Lironi-Irvine
Sharon Lisner
Jane Little
Emma Littlewood
Emma Lloyd
Casey Lochead
Rachel Lods
John Logan
Shelley Lomas
Jen Long
Jude Longley
Janette Longshaw
Joanne Looyen
Amy Lorimer
Kerri Lott
Jennifer Loughnan
Christine Loughnan
Kim Love
Jennifer Low
Tare Lowe
Natasha Lubas
Dani Lucas
Erika Ludwig
Kim Lund
Janet Luxton
Tanya Lyders
Thea Lyle
Sophie Lynch
Stacie Lyne
Kara Lynn
Caron Lynn
Nellie Lyon
Eamon Lyons
Denise Lytle
Anna Macdonald
Amanda Macdonald
Michelle Macdonald
Zachary Macer
Aindriu Macfehin
Paige Macintosh
Tim Mackay
Phoebe Mackenzie
Julie MacKinnon
Alice Macklow
Kirsten Maclean-Horrell
Melissa Mae
Yasmin Mahagna
Paul Mahieu
Diane Maich
Anna Mair
Tanya Major
Anthony Major
Jae Major
Karen Malcolm
Jill Malloy
Stacey Manclark
Vanessa Manhire
Zenica Mann
Rachael Manson
Liz Manson
Melanie Margison
Harriet Margolis
Clare Marks
Norma Marriott
Adele Marsden
Keith Marshall
Steve Marshall
Bex Martelletti
Vanessa Martin
Maree Martinussen
Liz Martyn
Nigel Marx
Fleur Maseyk
Jill Massey
Lauriel Masson-Oakden
Jodi Matenga
Rebecca Matthews
Kyle Matthews
Vicky Matthews
Elliot Mattiske
Eva Mattock
Pamela Maxted
Genevra Mayle
Katherine McAlpine
Helena McAnally
Peter McCall
Selwyn McCallum
Annabel McCarthy
Joe McClure
Carrie McColl
Claire McCormick
John McCulloch
Alison McCulloch
Leigh McDonald
Selina McEntee
Sandie McEvoy
Elizabeth Mcewen
Jo McFadden
Charlotte McFarland
Emily McGeorge
Maren McGlade
Ash McGregor
Stefanie McGregor
Frances McGurk
Emma McInnes
Victoria McIntosh
Donna McKenzie
Kate Mckenzie
Janette McKibbin
Madeleine McLean
Averil McLean
Alenna McLean
Joanna McLeod
Karina McLeod
Trish McLoughlin
Simone McMahon
Tracey McMillan
Virginia McMullen
Sarah McMurray
Claudia McNab
Karen McNair
Henrietta McNeill
Stella McQueen
Tiffany McRae
Shelley Mecoy
Kathryn Meeuwsen
Rosie Melchers
Iryna Melnyk
Julia Melville
Abbey Mennie
Annie Mercer
David Merriman
Ashlee Metcalfe
Emma Mettrick
Stacey Meyer
Angelique Meyer
Lucy Meyle
Kirsten Middleton
Suzanne Middleton
Coral Midwinter
Rose Miles-Watson
Hannii Millan
Laurece Millar
Elinor Millar
Kate Miller
Judi Miller
Susan Miller
Victoria Miller
Josie Miller
Melania Miller
Tyneesha Mills
Jane Mills
Clair Mills
Samantha Millward
Karen Milton
Andrea Mitchell
Ami Mitchell
Aston Mitchell
Sam Mitchell
Rebecca Mitchell
Saman Moeed
Zoe Moffat
Robyn Moir-Meyer
Hannah Molloy
Alice Moloney
Ruth Money
Ruth Montgomerie
Colleen Montgomery
Hannah Mooney
Nathanael Moore
Ellie Moore
Rosie Moreton
Kate Morgan
Jana Morgan
Dee Morgan
Stacey Morgan
Tracy Morison
Lucy Morris
Jo Morris
Rachel Morris
Leonie Morris
N Morris
Erin Morrison
Fran Morrison
Gina Moss
Amanda Moy
Allan Moyle
Sascha Mueller
Ivan Muir
Patrick Mulholland
Naomi Mulqueen
Bobbi Munday
Isobel Munro
Alice Munro
Ash Muralidhar
Clare Murphy
Bridget Murphy
Sam Murphy
Penny Murray
Sandra Murray
Norm Murray
Julia Murray
Amber Murray
Anita Murrell
Philip Musther
