Politicians love the abortion debate nearly as much as I love root-canal work. I recall, in mid 2008, Justice Forrest Miller opining that the abortion law was being flouted both in word and intent, particularly in the use of the mental health provision. There was not even a glimmer of a debate on this in the [...]

Though many people are highly critical of the columns of Garth George, I often find that, past the general curmudgeonly nature of his columns, he often makes a great deal of sense. Unfortunately, he tends to couch his points in a fashion designed to bring out the worst in the blogosphere. It is not simply [...]

You  may be wondering why Republicans seem so adamantly against Obama’s healthcare bill when it seems, superficially at any rate, to offer millions more people a chance of decent health care. The Democrats love to portray the Republicans as selfish people obstructing the provision of healthcare to millions of their fellow Americans. This may explain [...]

The Abortion Supervisory Committee are pushing for more use of the abortifacient, RU486. They say that it is being used in only 6% of abortions while the “standard” overseas is 20 – 30%. Now I don’t have a problem with RU486 being used instead of a surgical termination of pregnancy (leaving aside the whole abortion [...]

I have a great deal of misgiving about the attempt of a couple to claim under ACC for the accident of their daughter’s birth. Their daughter’s spina bifida (open spine at birth) was not discovered on ultrasound and, as the parents insist that they would have aborted her, if they had known, they are trying [...]

There is lots of colourful debate about this issue, both in the media and in the blogosphere. I will not debate the ethics and morals of the issue but stick to a few very simple facts. Firstly homosexual relationships are about 7 times more likely to dissolve than a heterosexual marriage. This figure is probably [...]

Canterbury sees the opening of New Zealand’s first Faith Healing clinic. There are a number of churches that hold regular faith healing meetings, of course, but this is the first “clinic” where the faith healing is offered “on demand”, as it were. The MacDoctor maintains an open mind on faith healing. As a Christian, I [...]

Right to Life are continuing their bid in the high court to have embryos granted full human rights. Should they succeed, that will render most forms of abortion and some forms of contraception illegal overnight. The motion is therefore being vigorously defended by the Abortion Supervisory Committee. I found the article quote to be curiously [...]

Murdering the Murderer. I’m sure that will be the justification of Scott Roeder, the man alleged to have gunned down America’s most notorious abortionist, Dr George Tiller – ironically while he was ushering people into church. I heartily disapproved of Dr Tiller, but there is absolutely no justification for the barbarity of this act. It is [...]

The appeal on the high court judgement that the legality of many abortions in New Zealand was suspect has been postponed while judges work out whether they should be making a judgement on this issue or not. It is my opinion they should not.  This is not a matter that should be debated on legal [...]