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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa

@alranz.bsky.social
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ALRANZ has been advocating for reproductive justice since 1970 and we aren't going anywhere ✊🏽

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 2h
One in ten people backing NZ First is definitely a worry, but thankfully they aren't reaching levels of support comparable to MAGA (US), Reform (UK) or One Nation (Australia) hopefully in a few years they'll be back to polling around 2-3% again reut.rs/4rWbPJ3 Crossposted with @openvibe.social
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#Antichoice Health Minister Simeon Brown banned puberty blockers against all expert advice. It's w/the courts now. If he can ban treatment for one group of people, TRUST that he will go after #abortion if this government is given another term. Brown & any antis do not listen to experts. #nzpol
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Yes absolutely!
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♿ hiding from plagues - Always masked - N95 or bust @smollestbunny2.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
They essentially have banned treatment for some groups by privatizing healthcare as well. That group being poor people
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Sophie these days @spiderandme.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#AbortionIsHealthcare #nzpol
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It's about total control of women and girls, never about care for life.
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We wonder why 🤔 Pregnancy Choice, one of the largest Crisis Pregnancy Centre (CPC) is only NOW putting a disclaimer on their website? They're disinformation, antichoice centres. They say, "Our supporters are not professionally registered counsellors, midwives, doctors, or medical specialists" #nzpol
Pregnancy Choice website screenshot where they have put up a disclaimer which says they're not liable for any damages or anything they say because they are not medical professionals and are all staff. 

📢 ⁉️ We wonder 🤔 why one of the largest Crisis Pregnancy Centres (CPC) in Aotearoa New Zealand - Pregnancy Choice, is only *NOW* putting a disclaimer on their website? This is new. 

We have been vocal 🔊📢 about the disinformation from CPCs and the very real danger CPCs put pregnant people in by their information and services they offer. So if they're just a bunch of volunteers with no expertise - why are they giving medical advice and in some cases, offering pregnancy scans!?

Every. Single. Crisis Pregnancy Centre in Aotearoa NZ is anti-choice and anti-lgbtqia. These are anti-abortion centres. 

