I do want to acknowledge that there are some very strongly held views in this Chamber. I don't want to diminish those views. I have extraordinary respect for freedom of speech and freedom of religion. But I support this bill for a few very fundamental and simple reasons. The first is I believe that every woman in New Zealand has the right to control her body. It's very simple. It's very simple; in fact, it's so simple that we are one of the most archaic countries in the world—even Catholic Ireland has more liberal abortion laws than New Zealand. That's right, we were the first country to give women the vote and we've had extraordinary female leaders that have come over generations on different sides of the House, but we are less liberal on abortion laws than Ireland. 