If you read the blog post I published yesterday morning, as soon as the latest official NZ abortion statistics were released, you will remember that I made the following prediction: “Despite what some people will try and claim, this decrease in abortion numbers is NOT largely due to contraception or morning-after pill successes.” And sure enough, the ink had barely dried on those words (metaphorically speaking) when the Abortion Law Reform Association of NZ (ALRANZ) issued the following press release: “Better contraception appears to be playing a role in the continued decline in abortions, but much more can be done to make...
Who would you save?
posted by Brendan Malone
The latest episode of The Pro-Life Guy went live on Tuesday. In it we explore a recently popular thought experiment designed to undermine the pro-ethic by asking the question: ‘if you were in a burning building with a 2 year old child and 5 frozen embryos, and you could only save one,...
BREAKING! NZ abortio...
posted by Brendan Malone
Statistics NZ has just released the latest abortion data for New Zealand, and the news is good. The total number of abortions in NZ in 2012 dropped to 14,745 – that’s 1,118 less abortions than in 2011. The general abortion rate (abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years) is now...
A tale of two articl...
posted by Brendan Malone
Last week week NZ website Stuff.co.nz featured an article about author Holly Hill, in which she proposes one of the most ludicrous and risky solutions to the relationship cancer that is marital infidelity I have ever heard. Hill’s idea is this: betrothed couples should protect their...
Walk a mile in someo...
posted by Pete Espil
Friends. In the Gospel today, Jesus forgives the sins of a woman who disrupts him and his companions while they are eating dinner in the house of a Pharisee. While there is much in this story that I could comment on, I think I would like to focus on Christ’s words towards the end of the...
Why Lieutenant Gener...
posted by Brendan Malone
Earlier this week Lieutenant General David Morrison, Chief of Army for the Australian defense forces, published a very forthright video message in response to the investigations into allegations of unacceptable conduct by members of the Australian Army. This video (above) is destined to...
Everyone can make th...
posted by Lucy
The fact that Brendan still lets me call myself a Leading Edge blogger is a bit of a miracle. Far too long has passed since my last post but he’s a merciful man so there you go. I’ve been pretty occupied (I have a hiatus on using the word ‘busy’, which I recently heard that Bishop Pat Dunn of...
I’m so sorry I didn’t kill you, Mum
posted by Brendan Malone
Earlier today Stuff.co.nz continued its pro-euthanasia lobbying, which began on the weekend with its woefully uncritical interview with Australian pro-euthanasia activist Dr. Rodney Syme. On a side note, I attended a bioethics event in Australia back in 2010 where Dr. Rodney Syme presented his pro-euthanasia position. Not only was his reasoning woefully deficient, but the other experts present exposed major flaws in his knowledge about euthanasia, and associated issues in Australia (his home country). Anyway, back to Stuff.co.nz, who today decided to reprint a piece of pro-euthanasia emotional blackmail from Australian broadcaster and Dying...
Eugenics just keeps ...
posted by Brendan Malone
Not sure if you caught One News last night. It featured an article about a brand new test for Down syndrome that has been developed in the UK. Three important things to note: 1. The article made absolutely NO mention of the fact that the end result of the vast majority of positive tests for...
Pro-life or just ant...
posted by Pete Espil
Friends. In the Gospel reading this week, Jesus raises a woman’s son from the dead. Many witness this miracle but, as should be expected, the one most grateful for Christ’s actions is the mother. A funny detail that caught my eye is the line that says “The dead man sat up...
Gattaca and modern e...
posted by Brendan Malone
Here is the latest edition of Life on Film that just went live on Life TV. In it we discuss the movie Gattaca (one of my all time favorite films, by the way) and the issue of...
The man who survived...
posted by Brendan Malone
Imagine if I told you about a Holocaust survivor, someone who had walked away from such evils as the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, only to later become a killer of many, many innocent human beings after the war had ended. Sadly this isn’t a thought experiment, it’s a true story....
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