I have just been sent another piece of email correspondence from Steve Chadwick which was sent to another different member of the public who raised concerns with Chadwick about her abortion on demand bill, and in this email correspondence she once again makes an admission about there being a lack of parliamentary support for her extreme abortion bill.
Here’s exactly what she said (name of corespondent withheld for privacy reasons)…
XXXXXX,
You are a fabulous parent and this is a reasoned and compassionate response
There appears to be a lack of parliamentary support for my bill at this stage
I am a midwife and would never pressure parents, nether did any Obstetrician I worked with in NZ for thirty years
Regards
Steve [Chadwick]
This email was sent prior to the other one which contained a more definitive statement about the lack of political support for her bill.
Once again, I have no reason to doubt the validity of this email as everything seems to be in order.
I have been sent a copy of an email that was sent to someone I know at 4:35pm today by Labour MP Steve Chadwick, in which Chadwick admits that there is no parliamentary support for her new proposed abortion on demand bill.
Here is the (entire) contents of the email (the name of person who emailed Chadwick has been concealed for privacy reasons)…
‘Thanks XXXXX,
You are actually in a position of power called “people power”
There is no parliamentary support for my Bill
Regards
Steve [Chadwick]‘
I know the person who sent this email well enough to know that they wouldn’t engage in any dishonesty, and all of the proper email particulars look to be in order, so there appears to be no reason to doubt it was in fact Steve Chadwick (or one of her staffers) who has made this admission.
You know your in trouble when your fellow ideologues are criticizing you, and that’s exactly what has been hapening to Steve Chadwick ever since she opened her mouth several weeks back to propose that NZ should legalise abortion on demand up to 24 weeks.
Earlier this month well known staunch Labour stalwart and liberal opinion columnist Chris Trotter was bemoaning Chadwick’s attempts to legalize abortion on demand in NZ, and then just yesterday the infamous NZ liberal blog The Standard joined in as well.
Author Tammy Gordon wrote a blog post chiding Chadwick in which she states:
‘But a 24 week fetus could. Their eyes are starting to open, they can hear and respond to sounds – including their mothers’ voice. Apparently their nerve endings aren’t developed enough to feel pain before 24 weeks and yet they could survive an very early birth.
So my problem with Steve Chadwick’s proposal is twofold:
1) I think this is stupid, stupid politics; starting a debate about which there is no win nor, as far as I can tell from conversations I’ve had with women in the past decade a widespread grassroots movement to liberalise our abortion policy. I’m betting that Labour’s focus groups didn’t say hey! here’s our chance to get Labour’s agenda in the news – let’s get the country talking about abortion!.
2) I’m sorry but an abortion at 24 weeks (in the US they’re called Partial Birth Abortions for literal rather than emotional reasons) feels wrong.’




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