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Margaret Wong: Abortion involves more than a mother’s body
Originally published in the NZ Herald, 2 June 2016
Margaret Wong is a practising midwife who has also been a neonatal intensive care nurse
Abortion Law ‘Reform’: Twenty Questions that Deserve Answers
Originally published on ABC, 12 May 2016.
By Rachael Wong
Independent MP Rob Pyne has introduced a private member ‘s bill to amend Queensland’ s abortion laws, which may
Freedom of Conscience and New “LGBT Rights”
Travis Weber and L. Lin
“LGBT rights” are being elevated above conscience rights when the two come into conflict—but this trend is to the
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University Professor Urges Medical Graduates to show Courage
Professor D Robin Taylor, University of Otago, Graduation Address
Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Mayor, Members of the University Council, academic colleagues, graduating students, family
Professor of Nursing writes about Alzheimer’s & Euthanasia Debate
Negative attitudes towards Alzheimer ‘s disease are an undue influence on the euthanasia debate, claims an Australian bioethicist and Professor of Nursing at Deakin University.
Professor Megan-Jane Johnstone has examined the ‘ Alzheimerisation ‘ of the euthanasia debate in a new book, Alzheimer’ s disease, media representations and the politics of euthanasia: constructing risk and selling death in an aging society.
BMJ – What’s wrong with assisted dying
Iona Heath president, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). The RCGP is the professional membership body for family doctors in the UK and overseas.
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