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Anti-abortion protesters outside the Parkview Clinic, 1989

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Anti-abortion protesters outside the Parkview Clinic, 1989

Conflict over abortion continued through the 1980s. The road outside Parkview Clinic in Wellington was the site of frequent protest. Here, seven anti-abortion protestors remain outside Parkview after a clash between those for and against that saw 16 people arrested.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1989/3984

by Ray Pigney

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Megan Cook, Abortion – Abortion: 1990s to 21st century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/29031/anti-abortion-protesters-outside-the-parkview-clinic-1989 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 21 April 2011.