ABC
News, The World Today, NZ correspondent Dominique Schwartz. 8th
May, 2012
The
New Zealand government is planning to offer free long-term
contraception to women on welfare payments in a budget measure that
is whipping up a storm of fury.
While
some family planning organisations have welcomed the move, one
poverty action group says it borders on state control of
reproduction.
New
Zealand has one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancies among
OECD countries. A United Nations report last year also highlighted
what it called the country's "staggering" rates of child
abuse and poverty.
The
government says it is committed to helping families break out of the
beneficiary cycle by getting recipients back into education and jobs.
To that end, it has unveiled a $230 million welfare reform package.
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