Pallett SarahSARAH PALLETT (Labour—Ilam): Thank you Mr Speaker. If there's one thing that the past week has shown us it is that settled law can be overthrown. This week we have seen Roe v Wade which had been settled law for 49 years—49 years—overthrown by the Supreme Court in the United States of America. It was overthrown by judges who swore under oath that they regarded it as settled law.So when I hear the Leader of the National Party a man who let us not forget told us that abortion in his view is tantamount to murder a statement that renders a quarter of all women in Aotearoa who have had an abortion as tantamount to being murderers and when Mr Luxon tells us that he considers that the abortion law reforms passed in 2020 two short years ago—not 49 years ago; two short years ago—is settled I am not reassured. I am not reassured that our gains are secure. I am not reassured not when 13 of the 32 current National caucus members voted No to that abortion law reform in 2020 and not when nine of the current National caucus voted against even establishing a safe area around abortion providers which is set to protect people seeking abortion care from harassment intimidation and threats. Nine of the National Party caucus voted against that legislation this year. When almost all of the recent leaders of the National Party with the exception of the Hon Judith Collins who is sitting opposite—Mr Luxon Dr Reti Mr Bridges Mr Muller Mr English and Mr Key voted or would have voted No to the abortion law reform that this Government shepherded through in 2020 please let us realise that this is who they are. They are telling us very clearly where they stand and what they want to achieve. Tell me again that I should not worry my little head around women and pregnant people retaining the fundamental rights to determine what happens to their own bodies because my head like most women's heads is actually capable of holding more than one concern in it at a time. I am concerned because I know that any National Party member can put a member's bill in the tin and if it is drawn from the biscuit tin it will be put before the House when I remind you a third voted No to abortion law reform. I am concerned too because I know that legislation is not the only way to remove or reduce rights. Gains made can be easily lost. Reducing access to abortion does not reduce the number of abortions; it reduces the number of safe abortions. Roe v Wade being overturned will result in women girls and pregnant people dying and that is not what I or anyone in Labour's caucus would describe as a good day.A good day was one that saw this progressive Government elected into the 53rd Parliament and the 52nd in coalition with the Green Party a Government whose values of inclusion and support are seen in the legislation and policies and processes that we have enacted: abortion law reform the safe areas amendment bill being passed expanding bereavement leave to include stillbirths and miscarriages—thanks to our member of Parliament Ginny Andersen—free period products in schools banning conversion therapy funding rainbow health creating the Māori Health Authority consolidating 20 DHBs into Health New Zealand on Friday and the first beautiful Matariki holiday the first indigenous truly New Zealand public holiday. That is what I call a good day.