Christchurch woman Miriam was denied the chance to share her story in front of the select committee for the Abortion Legislation Bill. Like a lot of other young women her age, Miriam’s biggest fear was what her parents would think. I couldn’t bring myself to tell my father and swore my mother to secrecy.”The events that followed changed Miriam’s life forever. But she was denied the opportunity, along with 95 per cent of submitters who wanted to speak. But, it only heard 150 oral submissions, out of 2890 people who asked to speak.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 11, 2019 16:04 UTC