I am 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.

It is a scientific fact that human life begins at conception. At the moment of conception the human embryo is endowed by its Creator with human rights, the foundation of these rights is the right to life, these rights are inalienable and can not be taken away. From conception the human embryo should be accorded the respect that is due to the human person.

Continue reading Letter to Tony Ryall, Minister of Health Re: Embryonic Stem Cell Research

All the wars ever fought,

All the holocausts ever perpetrated,

All the plagues that ever raged,

All the bombs that ever dropped,

All the famines that ever laid waste to the land, put together, have not killed the number of human beings wiped out by abortion.

Father Frank Pavone (Priests for Life)

The Abortion Law Reform Association, [ALRANZ] on 16 June issued a media release in response to the release by Statistics New Zealand of the abortion statistics for 2008. Dr Margaret Sparrow, President of ALRANZ stated:

“We would like to see the abortion law reflecting what happens. We totally agree with the anti-abortion groups who say that it is ridiculous that 98 per cent of abortions in New Zealand are done on mental health grounds, because that is patently a farce.”

Dr Sparrow was for many years the Director of the Parkview Abortion facility in Wellington and during this time terminated the lives of thousands of unborn children..

Continue reading Abortions Authorised on Mental Health Grounds a Farce – Dr Margaret Sparrow

There were 17,940 abortions reported in New Zealand in 2008.Right to Life New Zealand is pleased with the reduction of 440 abortions on the 18,380 abortions performed in New Zealand in 2007. This is good news for our unborn children and their mothers. We believe that one of the reasons for the decrease is the increasing recognition in the community that abortion not only destroys an innocent and defenceless unborn child but is also harmful to the physical and mental health of women.

Right to Life is concerned about the lawfulness of many of the abortions authorised in 2008. The statistics for 2008 reveal that 98% of abortions performed were authorised on the grounds of serious danger to the mental health of the mother, this statistic has been constant since 1977. This conclusion on the lawfulness of these abortions is supported by the judgment of Justice Miller, in the High Court in Wellington, in the judicial review of the Abortion Supervisory Committee. [ASC]   For latest 2008 Abortion Stats go to the Right Sidebar of homepage.

Continue reading Abortion Statistics 2008

Letter written to the Secretary of the Abortion Supervisory Committee on 4th June Re: Official Information Act – Request

Dear Sir, I wish to request under the Official Information Act the following information.

The Ombudsman in his letter to this Society advised that the members of the Standards Committee appointed by your Committee had resigned. We were informed that the duties of this Committee had now been delegated to a person appointed by your Committee.

I wish to request the name of the person appointed by your Committee to replace the Standards Committee.

Continue reading Right to Life questions reasons given for lack of disclosure of identities of Abortion Standards Committee members

Randall Terry the founder of Operation Rescue in the United States has made the following statements following the Murder of abortionist George Tiller. Right to Life reproduce them here to provide a background to the man and to warn of the likely liberal response to the killing, even as we deplore the murder itself.

As you know, abortionist George Tiller is dead.

First, we should grieve for him that he did not have an opportunity to properly prepare his soul to face his Maker. Unless some miracle happened, he left this life with his hands drenched with the innocent blood of tens of thousands of babies that he murdered. Surely there will be a dreadful accounting for what he has done.

Continue reading The Right Response to Dr. Tiller’s Death

Right to Life joins with the international pro-life movement in condemning as an unspeakable and evil act the murder of late term abortionist George Tiller in Wichita, Kansas. He was murdered on Sunday, 31 May in the Reformist Lutheran church in Wichita.

The international pro-life movement is opposed to violence. It is opposed to violence against unborn children and it is opposed to violence against abortionists and their property. The pro-life movement upholds the right to life of every human being from conception to natural death. The senseless and cowardly murder of George Tiller was a violation of his right to life.

Continue reading Right to Life Deplores Murder of Abortionist George Tiller

The Abortion Supervisory Committee [ASC] has disclosed that the members of a recently established Abortion Standards Committee have resigned. The purpose of the Committee was to advise the ASC on recommendations for the performance of abortions in New Zealand; they were an important constituent of the abortion industry and were thus promoters of a culture of death. The controversial duties of the Committee have now been delegated to one unidentified person.  The names of the members of the Committee are a closely guarded secret. Right to Life had previously sought the names of the appointees under the Official Information Act from the ASC, the information request was refused.

Continue reading Secret Members of Abortion Standards Committee Resign

The High Court in Wellington has advised that a hearing has been set down for Monday, 20 July 2009 before Justice Miller. Right to Life will seek at this hearing to have Justice Miller issue clear declarations to the Abortion Supervisory Committee [ASC] setting out the statutory powers and duties of the ASC. These declaratory orders have the effect of declaring the law and the way in which it should be applied as set out in the fuller reasons given by Justice Miller in his judgment.

Continue reading Judicial Review of Abortion Supervisory Committee – High Court, Declaratory Orders

Chris Barton’s New Zealand Herald article (Weekend Saturday 22rd May) details the issues surrounding Right to Life’s recent Appeals Court action against the Abortion Supervisory Committee. Click here for link

1 Right to Life vow to continue legal fight to ban abortion (Audio – duration: 5′59″)   [To listen you must have an audio player installed]

Continue reading Recent Radio New Zealand Broadcasts Current Pro-Life Matters

Powerful new You Tube Video exposing Obama’s support for the killing of unborn children

Press Release: Prolife New Zealand

Prolife New Zealand Press Release:13th May 2009

Prolife New Zealand welcomes the actions of the Court of Appeal in dismissing the appeal of the Abortion Supervisory Committee (ASC) on Tuesday.

