Speak Up

The anti-abortion group ProLife was accused before the Auckland University Students’ Association (AUSA) of spreading "harmful misinformation" in a pamphlet alleging that abortion can lead to subsequent premature births, miscarriages or infertility, and can cause mental health problems.

AUSA called for a general membership meeting on July 18, 2012 at the university quad to decide on whether the group should be disaffiliated, and therefore, not allowed to further cause “harassment” on students. With more than 300 people in attendance, the move was voted down (225-117) thereby allowing the club to stay within the association.

Pope Benedict XVI in a meeting with the Pontifical Academy for life last year, said, “Through moral conscience God speaks to each of us, inviting us to defend human life at all times, and in this personal bond with the Creator lies the profound dignity of moral conscience and the reason for its inviolability. It is necessary that society as a whole must defend the conceived child’s right to life and the true good of the woman who can never, in any circumstances, find fulfillment in the decision to abort.”

There are many Biblical references to God’s profound love for the unborn, as in Job 3:11-16, when Job equates the pre-born child with kings, counselors and princes. In Jeremiah 1:5 says "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart, I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."

For us given life, we must protect life, especially the defenseless in the womb. “If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. Deliver those who are drawn toward death, and hold back those stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, ‘Surely we did not know this,’ does not He who weighs the heart consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?” (Proverbs 24:10-12a)

In a liberal New Zealand society that legalizes abortion, the vote was not simply a debate on free speech, but also, a headcount on those who stood for the rights of the unborn. The vote was a victory for the unborn.

Pro-life Club president Amy Blowers was reported to have broken down in tears as she was embraced by club members after the votes were counted. Well done, Amy. Well done, 225. You did exactly what Proverbs 31:8 states: “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves…”