Hon Tony Ryall, Minister of Health, Parliament Building, Wellington. Dear Mr Ryall Re: Official Information Act Request – Embryonic Stem Cell Research I wish to request under the Official Information Act a copy of the recommendations if any from the Ministry of Health to you on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive [...]

Dear (Letter sent to all NZ MP’s) Re: Proposed Bill to Decriminalize Abortion. I wish to express concern at the proposal of the Hon Steve Chadwick to sponsor a private members Bill to seek the decriminalisation of abortion in New Zealand. It is her intention to seek cross party support. We believe that the proposed [...]

Executive Director, New Zealand Press Council, PO Box 10 879, The Terrace, Wellington. Dear Ms Major Re: Complaint Against The Press On behalf of Right to Life New Zealand Inc, I wish to lodge a complaint against an article that was published in the Press on page A5 on 18 June 2010. The article had [...]

Hon Steve Chadwick Parliament Building, Wellington. Dear Ms Chadwick, I wish to express concern at your proposal to sponsor a private members Bill to seek the decriminalisation of abortion in New Zealand. Our Society recognizes that you are motivated by a desire to act in the best interest of women, an objective that we share [...]

The Editor, Southland Times. Dear Sir Abortion Statistics 2010 Re 18 June, Jackie Edmund, chief executive of Family Planning claims that to reduce our unacceptably high abortion rate we need more comprehensive sex education in schools. This statement is false and is challenged, our children do not need information on how to use condoms and [...]

18 June 2010 The Editor, The Press, Private Bag 4722, Christchurch. Dear Mr Holden Re: Complaint against Article On behalf of Right to Life New Zealand Inc, I wish to lodge a complaint against an article that was published in the Press on page A5 on 18 June 2010. The article had the title, “Decline [...]

27 May 2010 Mr Harry Mikaere, Waikato District Health Board, PO Box 934, Hamilton 3240. Dear Mr Mikaere Re: Licence to Kill Unborn Children – Family Planning I am writing to you and your colleagues on the Waikato District Health Board to express our Society’s concern at your Board’s support for the Family Planning Association [...]

Dear Sir Re: Early Medical Abortions The document “Standards of Care for Women Requesting Induced Abortion in New Zealand” issued by the Abortion Supervisory Committee in October 2009 includes version 2003, Information for Referring Doctors and Nurses on Early Medical Abortion issued by the Team Leader for the Level J Unit. The Level J document [...]

Letter to CEO Southern Cross Healthcare Re: Abortion Licences – Southern Cross Hospitals It has come to the attention of our Society that consideration may be given by your administration to make application to the Abortion Supervisory Committee for licences to perform abortions at Southern Cross hospitals. We are aware that your administration currently holds [...]

The Abortion Supervisory Committee’s appeal to the Court of Appeal against the landmark judgment of Justice Forrest Miller has been set back five months. The hearing was scheduled for May 4 – 5, but has now been moved to October 5 – 6.The change was requested by the Crown claiming that their counsel were unavailable. [...]

The Editor, Investigate Magazine. Dear Ian The Right to Debate In response to Judith Hill, February edition. Your correspondent propounds a hedonistic, secular and utilitarian quality of life ethic which proposes that only the fit have a right to life. This ethic is opposed to the sanctity of life ethic which respects the right to [...]

Letter to; Hon Murray McCully, Minister of External Affairs and Trade, 25th January 2010 Right to Life New Zealand Inc, is disappointed that the government’s 2009 Periodic Report to the United Nations made no reference to the human rights of New Zealand’s unborn children. Since the Contraception Sterilisation and Abortion Act 1977 was passed by [...]

Letter to  Secretary ASC Dear Sir, Your Committee reports in its report to Parliament that it consulted widely in drafting the above document and received submissions from 25 organisations and persons. It is noted with concern that there no organisations or members of the pro-life movement are listed as having made a submission on the [...]

Dear Mr Ryall, Right to Life upholds the right to life of babies diagnosed with Down syndrome. Human life commences at conception, each human being is a unique and unrepeatable miracle of God’s loving creation. At conception the human embryo is endowed by its creator with human rights, the foundation right being the right to [...]

Dear Sir Re: Official Information Act – Request I wish to request under the Official Information Act the number of abortions reported to the Committee for the years 2007 and 2008 for unborn children who were diagnosed with Trisomy 21, Down syndrome, whose abortions were authorised in accordance with s 187 A [aa] or [a] [...]

Letter to CEO Canterbury, Auckland, Capital Coast and Otago DHB’s 23 December 2009 Dear Sir Re: Official Information Act – Request I wish to request under the Official Information Act the following information; The number of women who received a chemical abortion with Mifegyne, RU 486 at the Board’s Hospitals in each of the years [...]

Letter to CEO Otago District Health Board 18 December 2009 Dear Sir Re: Humanity of Unborn Child – Abortion, Informed Consent Our Society submits that women considering an abortion should be informed that the, “Abortion procedure will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being.” Recently the State of South Dakota in [...]

14 December 2009 Hon Tony Ryall, Minister of Health, Parliament Building, Wellington. Dear Mr Ryall Down Syndrome, Search and Destroy – National Programme Our Society wishes to express its concern and opposition to the new screening programme for Down syndrome. We view the screening of unborn babies for Down syndrome with a new national screening [...]

14 December 2009 Hon Tariana Turia, Associate Minister of Health, Parliament Building, Wellington. Re: Application by Family Planning Association – Abortion Licence Thank you for your letter of 9 December, 2009. Our Society recognises that the statutory responsibility for the issuing of abortion licences rests with the Abortion Supervisory Committee. Our Society has recently obtained [...]

12 December 2009 Secretary, Abortion Supervisory Committee, Private Bag 32001, Panama Street, Wellington. Dear Sir Re: Abortion Supervisory Committee Report 2009 Our Society wishes to comment on several issues raised in your Committee’s Annual Report for 2009. The Report states that “Over the past year the ASC has become conscious that workforce issues will need [...]

Members of Parliament, NZ Parliament, Wellington Dear Members, Re: Petition Opposing the Issuing of a Licence to The Family Planning Association to Carry out Abortions at its Hamilton Clinic.

Letter to Abortion Supervisory Committee 30th November 2009 Dear Sir, Thank you for your letter of 26 November 2009 and enclosures. It is noted that in the application from the New Zealand Family Planning Association [NZFPA] for an abortion licence for the Association’s Hamilton clinic it, states that; “Family Planning proposes a system for EMA [...]

Dear Mr Ryall Re: Abortion Funding – Family Planning Association Thank you for your letter of 2 November 2009. You advise that; “Public funding for the termination of pregnancies is provided through district health boards and that you cannot guarantee that a district health board will not choose to contract with a Family Planning Association [...]

  Dear Sir Re: Annual Grant to the New Zealand Family Planning Association. Right to Life commends your Corporation’s objective of providing annual grants to organisations in our community that promote the common good. I wish to draw to your attention the deep concern that our members and supporters have at the provision of a [...]

Re article “Obama worthy winner” October 19.  This statement is challenged; Mother Theresa of Calcutta stated that the greatest destroyer of peace in the world was abortion. President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday 9 October, but a closer analysis of the award shows his only achievement at the time he [...]