#nzpol #cpc #crisispregnancy #crisispregnancycenter #disinformation #abortion #abortionishealthcare #prolife #antichoice #antiabortion #ReproJustice #ProlifemyassLimitation of Liability
Engagement with our services is entirely voluntary. We take no liability for a client's independent decisions, nor for any harm or perceived harm resulting from the voluntary receipt of our information and support.Not Professional Counselling or Medical Advice
Our supporters are not professionally registered counsellors, midwives, doctors, or medical specialists. The information we provide across all our services—including this website, phone calls, online chats, texts, and in-person visits—is for general educational and emotional support purposes only.
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#Antichoice Health Minister Simeon Brown banned puberty blockers against all expert advice. It's w/the courts now. If he can ban treatment for one group of people, TRUST that he will go after #abortion if this government is given another term. Brown & any antis do not listen to experts. #nzpol
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump announces importing diesel from Russia. 1 It will kill Ukrainians 2 What happened to the sanctions? 3 IT WILL KILL UKRAINIANS
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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 09/10/2026
I've got space on my books for supervision clients at the moment. It's a space for personal & professional development, support navigating the challenges in our mahi, and a space to learn from and about how we work. Whakapā mai, kōrero mai! rainbowsupervisionaotearoa.pagexl.com
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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RobboFox @robbofox.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Come election day there won't be a single reason left to vote for this crowd www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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Qiulae Wong says no tax reform next term 'worth considering' in potential deal with National
Christopher Luxon points to Wong's land tax when ruling out Opportunity.
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
American influence from anti-choice groups like Voice for Life, Right to Life & every single CPC is pushing American rhetoric. Family First NZ routinely travel overseas to learn to import anti-choice anti-lgbtqia policies here which is why this is all occuring now with NZ First & National #abortion
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
President of ALRANZ, Alma De Anda is also a candidate for Selwyn for the Greens & was able to spell out the propaganda they're using to attack abortion rights. This gov has laid the groundwork to ban abortion because they already banned healthcare for trans kids - tried to anyway, it's w/courts now
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yesterday Elizabeth Mundt, NZ First candidate for Selwyn had her mates plant a question that is being circulated by propaganda machines Family First NZ & the entire anti-choice movement in NZ..they're exploiting pregnancy loss as later abortions. Trying to vilify abortion providers & women #nzpol
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
South Korea: Mifegyne is a medical abortion pill taken in early pregnancy to terminate pregnancy. What happened for Mifegyne to become such a major issue that the president himself advocated for it? A science journalist takes a close, friendly look at it through the lens of science.
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Korea Debates Mifegyne Abortion Pill as President Lee Jae-myung Backs Access
Seven years after abortion crime was ruled unconstitutional, doctors push for safe medical abortion and broader reproductive health rights
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
With the Act party launch today, I’m staying well away from the place. 3 years ago I accidentally stumbled into the launch they had at Skycity. I was taking the moko to visit Weta and it was traumatic for both of us.
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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 30/09/2026
Fuck around, find out. I'm happy to see this one #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2026/09/30/n...
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NZ hit with landmark EU trade complaint, minister rejects claim
The most extreme consequences for New Zealand could be losing access to the lucrative European market.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Government retirement village policy a 'disgrace' - Residents Association
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Government retirement village policy a 'disgrace' - Residents Association
The Retirement Village Residents Association says the government's approach to a repayment deadline is a disappointing disgrace.
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We should be rioting honestly WTF
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For 33 years, McConnell has voted against family and medical leave for working Americans. Then he disappears from the Senate for 92 days and keeps collecting his full paycheck. Apparently, paid leave is only a problem when someone else gets it.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
NOAA just announced that this summer was the hottest on record in the United States.
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"They said the confrontation then became racist, with the man allegedly telling them: “Go back to your country, you f...ing idiots.” " Incidents like this become more frequent with mainstream politicians fueling racism awaaz.co.nz/belonging/de... Crossposted with @openvibe.social
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'Devastating': Indian family racially abused in Christchurch, hunt on to identify attacker
“We’ll always be reminded of this, thanks to this man who thinks we don’t belong.”
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Fact checking feels like a "hit piece" when you peddle in DISINFORMATION. #nzpol #NZFirst #FamilyFirstNZ #Mundt #abortion #abortionishealthcare #proabortion #prochoice #ReproJustice www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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The truth behind NZ First candidate’s abortion claims
Senior journalist Paula Penfold examines an NZ First candidate’s abortion claims against the law, official data and medical practice.
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
True!
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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#NZpol John Ansell is best known in political circles for coming up with Iwi vs Kiwi type billboards. Now he's simping for the worst conspiracy theorists he can find.
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Any political party that does not actively reject this is effectively part of it.
In the video, members of the crowd can be heard claiming the meeting was being shut down “to protect the Labour mass murderer”.

Harford said candidates and others formed a barricade around Verrall as the group crowded around her, at times “sticking their arms through and trying to grab at her”.

“I’m not quite sure what their end goal was but they all wanted to get up in her face.

“There were a few of us holding them back and it got to the point where we were having to physically shove them back.”

A police officer can be seen talking to the group, with Ansell saying, “the police are in cahoots with the vaccine murderers”.

