Event Reports

2011 Conference Highlights!
Contributed by Real Choices Australia.

Our 2011 inaugural annual conference was an extraordinary success by any standard.  Attended by more than 60 delegates from around Australia, and including delegates from New Zealand and the UK, it was a valuable time to share research and strategies from around the world.
 
It was refreshing to see so many new and passionate people wanting to learn more about the damaging impact of abortion, and the strategies we can implement to better support women.
 
Speakers presented on a broad range of issues, and included the very latest in academic research on the adverse psychological outcomes of abortion, also addressing the issue of the psychological impact of RU486. 
 
An adoption workshop conducted by our Patron Melissa Ohden was highly evaluated and raised many issues about the inadequacy of adoption processes in our country.  This has highlighted an area of potential research for us which we will pursue over the coming months.
 
Further highlights from the conference will be made available on our website over the next couple of weeks.
 
In the meantime....
 
PLEASE MARK YOUR DIARIES FOR NEXT YEAR!
 
Yes, we have set the date for next year's conference!
 
May 18-20, 2012
 
Venue to be advised.

In October a Victorian State School Principal wrote this enthusiastic endorsement of the 'Wonder of Life' (in the womb) Program.

“On behalf of the staff and students I would like to thankyou for providing our students with an informative, and thought provoking presentation recently.

It was a very engaging session for our grade 5/6 students. The tone was positive and all students were encouraged to participate at their level of understanding.

Responses during question time were appropriate and educational. All students felt comfortable during this session, which was delivered in a caring and thoughtful manner.

Your presentation of the content was appropriate and you was able to provide meaningful answers to all questions, which satisfied the childrens’ curiosity without making them feel embarrassed in front of their peers.

Following your presentation, the children wrote very positive and informed comments.

Thank you once again for this program which I thoroughly endorse and whole heartedly recommend to other schools".

After four and a half months of deliberation and review of the approval process, the Deputy Director-General of DET issued a statement on 27th October that “there were significant flaws at each stage of the review assessment, authorisation and registration process”.

A number of reasons were stated to justify their decision to remove the program’s approval. It is still unclear what constitutes many of those so called ‘significant flaws’.  They also conceded that, as far as the DET is concerned, “the presentation is not ‘banned’ from NSW public schools. It is simply not an ‘authorised performance’”.
 
The DDG also stated that “Choices of Life is entitled to make approaches to any NSW public school”, a presentation being conditional on the approval of the Principal.

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