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Right to Life Questions Adequacy of Simon Snook’s 0800 Abortion Telephone Service

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0800abortion2Wellington.

Dear Ms Cole

Counselling Services

My Society believes that it is of critical importance that women considering the termination of the life of their child in utero have access to professionally trained pregnancy counsellors who are able to provide counselling on all of the options that are available to a woman considering an abortion. Right to Life believes that this counselling should be provided in a face to face interview where the counsellor is able to develop a warm and sympathetic rapport with the woman facing a crisis in her life.

Dr Simon Snook has been quoted as making the following statements with respect to his 0800abortion “service”,

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Dr Simon Snook’s – 0800 Kill Your Unborn Child

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snookRight to Life emphatically opposes the new 0800 telephone “service”  that Dr Simon  Snook an abortionist, has established to enable women considering an abortion to have the killing of their child authorised over the phone without the need for a doctor to interview the woman.

Right to Life Patron, Dr Norman Maclean, MNZM, a distinguished retired Obstetrician and Gynaecologist of Invercargill, is appalled at this development. He describes it as unprofessional, unethical, shameful and a gross trivialising of a very serious legal process.

Right to Life asks how can a doctor claim to diagnose serious mental ill health issues in a woman he has never met, whom he does not know, whose medical history he does not have, whom he cannot examine and whom he may never see again. How can a doctor with a modicum of conscience sign a certificate authorising the killing of an innocent and defenceless child on the basis of a brief telephone conversation? Who will protect women and their precious unborn from this cruel charade?

Simon Snook has been the subject of a number of Right to Life Media releases over the last few years. These releases can be viewed at the bottom of this post.

Right to Life believes that it is reasonable to assume that the Abortion Supervisory Committee that presides over the abortion industry in New Zealand is aware of this development and has given approval for its establishment.  if this is so then Parliament should seriously consider replacing the Committee.

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Did North & South Magazine Really Misrepresent Abortionist Dr Simon Snook?

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The Ombudsman,

Wellington 6143.

Dear Sir

Complaint – Abortion Supervisory Committee

I wish to lodge a complaint against the Abortion Supervisory Committee for refusing to provide our Society with a copy of a letter received by the Committee from Dr Simon Snook dated 22 November 2013.  The Committee has declined our request under section 9[2] [ba] [i] to protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence. I have enclosed for your information copies of the relevant correspondence.

In support of my complaint I wish to make the following submission.

I have serious reservations about the suspect defence now being offered by Dr Snook and accepted by the Committee.

Dr Snook has been appointed by the Abortion Supervisory Committee as a certifying consultant. He has a statutory duty to authorise abortions in accordance with the requirements of the Contraception Sterilisation and Abortion Act 1977 and with the Crimes Act 1961. He has thus been given the responsibility of deciding, which children shall live and which children will be killed.

A certifying consultant may only be appointed, if he or she provides a written declaration to the Committee that he or she does not hold views on abortion that do not comply with the legislation. A doctor, who believes that abortion is a woman’s choice, is precluded from appointment as a certifying consultant.

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Abortion Supervisory Committee Declines To Answer Questions Regarding Dr Simon Snook

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Right to Life has  received a reply from the ASC to our letter of complaint  following statements made by Dr Snook in North & South. The Committee has declined to answer any of our questions and seeks to dismiss it by saying, “ At the request of the Committee, Dr Snook was provided with an opportunity to respond to comments that were attributed to him within the article. The Committee is satisfied with the clarification provided by Dr Snook. Accordingly the Committee have decided that no further action will be taken.” 

This is totally unsatisfactory and we have now written back to the ASC;

14 December 2013

Secretary,

Abortion Supervisory Committee,

Wellington.

Dear Ms Melkiau,

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Dr Simon Snook–Right to Life Believes this Doctor is a Disgrace to the New Zealand Medical Profession

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17 September 2013

Secretary,

Abortion Supervisory Committee,

Dear Ms Anne Melkiau,

Dr Snook (pictured), Certifying Consultant – Abortion is about Choice

I wish to bring to your attention statements made by Dr Simon Snook in the October issue of the magazine North & South. Dr Simon Snook is a certifying consultant and an abortionist.

