27 Nov 2024

The story of opening of NZ's first abortion clinic

From Nine To Noon, 11:20 am on 27 November 2024
1973 pro-abortion march in Wellington

Photo: Te Ara

Historian Jock Phillips talks about the controversial opening of the country's first abortion clinic in Auckland in 1974.

The original clinic in Remuera was swiftly raided by police, and a doctor charged.

A subsequent clinic had bomb scares and arson attacks.

The Auckland Medical Aid Centre reopened again in 1979, but abortion remained under the Crime Act until 2020.