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Killing the Unborn, Trans-Tasman Style
The late Sir Joh Bjelkie-Petersen many years ago singled out the 8th of the 8th ’88 as his proposed date of retirement. He was not able to last that long. Now some thirty-odd years later, the 8th of the 8th has new historical significance, in the country of Sir Joh’s birth as well as his adopted homeland. And he might be spinning in his grave about the role of his once cherished National Party in the events of the more recent August.
The 8th of the 8th in 2019 will go down as the day that abortion on demand, up to birth, was enabled on both sides of the Tasman. New South Wales was the last of the Eastern seaboard states to fall, and Jacindarella across the Ditch has also gotten on board the baby-killing bandwagon. And the NSW legislation was promoted and introduced by a Kiwi import, no less.
The NSW Legislative Assembly vote was 59-31. A similar bill passed the first stage of the process in the New Zealand parliament 94-23.
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