Coralie Nankivell
Rachna Nath
Naomi Azoulay Nathan
Natasha Naus
Milika Nederlof
Eva Neely
Abi Kirby Neill
Sarah Nelson
Chris Nelson
Ed Nepia
Ulrike Nevill
Marnie Newey
Heidi Newton
Jo Ngahau
Adam Ngatae
Rachel Nicholls
Christine Nicholls
Karen Nicholson
Jesse Nickson
Rachel Nolan
Hamish Noonan
Katherine Norman
James Norman
Hope Norris
Steven Northover
Louise Norton
Wendy Nowell-Usticke
Keith Nunes
Sarah Nutbrown

Jess O’Brien
Ciara O’Callaghan
Keely O’Carroll
Tara O’Conner
Elizabeth O’Connor
Beth O’Connor
Tracey O’Flynn
Paul O’Shea
Katherine O’Brien
Frances O’Brien
Anna O’Callaghan
Karlene O’Halloran
Conor O’Neill
Sue Oakley
Alana Oakly
Elizabeth Odell
Marcella Odering
Lucy Olive
Kayla Oliver
Martin Oliver
Jill Oliver
Caroline Oliver
Juliet Oliver
Chris Ollington
Pamela ONeill
Claire Orchard
Michael Orton
Carolyn Orum
Kelly Paddison
Emma Palmer
Chandravali Palmer
Liz Palmer
Nicki Papworth
Julie Park
Jenny Parker
David Parker
Drisana Parker
Michelle Parker
Gemma Parkes
Robyn Parkin
Jennifer Parr
Nicola Paston
Simon Paston
Neha Patel
Helen Paterson
Victoria Paterson
Sarah Paterson
Maria Garcia Patino
Lucy Patterson
Susannah Patterson
Catherine Paul
Tamatha Paul
Wendy Pawson
Justine Payen
Matt Payne
Joanne Peace
Nicole Peach
Hana Pearce
Demelza Pearey
Amy Pearl
Sonia Pechner
Marcel Peek
Nicola Peeperkoorn
A.W. Peet
Shirley Penfold
Paula Penfold
Angela Penfold
Tamsyn Penman
Jeremy Pepping
Kerri Perwick
Janet Peters
Charlotte Peters
Hamish Petersen
Briah Petersen
Neville Pettersson
Roger Phillips
Rose Phillips
Joanne Kim Phillips
Bruce Philpott
Brad Phipps
Amanda Phipps-Green
Nicole Pihema
Kaitlin Pirchase
Caroline Pitcher
Frank Pitt
Ashlyn Piwari
Ashleigh Poihipi
Janine Pollock
Ann Pomeroy
Lesley Potgieter
Janine Potter
Judy Potts
Nina Powell
Hannah Powell
Lulu Power
Megan Prebble
Donna Price
Rosina Price
Janet Price
Julia Priest
Hannah Priestley
Rachel Prosser
Ceara Prout
E Pryor
Nisha Pullan
Lauren Purse
Kate Purton
Rebecca Pyke
Victoria Quade
Lars Quickfall
Heather Quinn
Danielle Rackham
Leanne Radojkovich
Annamaree Rae
Sonja Randhawa
Amber Randhawa
Aroha Raukura
Nicholas Ravlich
Cohen Rayner-Wesley
Abbie Read
Melissa Read
Gareth Rego
Harry Reid
Amanda Reid
Tracey Reid
Nicole Renata
Lynne Renouf
Danika Revell
Hannah Reynolds
Julia Reynolds
Keir Rice
Sonia Richter
Sophie Ricketts
Georgina Riddiford
Jennifer Riley
Tom Riley
Leonie Rimmer
Sam Ritchie
Mike Riversdale
Rachel Rix-Trott
Bridget Robbins
Dan Roberts
Cynthia Roberts
Hester Roberts
Christine Robertson
Julia Robertson
Lee Robertson
Catherine Robertson
Caro Robertson
Evelyn Robertson
Tom Robinson
Brent Robinson
Caitlin Robinson
Katherine Robinson
Angela Robinson
Kate Robinson
Leanne Robinson
Max Robitzsch
Geo Robrigado
Claire Robson
Sarah Robson
Jacquie Rodewald
Janelle Rodrigues
Jude Rogers
Zoe Rogers
Alyssandria Rogers-Scott
Claire Romanos
Alice Ronald
Gavin Rooney
Bethan Rooney
Lanei Rose
