Labour Refuses To Support Shared Parenting
In Parliament today the Labour Government confirmed that it had no intention of supporting an amendment to the Care of
Children Bill to introduce Shared Parenting, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today.
"I asked the Minister: `Does she agree that present family law is tilted so heavily against fathers that thousands of
children are now totally alienated from their fathers, and if so, will she support my amendment to introduce Shared
Parenting into the Care of Children Bill?' Her answer to both questions was an emphatic No'!" Dr Newman said.
"This response has not only exposed the Labour Government's double-standards, but also its duplicity, given her
response to the question: `Does she agree that it is usually in the best interests and welfare of a child to have
regular ongoing contact with both of its parents; if so, would she support an amendment to the Care of Children Bill to
that effect?' She answered `Yes'.
"We now know that Labour has no intention of introducing Shared Parenting. Instead, the Minister intends to bring into
law politically correct legislation that sounds like Shared Parenting, but will be Sole Maternal Custody - maintaining
the status quo - in disguise.
"I want to apologise to the tens of thousands of children who will lose a parent through faulty and biased custody
laws, and to the parents and grandparents who lose contact with their children. Right now, Parliament has the chance to
change the laws that damage families and children but - thanks to Labour's feminist, anti-family ideology - it looks set
to fail.
"And, at this stage, it appears United Future, the Greens, and New Zealand First will all have to accept some
responsibility - unless they refuse to support the Government's attempts to pull the wool over their eyes," Dr Newman
said.