William Liley

Sir Albert William Liley KCMG (12 March 1929 – 15 June 1983) was a New Zealand medical practitioner, renowned for developing techniques to improve the health of foetuses in utero.

The highly publicised procedure was a milestone in not only medical treatment but also public perception.

[2] Liley was one of the founders of the New Zealand anti-abortion group, the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (now Voice for Life), in 1971 and served as that organisation's first president.

In 1977, Robert Sassone edited a series of interviews with Liley and Jérôme Lejeune, entitled The Tiniest Humans.

[4] The family maintained a 200-acre (81 ha) block outside Benneydale in the King Country where Liley exercised a passion for silviculture.