Linde Rose
Gillian Rose
Alex Ross
Hannah Ross
Elizabeth Ross
Nicola Ross
Julia Rouse
Natalie Ruddlesden
Siân Rumble
Deborah Rundle
Timothy Russell
Casey Russell
Rachel Ryburn
Rachel Ryburn
Jess Ryder
Marusa Sagadin
Maureen Sakey
Megan Salole
Sheryl Sandbrook
Sarah Sandford
Julie Sandilands
Laura Sarsfield
Nina Saville-Smith
Bryan Schaare
Maddy Schafer
Julia Schiller
Vanessa Scholes
Lorraine Scholes
Kirsty Schuler
Eileen Schwab
Chris Scott
Leanne Scott
Geraint Scott
Luana Scowcroft
Debra Searchfield
Tessa Seemann
Maressa Selwood
Margeaux Settineri
Tara Shadbolt
Alameda Shadbolt
Nicola Shanks
Siri Shannon
Tayilah Shannon
Dina Sharp
Hector Sharp
Alarna Sharratt
Fiona Shaw
Anna Shaw
Sarah Shaw
Bethany Shaw
Barb Shaw
Katie Shaw
Sue Shearer
Mike Sheedy
Linda Sheldon
Ella Shepherd
Ngaire Sheppard
Richard Sheridan
Beverley Sherratt
Alice Shopland
Sarah Short
Taylah Shuker
Jennifer Shulzitski
Belinda Sibly
Nicola Silke
Annie Simmons
Suzanne Simone
Joanne Simons
Shelley Simpson
Jesse Simpson
Kyle Simpson
Caitlin Sinclair
Nicole Skews-Poole
Jacque Skinner
Sherilyn Skinner
Libby Smales
Natasha Smillie
Lesley Smith
Tessa Smith
Jane Smith
Ottilie Smith
Nicole Smith
E Smith
Rachel Snoep
Gabriella Solti
Rebecca Somerscales
Niki Soos
Emma Sorensen
Judi Soutar
Bec South
Emma Southee
Jemima Southey
Ken Sparks
Dame Margaret Sparrow
Jackie Spellman
Judith Spencer
Renee Spijkerman
Annabelle Spiteri
Ann Spratt
Julie Spray
Katie Stalker
Jill Stallard
Bets Stallard
Rose Stamm
Fiona Standen
Emma-Jane Stanley
Nicole Stanton
Jill Starr
Alex Steele
Rachel Steele
Sonya Steele
Pia Steiner
Rosemary Stephens
Liz Stephens
Mary Stevens
Kate Stevens
Tessa Stevenson
Robin Stevenson
Melanie Stewart
Clarice Stewart
Blair Stewart
Tsehai Stewart
Lisa Stewart
Rebecca Stewart
Alison Stewart-Piere
Lozita Stininato
Diana Stiven
Lisa Stockman
Stephanie Stoessel
Jay Amelia Stone
Prudence Stone
Adith Stoneman
Trish Stonestreet
Chloe Stortz
Lydia Stott
Rachel Strange
Barbara Strathdee
Gloria Streat
Rinaldo Strydom
Anna Stuart-Wells
Renee Sturch
Deepika Sulekh
Sherie Sullivan
Saunoamaali’i Karanina Sumeo
Scott Summerfield
Lydia Sutcliffe
Mia Sutherland
Kelly Sutton
Kate Sutton
Karen Swainson
Jaco Swart
Adam Sweeting
Jo Swete
Pamela Syme
Sarah Symes
Nabila Tahsin
Lillian Tahuri
Lindsay Tallott
Jason Tamihana-Bryce
Harriette Tanner
Phil Tanner
Suzanne Tanner
Jessica Tappin
Caryn Tasker
Louise Tattersall
Amy Tay
Zoe Taylor
Linda Taylor
Jo Taylor
Phoebe Taylor
Catherine Taylor
Kayli Taylor
Kate Te Rure
Claire Teal
Jessica Tebbs
Peter Temby
Josephine Tetley-Jones
Rebekah Thomas
Shannon Thomas
David Thomas
Jenna Thompson
Alice Thompson
Joe Thompson
Leonie Thompson
Owen Thompson
Kelsey Thomson
Elizabeth Thomson
Sally Thorburn
Allison Thwaite
Charlotte Till
Karen Tilley
Penny Timmer-Arends
Hannah Timms
Liam Tippler
Janie Tito
Emily Todd
Kendall Todd
Rachel Tombs
Anna Tonks
Sarah Topliff
Kate Tovey
