Eamon Sloan

  Abortion Debate – A truly alive Life Debate The abortion debate, as with all life and death issues, is not going to disappear any time soon. I am on the pro-life side and have always been so. Most families have an abortion story to relate and the story from my wife and I will be found further on. There are as many starting points in this debate as there are days in the year. Firstly I shall deal with my voting position as it relates to the Labour party and to the one Labour politician who laid both the groundwork for New Zealand’s free and on demand abortion, and the groundwork for my turning away from Labour. The politician in question is Andrew Little. His speech in introducing his abortion legislation was the turning point, or turning off point for me. Quoting from his speech introducing the bill:   Much of the contribution to the public debate about abortion will come from people who, because of their faith or other deeply held views, are opposed to abortion at a...