__NOTOC__ The Royal Commission on Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion was carried out in

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from 1975 to 1977, shortly after the 1975 general election. The members of the

Royal Commission A royal commission is a major ad-hoc formal public inquiry into a defined issue in some monarchies. They have been held in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Malaysia, Mauritius and Saudi Arabia. In republics an equi ...

were M. D. Matich, Barbara J. Thomson, Dame Dorothy Winstone,

Duncan McMullin Sir Duncan Wallace McMullin (1 May 1927 – 26 June 2017) was a New Zealand jurist. He was a judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand, Court of Appeal of Fiji and Cook Islands Court of Appeal. Early life and family Born in the Auckland sub ...

(chair), Denese Henare and M. R. McGregor. Shortly after the release of the report the Government passed the

Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977 Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977, also known as the CS&A Act 1977, is an Act of Parliament in New Zealand. It was passed shortly following an inquiry by the Royal Commission on Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion. The ...

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How the NZ Royal Commission saw the Unborn Child
- The Life Resources Charitable Trust Abortion in New Zealand 1975 establishments in New Zealand Royal commissions in New Zealand 1977 disestablishments in New Zealand

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