From crime to care

From Crime to Care presents the history of abortion in Aotearoa New Zealand from pre-colonial times to the present, including the state of play since the 2020 law change, weaving in stories and experiences from key people on both sides of the debate. After the first abortion clinic opened in 1974 there were protests and pickets, and the issue shaped our politics in the 1970s. Moral crusaders, activists, legislators, abortion-providers and many others put their reputations and sometimes their liv