Life
Support legislative measures that will uphold and protect the inalienable and fundamental rights of every person; to life, to the essential liberties of conscience, to equal treatment under the law, to the ownership of property and to a livelihood that enhances the dignity and security of each person.
Oppose legislation that allows human embryos to be produced, used and destroyed in the harvesting of embryonic stem cells (as distinct from the use of ethically acceptable adult stem cells) or in human cloning experiments.
Support a permanent embargo on all tax funding for procured abortions, destructive human embryo experiments, and the artificial reproduction of human life for any utilitarian end.
Substantially increase the allocation of funding for palliative care facilities for the terminally ill, and the active promotion of palliative care public policy, in opposition to the legalisation of euthanasia.
Marriage and Family
Support legislation that preserves and protects marriage as the voluntary union of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, for life.
Oppose legislative or administrative measures that undermine or degrade marriage by conferring on homosexual, lesbian or transsexual pairings any form of legal recognition of their relationships, per se, whether through “civil unions”, “relationship registers” or other legal device.
Statutorily recognise the principle that no child should be conceived to be born and reared deliberately deprived of a mother or father. For example, as in the cases of single men, homosexuals, women and lesbians who access artificial reproduction technologies including IVF.
Acknowledge in all legislation affecting families the need to:
- Preserve and protect the institution of marriage
- Maintain the moral, social, legal and economic support of the traditional family unit as the most effective (including cost-effective) means to safeguard children from the harm of exploitation, violence, pornography, drugs and crime