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The full Court of Appeal on Tuesday 12 May 2009, dismissed the appeal of the Abortion Supervisory Committee (ASC) against several matters in the judgment of Justice Miller given in the High Court in June last year. The Court ruled that as the High Court had not made declaratory orders, the appeal was outside the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal. It was requested that an application now be made by Right to Life and the appellant, for a hearing in the High Court before Justice Miller at which arguments would be presented on the form of the declaratory orders. Right to Life’s counsel has consulted with the Crown counsel Ms Cheryl Gwyn who has agreed to make a joint application to the High Court for this hearing to take place at an early date. Both parties to this action are desirous of having the issue of declaratory orders resolved promptly. The original case that was heard at a two day hearing in April in the High Court will not be re-heard, the judgment made on that hearing by Justice Miller stands.

Continue reading Court of Appeal Dismisses Abortion Appeals

When World War II ended General  Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered thousands of films and  photographs taken of the horror of the death camps. When asked why, he replied, “The day will come when some son of a #@%!#   will say, this never happended.”  That Holocaust claimed 6 million lives.

Today there is another holocaust that is taking place. This one is silent, under the radar. Yet in the last thirty years, this holocaust has taken more lives, worldwide, by well over an order of magnitude. It’s horror hidden by the protective machinery of government and media, and by the indifference of you and I and yes even by those who should be speaking out the loudest, most churches.

Continue reading Abortion Means a Terrible Butchered Death: Disturbing, Graphic Video

Press Release: Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.

The Society for Promotion of Community Standards Inc.

Media Release 11 May 2009

The Women’s National Abortion Action Campaign (WONAAC) which has for years been promoting abortion as a woman’s right, issued a press release today that calls on “the news media” to “help [their lobby group] uncover the source of Right to Life’s funding [and] make clear [to the public] the group’s full agenda.” Most will see this for what it is – a last minute desperate smear campaign directed at a properly constituted Incorporated Society that publicly discloses its audited financial accounts every year via the Companies website, as well as its objectives.

Continue reading Wonaac’s Smear Tactics Against Pro-life Group

Press Release:

Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.

The Society for Promotion of Community Standards Inc.
Media Release 10 May 2009

Attempt by ALRANZ to Influence The Court of Appeal Deplored

Continue reading Attempt by ALRANZ to Influence The Court of Appeal

The Health Board is revoking a decision not to offer women seeking an abortion the chance to view their scans.

from Radio New Zealand Checkpoint on 07 May

The Health Commissioner has recently made an important and historic decision that women considering an abortion when undergoing an ultra sound scan have a right to be offered the opportunity to view a scan of their baby in the womb.

This decision of the Health Commissioner, Ron Paterson, was made in response to a complaint made by Right to Life against the Waikato District Health Board. [DHB]. The complaint concerned the protocol followed by the Board which precluded an offer being made to a woman considering an abortion when undergoing an ultrasound scan to view the scan of her baby. The Commissioner in his decision stated;

Continue reading Health & Disability Commissioner Upholds Right of Women Considering an Abortion to be Offered Opportunity to View Ultrasound Scan of their Baby

1 May 2009

Hon Tony Ryall,

Minister of Health,

Parliament Building,

Wellington.

Re: Ultrasound Scans.

I wish to bring to your attention an important recent decision of the Health Commissioner, Ron Paterson, in the Commissioner’s response to our Society’s complaint against the Waikato District Health Board.

Continue reading Health Commissioner Confirms District Health Boards have a Duty to allow women to see the ultrasound scan of their unborn children

28 April 2009

Secretary,

Abortion Supervisory Committee,

Private Bag 32001,

Panama Street,

Wellington.

Dear Sir

Continue reading Right to Life Questions Legality of Family Planning Association Certifying Consultants

The ever increasing speed of the West’s moral plummet is evident now that President Obama is dismantling protection for embryonic humans in the United States. However while this may be disturbing, another horrendous proposal is raising it’s head across the ditch in ‘enlightened’ Europe. The Daily Mail reports that UK researchers are trying to produce unlimited blood supplies derived from stem cells from aborted foetuses and left-over IVF embryos.

It gets worse, Continue reading The New Cannibalism

Prayer support is earnestly sought for God’s blessing on Right to Life’s defence to the Crown’s appeal to the Court of Appeal in Wellington to be heard on the 12th and 13th of May 2009. The appeal concerns the June 2008 judgement of Justice Miller in the High Court on the Judicial Review of the performance of the Abortion Supervisory Committee.

Right to Life has cross appealed and is seeking to have the Court of Appeal overturn…

Continue reading Urgent Prayer Request

The recent report to the United Nations from civil rights lawyer’s states that our legislation allows for significant human rights failings, the report ignores unborn children. The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights states that our human rights are inalienable and universal. Being inalienable they cannot be taken from us and being universal they are endowed on all human beings. We have a duty to protect the human rights of the weak and vulnerable in society.

Human life begins at conception and at the moment of conception we are endowed by our Creator with human rights, the foundation right being the right to life.  The unborn child is the weakest and most defenceless member of the human family and is deserving of respect and protection.

Continue reading Human Rights for our Unborn Children

  The Act reads; “…abortions may be authorised only after full regard to the rights of unborn children”   SO WHY?

Statistics released by the Abortion Supervisory Committee, under the Official Information Act indicate that we continue to have abortion on demand. There were 18,382 abortions notified in 2007. There is approximately one abortion for every three live births. The statistics reveal that one certifying consultant approved of the killing of 1050 unborn children. The consultant declined not even one request for an abortion.

Continue reading Lives of Unborn Children Terminated on Demand – Violation of Human Rights