If ever there was a dangerously inappropriate political football, it is the potential sale of Crafar farms to the Chinese company, Shanghai Pengxin and the hysterical xenophobia it has induced. While the furor has managed successfully to paint National into a very uncomfortable corner, it has also made all future overseas purchases significantly more difficult. Like [...]

A Christchurch study has confirmed that women who have abortions are at increased risk of developing mental health problems, particularly depression and anxiety. This is not a once-off study, there have been plenty of others that show similar results. Despite the profusion of good-quality evidence, the pro-abortion lobbyists discount the data: But a pro-abortion group [...]

The sudden interest on abortion in New Zealand on the back of comments by Justice Forrest Miller a few weeks ago has brought all the rabid ones out of the woodwork. Abortion is certainly one of the most polarized of subjects and it is practically impossible to have a rational debate about it without descending into emotive argument. I find myself responding to the emotion on both sides of the debate.