stem cell research Right to Life New Zealand is opposed to the recommendation made to the Minister of Health, by the Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology, [ACART] that permission be granted for the use of human embryos for embryonic stem cell research in New Zealand.

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image  A song about Mary and the birth of Jesus…

Some You tube comments about this beautiful song.

So *beautiful*…. This is the most awe inspiring song I’ve ever heard about Jesus’ birth. It is breath-taking!

faith hill is so beautiful and so talented. i love this song :)

I am soooooo in love with this song. It’s the greatest ever. See more for Lyrics

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about six weeks The 60th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights [UDHR] is a time for reflection on our nation’s performance in upholding the human rights of every member of our human family. The Preamble of the Convention states; “whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.”

Article 3 of the convention states; “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.” Unborn children are members of the human family and are its weakest and most defenceless members. Unborn children at conception are endowed by their Creator with human rights, the foundation right being a right to life. These human rights are universal and inalienable. Being inalienable they can not be taken away.

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imageRight to Life welcomes the decision of the Chief Censor, Bill Hastings of the Office of Film & Literature Classification to classify the Dr Nitschke’s suicide video Objectionable.

The decision was made on 24 November 2008. The decision followed a written complaint against the video by Right to Life New Zealand made on 26 June 2008 and byThe Society for the Protection of Community Standards.

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image“LifeMatters Volume One” is a new global DVD initiative from Choicez Media that seeks to empower young women with the skills, information and self-belief to negotiate an unplanned pregnancy with more options than abortion alone.

It is about young women being given the full picture about their options and empowered with the courage to build a magnificent life beyond the narrow belief that unplanned pregnancy is the end of their plans and hopes in life thus far.

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A new study conducted by the Otago University reveals that women having an abortion have a 30% risk of developing mental ill health, higher than other women who chose life for their baby. The study was reported in the British Journal of Psychiatry. Abortions increased the risk of severe depression, anxiety and substance abuse by one third. The study concluded that childbirth and miscarriages do not adversely affect women’s mental health.The authors, Professor David Fergusson and two other doctors concluded that anywhere from 1.5 to 5.5 percent of all mental health disorders seen in New Zealand result from women having abortions.

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image Predictably, the convictions for the inhuman torture and murder of little Nia Glassie have generated the usual outrage, breast-beating, anger, criticism and demands for something to be done. 

Read more from Garth George’s article in the NZ Herald on Thursday 27th November on his views on the connection between abortion and child abuse.

Ultrasound image In November 2008 Right to Life made a submission to the Minister of Health the Hon Tony Ryall, requesting that consideration be given to instructing District Health Boards in New Zealand that provide abortions to require that women considering an abortion be offered the opportunity to view an ultrasound scan of their baby.

It is the normal procedure in New Zealand that women considering an abortion undergo an ultrasound scan prior to signing a consent form for an abortion. Our Society has recently written to the 13 District Health Boards in New Zealand that provide abortions, seeking information on the protocol followed with ultrasound scans taken for women considering an abortion. The following District Health Boards [DHB’s], Otago, Hawkes Bay and Taranaki advised that women having an ultrasound scan were offered the opportunity to view the scan. But…

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The tragic and callous murder of little Nia Glassie has touched the heart of our nation which is deeply moved with grief and mourning.. How could this tragic abuse of a beautiful and defenceless three year old happen? We protest that it must never ever happen again but it will.

New Zealand shamefully has one of the highest rates of child abuse in the world. These statistics are but the tip of the iceberg, for violence against children begins in the womb. Abortion entails violence against a defenceless and innocent child a member of the human family. How can we protest at the violence perpetrated on Nia Glassie yet accept violence against unborn children?

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imageThe election of Senator Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States is a victory for a culture of death. He is the most pro- abortion President in the history of the United States. His voting record in the United States Senate was shamefully totally pro=abortion and anti-life. He even voted in the Illinois Senate against a Bill that would have given protection to the life of a child born alive following an abortion.

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Right to Life’s Quarterly magazine “Footprints” has just been released.

The current edition features articles on the image Crown’s appeal of the High Court Judgement; RTL’s TVNZ advertisement campaign; the lack of counselling received by Canterbury woman prior to having abortions; and the government’s imposition of secrecy on the identity of members of the Abortion Advisory Committee.