Colin Townsend
Susan Trainor
Rosemary Tredgold
Michael Treen
Hazel Trethowen
Deborah Tribble
Samantha Trieu
Sarah Tuck
Heather Turnbull
Heather Turnbull
Michael Turnbull
Cam Turner
Lois Turner
Hana Tuwhare
Rebecca Twidle
Anna Fiona Tyson
Georgia Underhill
Jill Upchurch
Steph Upton
Callum Urquhart
Evelyn Vallillee
Thalita Van Aswegen
Maria van Dingenen
Maria Van Haandel
Elisabeth van Niekerk
Lauren van Noorden
Angela Janse van Rensburg
Jessica Vandy
Lizzie Varley
David Vass
Gillian Vaughan
Melanie Vautier
Kevin Veale
Marion Veauvy
Catriona Veen
Trish Veltman
Brielle Verweij
Judith Vickerman
Rhona Vickoce
Sarah Vidler
Luka Vogt
Linley Von Tunzelman
Brenda Vowden
Susan Vuilleumier
Gina Waibl
Adele Walker
Abi Walker
Courtney Walker
Clare Wall
Mairi Wallace
Suzi Wallis
Joy Walpole
Kasey Walsh
Barbara Wang
Jennifer Ward
Ingrid Ward
Sandra Ware
Hayley Ware
Pauline Warren
Gemma Watson
Caleb Watson
Sophie Watson
Erin Watts
Anja Waugh
Carol Webb
Shirley Webber
Darusha Wehm
Hamish Weir
Megan Welch
Rachael Welfare
Rochelle Weller
Pete Wellington
Sylvia Wesney
Tyler West
Bridget Westenra
Jenny Weston
Natalie Wham
Todd Whitcombe
Penny White
Victoria White
Bronwyn White
Krystal Harris Whitehead
Sharon Whiteman
Natasha Whyte
Nicola Whyte
Gina Whyte
Nicola Whyte
Sue Wightman
Ella Wilkes
Cesar Williams
Nichola Williams
Brenda Williams
Marika Williams
Gina Williams
Melody Williams
Megan Williams
Karen Williamson
Robin Williamson
Steven Willis
Robyn Willis
Amanda Wills
Kimberley Wills
Rebekah Wilson
Ron Wilson
Matthew Wilson
Amy Wilson
Briar Wilson
Kari Wilson-Allan
Asher Wilson-Goldman
Rebekah Win
Anna Win-Mason
Laurie Winkless
Ed Winter
Robert Winters
Catherine Wishart
Andy Wong
Kimberley Wood
Nicole Wood
Nicola Woodman
Nicola Woods
Darryn Woods
Catherine Woods
Iona Woodward
Suzanne Woodward
Michelle Woolley
Camilla Worboys
Johnathan Worrall
Karen Worth
Graham Wright
Kàren Wright
Laura Wright
Jo Wrigley
John Wuts
Ollie Wylde
Ben Wylie-van Eerd
Tania GG Wynn
Courtney Yalden
Craig Young
Chris Young
Jessica Young
Imogen Young
Camia Young
Ralph Zambrano

And 305 others who requested anonymity, a sad reflection of how stigmatised abortion remains.

Organisation Signatures

ALRANZ Abortion Rights Aotearoa
Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Auckland Peace Action
Auckland University Campus Feminist Collective
Auckland Women’s Centre
Environmental Justice Ōtepoti
Family Planning New Zealand
Fem Force – Feminist Action Aotearoa
Health Sector Workers Network
Mothers for Choice
NCWNZ
No Lab Coat Needed
Ōtepoti Collective Against Sexual Abuse (ŌCASA)
Palmerston North Women’s Health Collective
Public Health Association of New Zealand
Rachel Upston Counselling Ltd
Student Christian Movement Otago
Te Hā o Hine-ahu-one Palmerston North Women’s Health Collective
Te Whariki Takapou
The Fan Brigade
The Weaving House
Women in Urbanism Aotearoa
Women’s Health College NZNO