He is quoted as saying:

‘I have never met anyone who is flippant about doing a termination. But I don’t view an embryo or fetus as having the same rights as the person potentially having to raise it in the world. For me to have to say she is mentally unwell –or will be if the pregnancy continues-is a misnomer. This is about choice.”

The statement of Dr Snook is an affirmation of his belief that abortion is a matter for a woman to choose. The Crimes Act 1961 sets out in section 183, Procuring abortion by any means states that, everyone is liable to imprisonment for  a term not exceeding 14 years,  who with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman or girl, whether she is pregnant or not, unlawfully administers to her any poison or drug or uses an instrument to procure a  miscarriage. The killing of a child by abortion is thus a very serious crime. Abortions are however excused for serious and rare grounds set out under section 187A.

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Killing Unborn Children Now a Lucrative Industry in NZ

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Media Release Sunday 5th April 2020

It is deplorable that the government would contract out the killing of unwanted unborn children to a private company, Magma Healthcare Ltd. This company is owned by well-known abortionist Dr Simon Snook and abortionist Dr David Bivona, previously a member of the Abortion Supervisory Committee’s Standards of Care Committee. (our emphasis)

This government has shamefully abdicated its duty to protect the right to life of our unborn children and the welfare of their mothers. It is equally shameful the the government is now contracting with a for profit company that is prepared to murder our children under the guise that this is health care.

It is believed that this company’s objective is profit. It is appalling that these abortionists are now profiting from their violently killing innocent and defenceless children. This for Profit Company was registered in May 2015 and now has three branches; Palmerston North, Masterton and a new branch launched in April 2020 in Invercargill. The company also provides free government funded abortions for residents of the Wanganui Health Board area. It is estimated that the total number of babies that will be killed by the dedicated staff of Magma Healthcare this year will be about 1,500. It is feared that this company will now be seeking to expand its business and its profitability by establishing additional abortion mills throughout New Zealand.

It is appalling that this company treats women with such disdain and trivialises the killing of the unborn child, the weakest and most defenceless member of our human family. Women who are facing a crisis pregnancy deserve to be treated with the greatest respect, compassion and to consult face to face with caring and ethical medical practitioners. A conversation initiated by a distressed woman seeking a medical abortion from an unknown person answering a 0800 phone number is neither professional nor ethical; our women deserve better.

Our women do not deserve to be treated like this. A woman with a crisis pregnancy is vulnerable. She needs to be offered protection and support, not powerful medications that place her at risk, physically, emotionally and psychologically.

MEDICAL ABORTION BY TELEHEALTH (PHONE)
This company also provides medical abortions for women who cannot or do not want to come to its clinics, they provide medical abortion by tele-abortion (phone) in most cases. At-home abortions do not require the woman to visit one of its clinics. They will have a consultation over the phone with them, explain the medical abortion and take a medical history and organise the investigations that are required. The dangerous and lethal abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol are then sent to women by courier to organise their own abortion, to kill their child in their own homes. There are real risks that the woman could haemorrhage and bleed to death.

Eduard Sakiz, the chairman of Roussel Uclaf, the French firm that developed RU486, Mifepristone, said that for women taking this lethal drug, ‘it was an appalling psychological experience and that it was a terrible emotional and physical ordeal.” Women suffered from the terrible guilt that it was because they had taken the lethal drugs, that it was they alone who had killed their child.

Right to Life is opposed to all abortions and believes that if abortions are permitted in law that they must be performed only in Public Hospitals subject to government control and public surveillance. We also urgently request, to protect women and the unborn, the government cease contracting and financing abortions to private businesses. We also request that the government protect women’s health by banning telehealth abortions, as these allow dangerous abortion drugs to be taken outside a Public Hospital.