“That was fun,” Young told Ansell on camera afterwards.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
After four years of struggling to talk about abortion, Republicans think they’ve found the message that will take them through the midterms and into 2028
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The GOP’s 2028 Abortion Strategy in One Word: Massachusetts
Republican candidates will lean into “late” abortion. Democrats need to be ready.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I just published an uncharacteristically long piece on what conservatives' response to the Lindsay Clancy case really means. I hope you'll take the time to read it—I think it's important
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The Real Stakes of the Lindsay Clancy Gender War
Conservatives are using a Massachusetts murder case to argue for an end to women’s voting rights
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Conservatives have a major political interest in rejecting Lindsay Clancy’s legal defense. If they concede postpartum psychosis is real, they’ll also have to admit that pregnancy and childbirth are dangerous for women’s mental health. And that could take down their abortion politics entirely
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The Real Stakes of the Lindsay Clancy Gender War
Conservatives are using a Massachusetts murder case to argue for an end to women’s voting rights
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This isn’t run-of-the-mill conservative outrage or harmless thought exercises. It’s a political trial balloon. Conservatives are looking for any reason at all to broadly subjugate women, and they see the furor around Clancy’s case as their best opportunity in years.
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The Real Stakes of the Lindsay Clancy Gender War
Conservatives are using a Massachusetts murder case to argue for an end to women’s voting rights
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Conservatives have a political interest in rejecting Lindsay Clancy’s legal defense. If they concede postpartum psychosis is real, they’ll also have to admit that pregnancy & childbirth are dangerous for women’s mental health& that could take down their abortion politics entirely-J. Valenti #nzpol
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s face said it all.
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
AGM for ALRANZ 22nd September 7-8pm link & agenda to follow
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
#nzpol
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GreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
#nzpol
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is counter to every principle of librarianship.
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Thalia @thaliathalia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Aotearoa, have you all heard about the new Boring Fund? They're fundraising to provide $500 no strings grants to cover the 'boring' things charities need, but often can't spend grants on: printer ink, power bills, accounting, web hosting, whatever. Read more here: opencollective.com/the-boring-f...
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The Boring Fund Aotearoa - Open Collective
Money for the boring stuff that keeps communities running. Click the about button to learn more about this kaupapa. If donating through here is a FAFF email us at hello@boringfund.nz and we can give y...
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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Louise - 'let them eat cake' - Upston, goes to ground, after TVNZ reveals her department told 8000 hungry Kiwis food was not an "essential" requirement #FMD #nzpol
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Contact someone in the local Greens - even on socials and they can figure out a solution
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🚩Anti-choice politicians are a REAL threat to democracy & human rights. Health Minister Simeon Brown believes this propaganda & will be happy to 🛑 abortion access, as are the high profile fundies in National & NZ First. Vote them OUT #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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A political candidate says a topic has ‘haunted’ her for years. We fact check her claims
Senior journalist Paula Penfold examines an NZ First candidate’s abortion claims against the law, official data and medical practice.
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We need journalists to follow Paula Penfold's lead & treat these unhinged views as serious & fact check them. The anti-choice movement in NZ wants to punish women & abortion providers of given another term w/ National & NZF happy to repeal abortion law. Vote! #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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A political candidate says a topic has ‘haunted’ her for years. We fact check her claims
Senior journalist Paula Penfold examines an NZ First candidate’s abortion claims against the law, official data and medical practice.
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Most are, but these people have a lot of money and spare time.
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I made a game for meet the candidate events and the debates when they come up! It’s called Bullshit Bingo - just tap the lie or misleading statement when you hear them to get points. Fill out the boxes for a bonus or unlock a streak bonuses for lots of lies in a short time. www.election2026.co.nz
Game board of Bullshit Bingo
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Oh great - now NZ First candidates are campaigning on reversing the Abortion Legalisation Act because of bullshit scaremongering that’s tied into Christian fundamentalism. This election really is so freaking dumb.
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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
They went out and danced this weekend - the latest fundamentalist Christian group trying to strip people of rights and stop progress is here - Turning Point NZ paulbarlow.substack.com/p/turning-po...
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Turning Point is Here, Hiding In The Shadows
The sad devotees who want to see themselves as persecuted for their beliefs
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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
W/ National & NZ First’s candidate list now is a vein of openly fundamentalist Christians whose past actions showcase an affinity for ideology TPNZ wants to push - Simeon Brown & his connection to anti-abortion groups while studying, his personal blocking of Puberty Blocker access and data #nzpol
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