{"id":310525,"date":"2021-03-25T15:31:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T19:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=310525"},"modified":"2021-03-25T15:31:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T19:31:41","slug":"new-zealand-parliament-acknowledges-pain-of-miscarriage-with-new-paid-leave-law-but-still-has-loose-abortion-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-zealand-parliament-acknowledges-pain-of-miscarriage-with-new-paid-leave-law-but-still-has-loose-abortion-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Parliament Acknowledges Pain Of Miscarriage With New Paid Leave Law, But Still Has Loose Abortion Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-zealand-parliament-acknowledges-pain-of-miscarriage-with-new-paid-leave-law-but-still-has-loose-abortion-restrictions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=310525&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3507.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Wednesday, New Zealand lawmakers approved a bill that would provide paid bereavement leave for people after they experience a miscarriage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/25\/asia\/new-zealand-bereavement-leave-miscarriage-scli-intl\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> reports that workers in the nation will be allowed to take three days of leave after a miscarriage, as defined by the law, \u201cwhich is set to gain royal assent after passing its final stage in parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ginny Andersen was the Labour member of Parliament who introduced the bill. She \u201csaid it would make New Zealand only the second country to provide such a benefit to her knowledge. India allows women six weeks of leave after a miscarriage,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/25\/asia\/new-zealand-bereavement-leave-miscarriage-scli-intl\/index.html\">outlet<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can only hope that while we may be one of the first, we will not be one of the last, and that other countries will also begin to legislate for a compassionate and fair leave system that recognizes the pain and the grief that comes from miscarriage and stillbirth,\u201d she said in parliament.<\/p>\n<p>At the bill\u2019s reading on Wednesday night, Andersen stated that many employers already give leave to employees who go through a miscarriage. However, she said \u201cthere are some who are making employees use up their sick leave at a time when they are dealing with extreme loss, and that is callous and that is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s parliament has recently taken steps \u201cthat have been hailed by women\u2019s rights groups,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/25\/asia\/new-zealand-bereavement-leave-miscarriage-scli-intl\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the country loosened its restrictions on abortion and effectively changed the previous law that treated abortion as a criminal offense, \u201cthough officials say that no one has ever been prosecuted for it. The new law would remove it from the criminal statutes, and provides no penalties for violation,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/03\/18\/world\/australia\/new-zealand-abortion.html\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The new abortion <a href=\"https:\/\/legislation.govt.nz\/bill\/government\/2019\/0164\/latest\/LMS237600.html\">law<\/a> states that there are no limitations to receiving an abortion if a woman is less than 20 weeks pregnant. However, if she is more than 20 weeks pregnant, a health practitioner can perform an abortion \u201cif the health practitioner reasonably believes that the abortion is clinically appropriate in the circumstances.\u201d The method for finding such reasons is fairly open. The woman\u2019s physical health, mental health, and overall well-being are the considerations that the health practitioner must take into account when determining whether or not to perform an abortion. The practitioner must also \u201cconsult at least 1 other qualified health practitioner\u201d and consider the age of the fetus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/03\/18\/world\/australia\/new-zealand-abortion.html\">The New York Times<\/a> reports, \u201cThe law does not prohibit abortion for the purpose of sex selection, but states that Parliament is opposed to the practice, and directs the government to study the issue and report back on it within five years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her remarks on Wednesday, Andersen also implied that the new legislation regarding leave after miscarriages might help create an environment where there is less of a stigma surrounding the topic of miscarriage. \u201cI hope that this bill will go some way in allowing women to feel more comfortable about talking about miscarriage and that they feel comfortable reaching out for support and for help in what is a huge physical and emotional loss,\u201d Andersen said.<\/p>\n<p>The move illuminates the government\u2019s efforts to acknowledge the pain of losing a child in pregnancy, but stands in stark contrast to some when considered in light of the parliament\u2019s moves to create broader access to abortion last year.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, New Zealand lawmakers approved a bill that would provide paid bereavement leave for people after they experience a miscarriage.CNN reports that workers in the nation will be allowed &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311150,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3507.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"New Zealand Parliament Acknowledges Pain Of Miscarriage With New Paid Leave Law, But Still Has Loose Abortion Restrictions","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-310525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3507.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"New Zealand Parliament Acknowledges Pain Of Miscarriage With New Paid Leave Law, But Still Has Loose Abortion Restrictions","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}