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Abortion Supervisory Committee Asked Important Questions Concerning Doctor’s Professional Misconduct

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Secretary,

Abortion Supervisory Committee,

Dear Ms Williams

Doctor Found Guilty of Professional Misconduct

A doctor called Dr N, was recently found guilty of professional misconduct by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal for breaches of the Contraception Sterilisation and Abortion Act 1977. She was also found guilty of prescribing the drug Misoprostol unlawfully to four women for the purpose of terminating the lives of their unborn children. Doctor N has been granted permanent name suppression by the High Court. The case is reported on the web site of the Tribunal under recent decisions and is numbered Medical 12/224P. [Read more…]

Abortion Law Reform Association Praises Heroic Abortionists

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Media Release  26th March 2014

The Abortion Law Reform Association in an open letter to abortionists, admires the bravery of abortionists for providing abortion services, “frequently done at a cost to your own safety and wellbeing, We honour your bravery; bearing the brunt of anti-choice bullying, threats and spurious attempts to make clinic/ medical providers into villains.” “You are the unsung heroes of the medical profession.”

In the Machiavellian world of ALRANZ evil becomes virtue and virtue becomes evil. Pregnancy is not a disease and the killing of the unborn is not a health service. There is nothing heroic or brave for a doctor to exercise his medical skills to invade with deadly murderous intent, the mother’s womb, the sanctuary of the child, where the child terrified at the intrusion, heart racing in terror and mouth open in a silent scream frantically tries to avoid the curette which seeks to tear the limbs of the child from its body.

It is ironic that ALRANZ condemns defenders of life praying outside abortion clinics for the conversion of abortionists and the welfare of mothers and their unborn as bullying and threatening to abortionists. This is a distraction from the real violence perpetrated against vulnerable women and their unborn inside the clinic.

Right to Life believes that these doctors are motivated by true concern for the health and welfare of a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy; they are however sadly mistaken in believing that they can solve a woman’s problem by killing their children. They are not the “unsung heroes” of the medical profession but have sadly become serial killers and a disgrace to the medical profession.

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Abortion Breast Cancer Link

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Secretary,

Abortion Supervisory Committee,

Private Bag 32001,

Wellington 6146

Dear Ms Williams

Abortion Breast Cancer Link

Thank you for your letter of 17 February 2014. Right to Life is disappointed that your Committee refuses to accept the finding of the recent meta-analysis of 36 studies that have been published.

In China in 2012. The studies had revealed that there was a 44 per cent increased risk of a woman developing breast cancer after one abortion. This risk increased with the number of abortions that a woman had. There is an epidemic of breast cancer in China following the introduction of China’s one child policy.

We are aware that studies that reveal a link between abortion and breast cancer are dismissed by organisations that promote the abortion industry. In the United States there are seven States that have passed legislation making it mandatory that women seeking an abortion are informed of the link between abortion and breast cancer.  Planned Parenthood has gone to court in an endeavour to prevent this information being given to women.

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Minister of Justice,

Parliament Building,

Wellington.

Dear Mrs Collins

 

Abortion Supervisory Committee – Unlawful Licences

It is the opinion of our Society’s legal council that the Abortion Supervisory Committee has issued an unlawful abortion licence to the New Zealand Family Planning Association [NZFPA]. On 22 February the Committee issued a limited licence for the performance of abortions at the Associations Tauranga clinic.

The licence was issued in accordance with the Contraception Sterilisation and Abortion Act 1977, pursuant to section 21, [2].It is contended that the requirements of s 21[2] [b] were not satisfied by the NZFPA.

That section states; that there are, in the institution, adequate surgical and other facilities, and adequate and competent staff, for the safe performance of abortions.

 The Tauranga clinic does not have adequate surgical and other facilities and adequate and competent staff for the safe performance of abortions. Right to Life wrote to the Committee on 2 September 2013 challenging the lawfulness of the licence. The Committee responded on 3 October 2013 advising that it had issued a licence only for medical abortion up to 12 weeks gestation, surgical abortions would not be performed. Medical abortions are performed with Mifepristone and Misoprostol, literature on the use of these powerful drugs dictate that emergency equipment including electrocardiogram, resuscitative cardiopulmonary equipment and a defibrillator should be available.