Ken Orr
Spokesperson,
Right to Life

Southern DHB Contracts out Abortion Killing to Magma Health Ltd

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Dr David Bivona and Dr Simon Snook Directors of Magma Healthcare Ltd

Official Information Request to:

Mr Chris Fleming, CEO, Southern District Health Board, April 3rd

Dear Mr Fleming,

Official Information Act- Request

I have been advised that the Southern DHB has entered into a contract with Magma Healthcare Ltd, to provide an abortion service in Invercargill, previously provided by the Kew hospital. Right to Life is opposed to the killing of innocent and defenceless unborn children, which is intrinsically evil and a violation of the human rights of the unborn. We believe women are the second victims of abortion who are wounded and are often left with a lifetime of grief and sorrow. Since 1977 it has been our policy that when the law provides for abortions that they should be performed only in Public Hospitals. This contract raises a number of important questions.  

I therefore wish to request under the Official Information Act the following information:-

1.Please provide a copy of the contract?

2.Is the provider’s facility required to be registered as a hospital?

3.Is the provider required to have adequate surgical equipment in its facility to deal with complications arising from abortions they have performed.

4.What is the price paid to the provider for each abortion performed?

5.Will the provider be required to provide counselling in its facility to women before and after an abortion?

6.Will the provider be allowed to provide Mifepristone and Misoprostol to women having a medical abortion to complete the abortion at home?

7.What provision will the provider have should complications occur requiring specialist care?

8.Will the person performing the surgical abortions be a registered medical practitioner?

9.Will the person performing the surgical abortions be a specialist gynaecologist?

Yours sincerely,

Ken Orr

Secretary,

Right to Life

0800ABORTION Telephone Number Closes

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Simon Head Shot

Media Release September 10th 2016

In a victory for a culture of life and a defeat for a culture of death, Right to Life is very pleased that Dr Simon Snook (pictured), one of the busiest abortionists in New Zealand has closed down his national telephone abortion consultation ‘service’. It is hoped that this will save the lives of many unborn children and their mothers from the violence of abortion and a lifetime of sorrow and regret.

We believe that women saw this “service “ as disrespectful and demeaning of women who do not want to unburden themselves and share with a complete stranger on a telephone the agony and pain they were experiencing with a crisis pregnancy. Women deserve to be treated with greater respect. Right to Life saw this ‘service’ as  trivialising the killing of innocent children in the womb. [Read more…]

Webcam Abortions – Official Information Act Request

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3 March 2016

Secretary,

Abortion Supervisory Committee,

Dear Ms Cole

Webcam Abortions – Official Information Act Request

I wish to request under the official Information Act copies of any correspondence between the Committee and any other party on the issue of telemed or webcam abortions.

Your Committee would be aware that Planned Parenthood in the United States are promoting telemed abortions. Women would consult with a doctor on a webcam at one of the regional clinics before being given the first of two chemical abortion drugs.  The woman would take the first drug at the clinic and the second drug at home. The abortion clinic is targeting women in rural areas. According to Planned Parenthood the webcam abortions will be more convenient and less costly for women in rural parts of the country. There are three States that approve of this dangerous procedure.

Webcam abortions fly in the face of common sense. Pro life organisations in the United States have very serious safety concerns about abortion doctors skipping face-to-face meetings with their patients.

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Family Planning Supports Culture of Death and War on Women

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 0800abortion2 It is reasonable to assume that the New Zealand Family Planning Association supports the controversial 0800 abortion telephone service recently established by the abortionist Dr Simon Snook (Dr Death]. Right to Life asks when is the government going to cease funding this organisation that is doing so much harm to the community?

Is there any other area of medicine apart from abortion where a doctor will schedule surgery for a patient that he does not know, has not seen or examined and whose medical history he does not have?

Right to Life is opposed to the new 0800 telephone service that Dr Snook, has established to enable women considering an abortion, to have the killing of their child authorised over the phone without the need for a doctor to personally interview the woman. Right to Life believes that the only thing that will be offered for a woman who rings this number is death for her child.  Right to Life believes that Dr Snook has earned the title Dr Death.

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