Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 1, 2018 17:21:53 GMT 12
IS ARDERN'S GOVERNMENT IN BREACH OF THE TREATY? - RIGHT TO LIFE
Right to Life believes that Jacinda Ardern is in breach of Article Three of the Treaty of Waitangi. Jacinda Ardern proposes that abortion, the killing of the unborn, should be taken out of the Crimes Act and treated as a "reproductive issue of choice for women". It is her belief and that of her government that the killing of children before birth should not be a crime, this includes Maori children.
When the Treaty was signed in 1840, the Crown gave an assurance that Maori would have the Queen’s protection. It is believed that that protection was to include protection for the right to life of Maori from implantation to natural death, which was provided by the common law of England and carried on in the New Zealand Crimes Act since 1856......
www.voxy.co.nz/politics/5/317273
Right to Life believes that Jacinda Ardern is in breach of Article Three of the Treaty of Waitangi. Jacinda Ardern proposes that abortion, the killing of the unborn, should be taken out of the Crimes Act and treated as a "reproductive issue of choice for women". It is her belief and that of her government that the killing of children before birth should not be a crime, this includes Maori children.
When the Treaty was signed in 1840, the Crown gave an assurance that Maori would have the Queen’s protection. It is believed that that protection was to include protection for the right to life of Maori from implantation to natural death, which was provided by the common law of England and carried on in the New Zealand Crimes Act since 1856......
www.voxy.co.nz/politics/5/317273