The wording of the subsection is clear and unambiguous as is the wording on the licence granted, a copy of which is enclosed. The Act does not provide for the issue of an abortion licence for only medical abortions. A licence issued allowing for the killing of unborn children in the Tauranga clinic is an important legal document that should be issued with care and in strict accord with the legislation. The Committee does not have authority to ignore the will of Parliament as expressed in this legislation.

On  18 October 2013, our legal counsel wrote to the Committee and asked on what authority they had to disregard the clear requirements of the legislation in issuing the abortion licence to the NZFPA.The Committee responded on 12 December advising that they had nothing further to add.

We believe that the law should be upheld and I have taken the liberty of writing to you as you are the Minister responsible for the legislation. We would be grateful if you would consider taking this important issue up with the Committee.

Yours sincerely

Ken Orr

Secretary    

https://righttolife.org.nz/2014/01/03/3327/

ASC Asked to Validate Alleged Harrasment by Pro-Life Groups

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Secretary,

Abortion Supervisory Committee,

Wellington

 

Dear Ms Williams

ASC Committee’s Report 2013 – Official Information Act Request

Our Society shares your Committee’s pleasure in the continuing fall in the abortion toll; we are pleased that more women in 2012 chose life for their baby.

Sex Selection Abortions

Our Society is pleased that your Committee has discussed with certifying consultants the possibility of sex selection abortions and received an assurance that this was not an issue. This is good news as we are aware that in Asian countries many abortions are performed on the grounds that a female child was not wanted. It is estimated that there are 100 million women missing in the world because of sex selection abortions, this is appalling discrimination against women. Studies done overseas reveal that wherever there is a sizable Asian population there is the evil of sex selection abortions.

It is contended that it would not be difficult to obtain an abortion in New Zealand for the purpose of sex selection. Gender prediction tests are available for purchase in New Zealand.  A women seeking an abortion because the child was female would not need to disclose this motive and could obtain an abortion on mental health grounds. This is the ground that Dr Christine Forster, former chairperson of the Committee advised a Parliamentary Select Committee in 1995 was used by certifying consultants to provide abortion on demand.

Harassment

The Committee expresses concern at the alleged harassment of those providing abortion services and patients. This issue was also included in the Committee’s report for 2012.  Right to Life is opposed to violence against women and their unborn, we are also opposed to threats and intimidation to women and to those involved in abortion. We support the right of people to assemble peacefully outside an abortion facility, to pray for the staff and to offer counselling and support to women seeking an abortion.

Our Society is aware that the prayerful presence of members of the pro-life movement with the offer of assistance to women attending abortion facilities is responsible for many women changing their mind and choosing life for their precious unborn child. Their presence has also been responsible for doctors and staff experiencing a conversion and rejecting abortion. We have been told by the organizers of the vigil prayer group in Hastings that since they commenced praying outside the Hastings Hospital, 25 women have accepted their help and have chosen life for their baby. These women are eternally grateful for the generous offer of assistance in their hour of great need.

Right to Life is concerned at these allegations, the inference is that the pro-life movement is responsible and secondly that they are capable of violence. Are you aware that the group Southlanders for Life have a weekly prayer vigil outside the Southland Hospital. The leader of the group is Dr Norman Maclean, a distinguished member of the medical profession who was, until his retirement, in charge of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Southland Hospital.

Right to Life believes that it is contrary to natural justice to include unsubstantiated accusations that damage the good name and reputation of groups in the pro-life movement. It is ironic that the Committee should be concerned at harassment and the threat of violence outside licensed abortion facilities when from our perspective the violence is inside the facility. Abortion entails violence against women and against innocent and defenceless children in their first nine months of life. It is noted that since the abortion legislation was passed in 1977 the Committee has reported that more than 436,000 children have been legally killed in abortion facilities in New Zealand.

The allegations raise several important questions;

Does the Committee consider prayerful vigils outside an abortion facility as a form of harassment for women considering an abortion and for abortionists and staff?

Does the Committee consider that members of a  prayer vigil group offering assistance to a woman considering an abortion is harassment?

In order that Right to Life and the pro-life movement may address the allegations made I wish to request under the Official Information Act the following information;

Details of the type of alleged harassment encountered by certifying consultants,  patients and wider public.

The localities of the harassment.

The number of incidents of alleged harassment.

The response of your Committee to the alleged harassment.

Copies of correspondence the Committee has had with the Police Department and its response on the issue of harassment.

Thank you for your assistance with this enquiry.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Ken Orr

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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