TSSUED BY THE DEPT OF HEALTH 6 ABORTION} She was told abortion was quite safe: The criminal abortionist who took her money said there was nothing to fear. But it wasn't safe_it never is. And this girl has paid with her health; and is in danger of paying with her life: The latest figures indicate that in New Zealand there are 4,600 unlawful abortions a year: For every I00 births there are seven natural abortions (miscarriages) and thirteen Induced abortions: This Is 1 threat to the future of our natlon: Not only S0, but terrible harm Is done to the women concerned: One in every two ends UP a chronic invalid: If drugs are used, untold damage can be done to liver and kidneys: Every woman who lends herself to criminal abortion risks sterility, sepsis and death: AII women married and unmarried _ must think of the dire consequences of unlawful abortion, when contemplating this crime against the nation and against themselves: Men, too, have a great responsibility. Every man who condones this practice is agreeing to the taking of one human life and the probable maiming of another. Except on medical grounds, abortion is a crime: Let the new life be bornl FOR A HEALTHIER NaTiON
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 274, 22 September 1944, Page 23
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