Media coverage: removing children at birth

Media on Paula Bennett’s recent comments about enabling courts to direct parents who have abused or killed a child not to have children, or have them removed at birth, is collated below.

Print

‘Govt: Abusers could have children taken away at birth’, NZ Herald, 6/6/12

‘Court-ordered baby ban backlash’, stuff.co.nz, 7/6/12

‘Sterilisation not on Government agenda’, Dominion Post, 7/6/12

‘Forced sterilisation 'a step too far'’, Dominion Post, 7/6/12

‘Questions over child killer procreation ban’, NZ Herald, 7/6/12

Editorials

‘Editorial: Ban on abusers breeding a step too far’, NZ Herald, 8/6/12

‘Editorial: Kids' safety comes first’, Dominion Post, 11/6/12

Radio

‘Banning child abusers from parenting - Paula Bennett’ and ‘Banning child abusers from parenting – a reaction’, Radio New Zealand  - Nine to Noon, 7/6/12

‘Efficacy of ban on abusive men questioned’, Radio New Zealand, 7/6/12

Comment

‘Bennett should swap the cheap shots for solutions’, Green Party, 6/6/12

‘Bennett takes another step on slippery slope to eugenics’, Auckland Action Against Poverty, 6/6/12

‘Spay the Rich and Free the Poor’, MANA, 7/6/12

‘Focus policy on root causes of child abuse', Opinion: Metiria Turei, Dominion Post, 12/6/12

‘Criminisalising pregnancy no solution’, Women’s Health Action, 12/6/12