The Green Party have released their health policy. It’s quite the jumble of themes, phobias & woke terms. To be fair, there’s a couple of good things – but it’s predominantly pro abortion, transing and euthanasia. And a (whacky) claim that females only give birth to “most” babies.
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Green Health Policy – Phobias, Birth Parents & Puberty Blockers
The Green Party have released their health policy. It’s quite the jumble of themes, phobias and woke terms. To be fair, there’s a couple of good things – but it’s predominantly pro abortion, transing and euthanasia. No surprises.
All people in Aotearoa will live in a country with improved determinants of health, holistic preventive interventions and comprehensive health services that removes health disparities and promotes equity for the most marginalised groups – including women, Māori, Pasifika, Rainbow, disabled, fat, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, and those living with chronic conditions, rare disorders and stigmatised diseases such as HIV.
The first question you’re dying to ask is “what is a woman”. Can a woman have a penis, and can a man have a cervix.
If they Greens can’t get that right, why would you trust them with any other medical issue.
And is HIV still “stigmatised”? The risk factors or behaviours may rightly be, but not the disease or the treatment itself.
Strategic Priorities
Actions in this policy that will help achieve our strategic priorities on health include:
Reconfigure our health system towards recognising and acting on oppressive and intersecting biases (e.g. racism, sexism, ableism, fatphobia, ageism, queerphobia, transphobia) and the knowledge and skills required to work with affected communities, such as Deaf and disabled people.
There’s a lot of phobias in there. Fatphobia, ageism
Lots of critical theory of intersection, oppressed & oppressed.
Actually I heard some ageism just recently – from one of the green MPs
I’m certainly glad the Greens are gonna counter that ageism. Maybe there’s some ableism in there as well. Sexism. And the denigrating of flatulence is a definite problem.
Invest in and ensure timely and equitable access to the most up-to-date research, procedures, medicines, diagnostics, vaccines, and other health technologies—including gender-affirming healthcare
Are those compulsory vaccines? They don’t say.
And gender affirming healthcare? In other words, conversion therapy. But the type that is okay according to politicians. Pushing vulnerable especially young people towards the chemicalisation and castration of healthy body parts in the name of gender ideology. The Greens want you the taxpayer to fund the flawed ideology.
And we already know that. Benjamin Bussy Doyle the former Green MP already told us that
1. Whānau – Intergenerational
This whānau (family/connection) section covers a safe pregnancy, setting a child up for life and whanaungatanga (building strong relationships).
A safe pregnancy? How do they define that? Is it the right to life? The right to be born?
A. A safe pregnancy
In our vision, every baby is a wanted baby – born into a whānau (family) who greets them with joy. Every child is conceived in love and, even if not planned, every pregnancy is a choice.
Every baby is wanted – except when they’re not. Then they can be killed in the womb.
Every child is conceived in love – except when they’re not wanted.
Even if not planned, every pregnancy is a choice. There you have the ultimate contradiction. The correct phrase is “every pregnancy is a consequence of sexual activity”. Even they admit that the consequence may not be planned. But abortion is their simple solution (or choice) which harms both the mother and the baby.
But they it gets real real whacky….
All those who want to form a family are supported to do so. This includes cisgender women who give birth to mostbabies and others able to give birth, such as trans men and non-binary people.
Um… that’s biological women then. No man has every given birth. Ever.
All mothers and birth parents (same thing) are provided wraparound support through their pregnancy, while giving birth, and afterward.
So they’re going to push abortion and the reproductive rights of “Rainbow communities”.
Actions
Provide comprehensive sexual health and reproductive health services, including contraception, abortion, assisted reproduction, maternity, post-natal, and surrogacy services.
And of course “surrogacy services” likely means to include intentionally denying a child with a mother or with a father through surrogacy for same-sex parents. So it’s the rights of adults, not the basic rights of children.
Respect, protect, and provide for the sexual and reproductive rights and self-determination of disabled people and Rainbow communities, including the prevention of forced sterilisation and discrimination.
Here’s a fact check. The reproductive rights of “Rainbow communities” are not determined by the Green party. Biology determines reproductive rights, doesn’t it. Only a male and a female can create a child. That’s your reproductive right – compliments of biology 101. Biology discriminates.
Then a section on being overweight
Recognise the harm of institutionalised fatphobia, counter anti-fat bias within the health system, remove weight-related barriers to medical care, and resource fat-led research and activism.
Reconfigure our health system towards recognising and acting on oppressive and intersecting biases (e.g. racism, sexism, ableism, fatphobia, ageism, queerphobia, transphobia) and the knowledge and skills required to work with affected communities, such as Deaf and disabled people.
I don’t know about you but I always thought that the concern about being overweight (or a bit too much fat) was actually a good concern. A health concern. But no, apparently it’s fatphobia. An oppressive and intersecting bias.
Nothing to do with diabetes, heart disease, risk of stroke, sleep apnoea, osteoarthritis, fatty liver disease, certain cancers.
Is this a health policy, or a campaign against hurty feelings?
C. Being seen and finding hope
In our vision, the world is free from the harmful use of substances.
Fantastic! Drug free. Free from dope. Oh wait, there’s not a mention of marijuana, drugs, nope. Just smoking and alcohol.
Actions
Provide wellbeing-focused advocacy, regulation, and cessation support for addictive products, including tobacco, nicotine, and alcohol, to remedy and prevent harmful commercial influence.
There is one positive in this. It says…
Transition privately funded health services to fully funded publicly owned services provided for free – including dental care, general practitioner clinics, ambulance and emergency services, aged care, palliative care, and mental health services.
Fully funded palliative care. That’s a good one. But have they costed the dental one?
Prohibit direct-to-public marketing by drug companies.
Good. Only US and NZ allow it – in the world.
Enable community leadership in health responses for marginalised communities, such as Rainbow communities and people with rare disorders.
Are they comparing Rainbow communities with “rare disorders”? I hope not! And what are the health responses that they don’t already receive – just like the rest of us. Of course there are none. Except puberty blockers and chopping off health body parts in the name of gender confusion. But that’s a good thing.
Living language and culture
Rituals and ceremonies are an expression of wairua and are essential to our health and well-being. These range from our personal daily routines, to whānau dinners or Sunday church, to community-wide Lantern Festivals or Pride, to the national recognition of Anzac Day and Matariki. We honour the sacred places such as marae, churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, ūrūpā, and cemeteries. Whether simple or more elaborate, rituals and ceremonies give us a sense of community, connection, and identity, and we remember that we are a part of a bigger picture and a longer history.
That sounds lovely. I look forward to their support of churches, Easter, Christmas, the Judaeo-Christian values which have underpinned our kiwi culture.
C. Planning for the end of life
In our vision, we make plans for the end of our life on our own terms, involving whānau, friends, and health or legal professionals as we see fit. Our decisions are enabled by guaranteed access to fully-funded and culturally appropriate palliative care. This is provided to us at home, in our communities, and in hospices. We exercise our right to refuse medical treatment or seek medically-assisted death,
Medically assisted death is a nice way of saying euthanasia – or killing a patient
and we respect the right of healthcare practitioners to refuse to perform futile medical procedures or medically-assisted death.
They voted against full conscience rights when the euthanasia bill was going through Parliament in 2019.
Actions
Prioritise strengthening and expanding support systems and care for those with serious illness over expanding assisted dying options.
That’s a good priority – but given their support for euthanasia, it means nothing.
So the policy has a few positives – but it’s basically a feast of abortion, euthanasia, gender ideology, critical theory and lots of phobias.
I think I need a health check after reading it.
