Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 44 No. 5. March 30 1981

Conscience and the Right to Choose

Conscience and the Right to Choose

We recognise that some people sincerely believe that abortion is morally wrong. Some women for religious or other reasons would never consider abortion for themselves and we respect their right to make that conscious choice. But, no-one should have the right to coerce another into acting against their will and the dictates of their conscience. Anti-abortionists have no right to force their brand of morality onto the rest of the population. To deny women the right to choose whether or not to have a child is merely to reinforce and bolster the entire social repression of women.

Denese Black

Women's Rights Action Committee NZUSA