Kōrero: Abortion

Opposition on the march

Opposition on the march

In the front row of an anti-abortion march in Wellington’s Willis Street in 1974 were the leaders of the New Zealand movement. Professor William Liley, Dr Diana Mason, Ruth Kirk and Archbishop Reginald Delargey (from left to right) represented the medical, political and religious establishments. Liley was a founder and first president of the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC). Mason was second president of SPUC and medical superintendent at the Alexandra Home for Unmarried Mothers. Kirk was married to Prime Minister Norman Kirk. Delargey was the leader of the Catholic Church in New Zealand.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Evening Post Collection (PAColl-0614)
Reference: 1/4-021837-F

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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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Megan Cook, 'Abortion - Opposition and support from the 1960s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/29018/opposition-on-the-march (accessed 13 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Megan Cook, i tāngia i te 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 8 Nov 2018