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This year’s general election marks a crisis in our nation’s history. Under a Labour led government our nation has endured for the previous nine years, unprecedented social engineering that has damaged the moral fibre of our society. The community is warned that the election of a Labour, Greens coalition government could unveil a further round of damaging social engineering. This could further threaten the lives of unborn children, the elderly and the place of marriage in our society.

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We have sent a  LIFE ISSUE questionnaire consisting of six questions asking 288 candidates from the 9 major parties to the coming general election.

The interim responses have been collated and are presented here.   The response rate from the major parties was disappointing but not unexpected. We believe the results speak for themselves.

The leaders of some of the parties, National, Kiwi, Family, Greens and Progressive parties have provided their party Policy Statements and/or general comments on Pro-Life Issues. Their responses can be viewed by following the links below. Please note that Right to Life does hold the letter head and signatures for each of the documents presented below which were received as letters to us as hard copy.

National      Kiwi     Family     Green     Progressive

Right to Life seeks to raise public awareness of the plight of our unborn children and their mothers. To assist in raising awareness Right to Life has launched a campaign of pro-life advertising on Television New Zealand. The advertising comprising 21 screenings, features three adverts which will be screened in prime time on TV 1 and TV 2 during the period 21 -31 October. The TV advertising cost $20,000, Right to Life is grateful to its members and supporters who generously funded the campaign.

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Right to Life have produced a series of television adverts informing of the plight of pre-born children in this country. Over 18, 000 of our pre-born children were killed by abortion in 2007, with a similar number expected to be killed this year.

Right to Life  have produced seven adverts in total and three of these will be run on TV 1 and 2 in prime screening times in the evenings over the next week.

A deputation, headed by Hugh Cunningham, asked the Taranaki Health Board to consider halting abortions at Taranaki Hospital. The statement was made in response to a challenge to the board in August by the Right to Life anti-abortion group.

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This Association is now calling for the decriminalisation of abortion in New Zealand. They claim that the killing of an unborn child at any time up to birth is not a crime.

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The passing of the infamous Abortion Law Reform Bill by the Victorian Legislative Assembly marks a day of shame in the history of human rights in the State of Victoria. The first duty of the State is to protect the right to life of all of its citizens. It has a special duty to protect the lives of the weak and defenceless in society. The State has an overwhelming interest and duty to protect the lives of its future citizens.

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The survey is asking the following questions of candidates to the major 9 parties to the elections.

As soon as results have been collated these will be made available on our web-site

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Surely the same issues face us here in New Zealand

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image The following letter has been sent to the leaders of the 9 major political parties

Re Judicial Review of Abortion Supervisory Committee.

The government has a duty to uphold the rule of law. In the event that the Court of Appeal upholds the judgment of the High Court should your Party be in government at that time it would be appreciated if you would give an assurance that your Party would use its influence to ensure that the Abortion Supervisory Committee complies with the requirements of the judgment of the High Court.

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Right to Life is disappointed that the Ministry of Justice has refused a request made by the Society to the Abortion Supervisory Committee under the Official Information Act. The request was to provide the names and qualifications of persons appointed by the Committee to a new Abortion Standards Advisory Committee. The refusal represents a serious threat to our civil liberties. The public have a right in a free society to know who are appointed to government bodies and what their qualifications are.

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First it was going to be only those who were dying and wanted to who would be euthanased.

The Right to die they said, was a human right

Next it was those who were dying, did not want to but were anyway.

Now one of Britain’s "leading" "moral" philosophers is saying that the demented have a moral duty to die.

Welcome to the brave new world.

image Family First NZ has today launched a website highlighting the conscience and family related bills voted on over the past 6 years, and how each MP and political party has voted.

The website is www.valueyourvote.org.nz and has an accompanying pamphlet.

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drDeath Phillip Nitschke Right to Life is appalled that the Classification Review Board has upheld the classification of “The Peaceful Pill Handbook [Revised New Zealand Edition]

On the 8 May the Office of Film and Literature [OFLC], classified the book as R18. Right to Life appealed this decision to the Classification Review Board.

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