OPINION: The National-led Government is out of touch with reality around abortion in Aotearoa New Zealand.
by TERRY BELLAMAK, Stuff.co.nz
December 16 2016

In order to access one of the safest and most routine healthcare procedures in the world, pregnant people must:

• See two certifying consultants who actually make the decision whether or not they can get an abortion (and sometimes the answer is no – 216 times in 2014).

• Tell the certifying consultants that their mental health will suffer if they are forced to bear a child against their will (which may be true, but the pregnant person's own decision should be enough).

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Source: Stuff.co.nz