Assignment Abortion: Still Behind Closed Doors
An hour-long prime time current affairs programme featuring New Zealand stories. Assignment replaced TVNZ's long-running Frontline in 1995.
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1"Abortion: still behind closed doors." Abortion laws. In NZ almost 15,000 abortions are carried out annually. Most of the women who have abortions are single and in their 20's. What can be done about the rising abortion rate?
Reporters
- Kerryanne Evans (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Christine Forster (Abortion Supervisory Committee)
- Sarah (in her 20s and having her 3rd abortion)
- Leslie Cannad (bioethicist)
- Anna Brett (Dr., pregnancy counsellor)
- Jenny Street (SPUC president), Pippa McKay (doctor)
- Bill English MP (Health Minister)
- Margot Boetcher (pro-choice campaigner)
- Richard Egan (anti-abortion campaigner)
- Harry Cohen (doctor)
- Peter Foss (WA attorney-general)
- Hazel Hawke
- Beverly McMillan (anti-abortion campaigner)
- Francette Galibardy (anti-abortion campaigner)
- Madeleine Richards (SOUL)
- Matthew Flanagan (SOUL):
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Primary Title
- Assignment
Secondary Title
- Abortion: Still Behind Closed Doors
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 14 May 1998
Start Time
- 19 : 30
Finish Time
- 20 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- An hour-long prime time current affairs programme featuring New Zealand stories. Assignment replaced TVNZ's long-running Frontline in 1995.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Current affairs
Hosts
- Richard Long (Presenter)
Reporters
- Kerryanne Evans (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Anna Brett (Dr., pregnancy counsellor)
- Beverly McMillan (anti-abortion campaigner)
- Bill English MP (Health Minister)
- Christine Forster (Abortion Supervisory Committee)
- Francette Galibardy (anti-abortion campaigner)
- Harry Cohen (doctor)
- Hazel Hawke
- Jenny Street (SPUC president), Pippa McKay (doctor)
- Leslie Cannad (bioethicist)
- Madeleine Richards (SOUL)
- Margot Boetcher (pro-choice campaigner)
- Matthew Flanagan (SOUL):
- Peter Foss (WA attorney-general)
- Richard Egan (anti-abortion campaigner)
- Sarah (in her 20s and having her 3rd abortion)