A study was made in 2009 into the delays experienced by women seeking an abortion. The study was conducted at 9 abortion facilities and included 2150 women. The study was conducted by Dr Martha Silva and two associates from the University of Auckland. The study found that the average delay  from the time of referral [...]

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 [...]

May 2005 RTL filed a mandamus in the High Court in Wellington against the ASC for its alleged failure to fulfil its statutory duties. These claims included the failure of the ASC to ensure that the human rights of unborn children received the full protection of the law, the failure to hold certifying consultants accountable [...]

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 [...]

LifeSiteNews this week reported the following post. What would the world have been like without Andrea Bocelli, Italian pop, opera, and classical singer? With millions of infants having been victim to abortion, the blind international music sensation has revealed that he too could have been one more abortion statistic.  The “I am Whole Life” project [...]

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 [...]

The latest issue of the Right to Life New Zealand’s magazine “Footprints” is now up click here to download the magazine in PDF format. (note – needs PDF Reader) The lead article in the the magazine features the above headline. In this issue Abortion Supervisory Committee President’s Report /Society Report 2 Best Practice Termination of [...]

Abortion activists both here and in the US are facing a growing problem. They are facing a growing backlash against abortion by young people. NARAL a radical Pro-abortion organisation in the US have  just released survey results showing an “intensity gap” among young voters. More than half of pro-lifers under age 30 considered abortion a [...]

May 2005 RTL filed a mandamus in the High Court in Wellington against the ASC for its alleged failure to fulfil its statutory duties. These claims included the failure of the ASC to ensure that the human rights of unborn children received the full protection of the law, the failure to hold certifying consultants accountable [...]

Letter to ASC under Official Information Act Dear Sir,   I wish to request under the Official Information Act copies of your Committee’s minutes subsequent to the 2 July 2009. Your Committee is currently considering an application from the Family Planning Association for an abortion licence for its Hamilton clinic. Is the Association required to [...]

To the people of New Zealand. We ask you to write urgently to the Minister of Health, Hon Tony Ryall requesting that he decline the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology [ACART] to allow for embryonic stem cell research to be conducted on so- called “spare” human embryos stored in IVF clinics [...]

On Friday 5th February  P.A.T.H.S (Post Abortion Trauma Healing Service) had a Remembrance Service for anybody effected by a pregnancy or baby loss. The Rangiora Baptist Church hosted this service. A flyer concerning this service is available by clicking here.

  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 [...]

The Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand, 2nd November, continues its propaganda in support of the Family Planning Association’s [NZFPA] application to kill unborn children at its Hamilton clinic. It is always wrong to kill the innocent. ALRANZ promotes a culture of death under the guise of offering women “a service.” This is an [...]

Media Release 5 November 2009 Right to Life is hosting a protest march against the Family Planning Association’s move to turn their Hamilton branch into an abortion clinic. This comes following the Family Planning Association’s (FPA) application to the Abortion Supervisory Committee for a license to commit abortions against unborn children up to 9wks. The [...]

Following our call for the Abortion Supervisory Committee to deny the Family Planning Association’s application for a license to commit chemical abortions with the harmful drug RU486, a new group has launched Stop Family Planning (SFP). Just like its US counterpart, Stop Planned Parenthood (STOPP), the SFP intends to expose the Family Planning Association of [...]

Liberty for the Pre-born joins the ranks among a growing number of pro-life groups in New Zealand. With the launch of their new website, this group’s vision is to facilitate an increased level of cohesion amongst pro-life groups in New Zealand. The Liberty for the Pre-born website will provide a neutral zone where all concerned [...]

Summary: Correct language is important to convey the true intent of the intended action. Throughout the document the word “termination” is used. This term is incorrect as it is not used in the abortion laws, the term used in legislation is abortion. The term “termination” or “termination of pregnancy” is used to disguise the reality [...]

Dear The New Zealand Family Planning Association has applied to the Abortion Supervisory Committee for a licence to perform medical abortions at its Hamilton clinic. This information was recently obtained from the Committee under the Official Information Act. The Association in March announced that it was its intention to apply for an abortion licence for [...]

Letter to Health and Disability Commissioner Dear Mr Patterson Re: Complaint against the Abortion Supervisory Committee I wish to lay a complaint against the Abortion Supervisory Committee, for declining to ensure that women considering an abortion are informed that the abortion procedure “Will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being.”

Right to Life needs your generous financial assistance for the legal proceedings being undertaken in the Court of Appeal in Wellington on behalf of unborn children and their mothers. The proceedings are a judicial review of the performance of the Abortion Supervisory Committee, [ASC]. The High Court’s judgment found that, “There is reason to doubt [...]

Right to Life has been advised that the Abortion Supervisory Committee on the 20th August filed an appeal with the Court of Appeal against several important findings of the judgment of the High Court. In effect it has renewed the appeal that was brought earlier and which the Court of Appeal did not allow to [...]

Justice Miller delivered his judgment on 3rd of August in the High Court in Wellington. He has declined to issue declaratory orders concluding that they are unnecessary, as the Abortion Supervisory Committee [ASC] should now be fully aware of its statutory duties. He stated, “There is no reason to suppose that the Committee will refuse [...]

The pro – abortion society, the Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand, [ALRANZ] is engaged in a campaign of misinformation. That society has a national membership of about 200 members. It does not represent the best interests of women and has minimal support in the community. The National President of ALRANZ, Dr Margaret Sparrow [...]

In the High Court in Wellington, on 20 July, Justice Miller will hear arguments from counsel for Right to Life and the Crown on the important issue of declaratory orders.    Right to Life in seeking justice and legal protection for the human rights of our unborn children will seek at this hearing to have Justice [...]