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AMAT was registered in 1974 as a Charitable Trust. Under
the terms of the trust deed all monies received by the Trust must be applied for the
purposes specified in the objects. Trustees are responsible in law for the operation of
the Trust although an executive officer manages the day to day affairs. |
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Given the highly unsatisfactory state of affairs in the
field of abortion prior to the Trust's establishment, an out-patient abortion service was
a high priority for the Trust. Its first clinic in Great South Road was forced to close in
1975 with the passing of the Hospitals Amendment Bill, so the Trust moved its service to a
private hospital in Ranfurly Road, Epsom. AMAT pioneered abortion counselling and the
training of abortion counsellors, and made abortion available in New Zealand to all those
entitled to it. The Trust now provides an abortion service in Dominion Road, where
pregnancy counselling and termination is provided by the Auckland Medical Aid Centre Ltd.,
a charitable company wholly owned by AMAT. |
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Prior to 1997, AMAT distributed surplus funds as charitable
grants to various individuals and organizations to support their projects. Later, AMAT
supported the establishment of a new Trust to manage an adoption resource centre to
provide counselling information and resources for people affected by adoption, and a
research institute focusing on the publication and dissemination of educational literature
in the field of human reproduction. The Trust is active in promoting and sponsoring
research and has since 1995 offered a doctoral scholarship at the University of Auckland
to support the development of new knowledge in the field of human reproduction. 
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