Why Pro-life?

To be pro-life is to believe that every life matters - no matter their age, culture, ability, location, stage of development, or circumstance. The pro-life worldview recognizes that we are all uniquely created in the image of God, and upholds the dignity and sanctity of every human life, a concept deeply rooted in Scripture and human reason.

To be pro-life is to believe in human rights for all humans. If we stop and think about it scientifically, if something is growing, then isn’t it alive? If this living growing organism has two human parents, aren’t they also human? Wouldn’t that make abortion, which takes the life of this living growing human, a human rights violation?

Human rights ought to begin when the human life begins – at conception.

Abortion & Euthanasia  in New Zealand

In New Zealand, the sanctity of human life is greatly under threat—at both its earliest and final stages.

NZ has one of the most liberal abortion laws in the world, with an average of 44 abortions happening every single day. Abortion is available on demand up to 20 weeks of pregnancy. Even after 20 weeks, it remains accessible if a medical practitioner deems it “clinically appropriate” for the woman’s “wellbeing”. The vaguely worded and poorly defined law means that in reality abortion is effectively available on demand up to birth. For an in-depth explanation, we recommend the website www.voiceforlife.org.nz/abortion

At the other end of life, the elderly and ill are faced with the “choice” of euthanasia, which became legal in NZ in 2020. The law currently applies to adults with a terminal illness and a prognosis of six months to live, and suffering they consider unbearable. However, even these requirements are being opened to review, and future expansion is likely. For an in-depth explanation, we recommend the websites www.voiceforlife.org.nz/euthanasia and www.defendnz.co.nz