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Right to Life Election Guide
Nov
25
Waikato District Health Board consider offering a woman considering an abortion an ultrasound scan of their unborn child an infringement of their rights. Did we hear that right?
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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…
Nov
5
November Footprints Magazine
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Right to Life’s Quarterly magazine “Footprints” has just been released.
The current edition features articles on the
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.Oct
23
Right to Life Election Guide
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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
Oct
22
Media Release Pro-life Television Advertising
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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.
Oct
19
Right to Life’s Pro-Life television advertising campaign to start on Tuesday 21st October
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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.
Oct
2
Right to Life initiates survey of all General Election candidates on Life Issue attitudes
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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
Sep
14
Right to Life lays complaint with Ombudsman over Ministry of Justice’s refusal to provide information under the Official Information Act
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Sep
10
Parents in dark over secret abortions
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Right to Life is concerned that girls as young as thirteen are having abortions without their parent’s consent. A news item in the Nelson Mail available by clicking here presents further information.
The fact that school students under sixteen are having abortions and that school counsellors have knowledge and play a part in this, when parents do not is of serious concern. This situation highlights the growing interference of the state in the lives of families and the usurping of the parental role. We ask if the counsellors and health officials involved in procurring abortions for these young women will be around to ‘pick up the pieces’?
Sep
8
Are women seeking abortions, being denied the right to view ultra-sound images of their pre-born children at Lyndhurst Abortary?
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Right to Life have written two letters to the Canterbury District Health Board asking clarification concerning Counselling and Ultrasound Protocols at the Lyndhurst Abortion facility.Aug
16
Whistle Group Announces "Full Time" for Abortion in New Zealand
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Whistle a branch of HealNZ 24/7 prayer is organising a specific prayer focus on Abortion in NZ. A 40 day session of prayer and fasting is being organised by Sue Rowe and the Whistle team from Hamilton between Friday 10th October to Tuesday 18th November.
The event is to be commenced with a regional Solemn Assembly between 10th to 12th October which will launch the 40 days.
The main reason for the dates are as follows:
Aug
16
Media Release – Abortion Supervisory Committee Ignores High Court Judgment
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15 August 2008
Right to Life New Zealand asks when is the Abortion Supervisory Committee going to fulfil it’s statutory duty to protect the health and welfare of women and to ensure that all abortions are lawful.
The Abortion Supervisory Committee is deliberately ignoring a High Court judgment that put the Committee on notice for failing to fulfil its statutory duties. Justice Miller in the High Court in his judgment on 9 June stated that; “there is reason to doubt the lawfulness of many abortions authorised by certifying consultants. Indeed, the Committee itself has stated that the law is being used more liberally than Parliament intended.” He also stated that “In my opinion, the statistics and the Committee’s comments over the years since the Court of Appeal made that observation do give rise to powerful misgivings about the lawfulness of many abortions. They tend to confirm Dr Christine Forster’s view that New Zealand essentially has abortion on request.” Dr Forster was the chairperson of the Abortion Supervisory Committee.
Aug
1
Click on this link to download the July 2008 issue as a PDF document (1.52 MB)
Jul
3
A Woman’s Right to Know
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"A Woman’s Right to Know" is a downloadable PDF document available to women who are considering an abortion. While it has been produced for woman in the State of Texas, the content is very suitable for NZ woman. The booklet details medical risks of abortion and possible side affects.
Jun
25
Radio New Zealand Interview on Abortion Monday 30th June at 9.06 am
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Radio New Zealand will be featuring an interview with Ken Orr of Right to Life New Zealand, Gordon Copeland of The Kiwi Party and Margaret Sparrow, former prominent abortionist and President of ALRANZ, the Abortion Law Reform Association of NZ. The interview also will involve a woman who regrets an earlier abortion.
The subject of the programme will be 30 Years of Abortion in New Zealand.
The programme will begin on Sunday 29th at 8.12 am and will be repeated on Monday 30th at 9.06 am.
It may be available as a podcast for download following the programme by following this link
Jun
14
Right to Life TV One Interview on Eye To Eye Sunday 15th June 11.30 am
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TV One’s Willie Jackson will be interviewing Right to Life spokesperson Ken Orr on the topic of Euthanasia on the Eye to Eye programme (Sunday 15th June at 11.30 am). The interview will include discussion with Leslie Martin (Dignity New Zealand) and Jack Jones (Voluntary Euthanasia Society). The interview is bound to contain heated debate and air many of the arguments surrounding this important and controversial topic. Ken Orr will present arguments as to why NZ should never legalise the killing of it’s citizens, regardless of the seemingly humanitarian arguments that we now hear being put forward.
May
11
“The Peaceful Pill” Ban Lifted
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Media Release
Right to Life New Zealand is disappointed that the book “The Peaceful Pill” has been approved with an R18 classification. It should have been banned as objectionable as the book deals extensively with suicide methods.
The book has no redeeming features; it is an enticement to commit suicide, a threat to the lives of the vulnerable in society and is injurious to the common good. The book unashamedly promotes a culture of death and is opposed to a culture of life by giving details on how to commit suicide and how to travel to Mexico to obtain the lethal prohibited class C drug Nembutal.
Apr
20
RTLNZ Annual General Meeting
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Right to Life New Zealand’s Annual General Meeting will be held at Christ The King Parish Centre at 90 Greers Road Burnside on Thursday 24th April 2008 at 7.30 pm
Oct
9
Right to Life wins ruling in court
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A Christchurch group taking a landmark legal bid to overturn the way abortions are done in New Zealand has won the latest round of its battle in the High Court in Wellington.
After failing in its political fight to change abortion laws, Right to Life New Zealand launched a judicial review in the High Court, claiming that the Abortion Supervisory Committee was failing to safeguard the human rights of unborn children. The committee oversees the more than 15,000 abortions performed each year.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/4230522a6530.html
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