"ABORTION IS MURDER"

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 86, 28 April 1937, Page 7

"ABORTION IS MURDER"

-]Pre«» AiSddiftMo&t

Outspoken Anglican ChUrch Manifesto ■aaa ■* ACTION DEMANDED

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AUCKLAND, Last Night. Appreciatio'n of the action of th« Gcvernmehfc in setting up a committei of inquiry iiito varioiis aspeCth 6f thl problem of abortion in New Zealand Ahd apprOval of the thorough investigAtioa made and of the cantLour Of th* findings of the committeC are expfessed , jin a manifesto tsigned by Afchbisho| AvCrill as Bishop of Auckland and issued after a conferencO Of the Bishop - and 45 of the olOrgy of the Diocess of Auckland. The manifesto deciare's; (1) That criminal abortion is murdef, [being the deliberate destruction Of life already begUUi It is a Sitt against God, ja Bio against society and a sin against the human body. Its contimied pracifcicO mUSt meatt racial suicide. (2) The unreatficted and SttrreptitiouS sale and distribution of jcontraceptives, abortifacient drugs and Viie literature, to young people espeeially, and the unblushing exposure for sale of disgusting iliufitrated papata afe Wfong and are grievously Uttderminitig the mofal fibtfl of thousattds. The conference demands that the GOverriment deals drastically and at puce with these etils. The conference appeals: (1) To ittett for ehivalry and eeif•acrifice in regard to ihe conduct of Ihelr eex lives. (2) To all parents, guardiAne aUd teachers to realise that all education, in Buch matters mttst rest ttpon spirituil foundations, because true morality ean Oontinue to exist oniy where the laws oi Ood are taught aud honoured. (3) To all serious-iuinded people nrhe have at heart the moral welfare of their nation to restore the reiigioue and moral etaudards whieh God has glven us and upen whieh aione our eiviiisatlon hua been built up and can continue.''