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This party wants to ban puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for people under 18, and limit government-funded gender-related surgery to those aged 25 and over. They also want hospitals and other health facilities to keep single-sex spaces for women and girls. They call for better funded maternity and midwifery services, and want women's health services like cervical smears and breast screening to be free and available to all women.
“The Women's Rights Party supports a ban on the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to treat children and adolescents under the age of 18 who are presenting with "sex-related distress", and to restrict Government-funded masculinisation or feminisation cosmetic surgery to those aged over 25 (currently aged over 18).”
“Women and girls have the right to single-sex gatherings and facilities that preserve women's and girls' safety and dignity. These include, but are not limited to toilets, changing rooms, prisons, refuges, rape crisis centres, saunas, swimming facilities, hospital rooms and other facilities.”
“Women's health services, including cervical smears and breast screening, must be free and easily available to all women.”
Summarised neutrally from The New Zealand Women’s Rights Party’s own official policy (as at 2026-09-26) and checked by an editor. Nothing is paraphrased without the source linked. Read the original ↗ Politika is non-partisan. Compare all parties on Health →
On maternity: continuity of midwifery care funded properly, publicly funded primary maternity services rural and urban, paid maternity leave extended from six months to twelve, and partner leave on top. Women’s screening free and available. On treatment: a ban on puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for under-18s presenting with sex-related distress, government-funded masculinisation or feminisation surgery restricted to over-25s, and an inquiry into Health NZ’s contracting of PATHA.
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