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Government’s Conspiracy of Silence Descends over Killing of Unborn

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Media Release 28 November 2020

The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, the architect of the Abortion Legislation Act 2020, has redefined who is human. She determined that the killing of the unborn was to be a “reproductive health issue.”  It is no longer a crime to kill an unborn child because it is not a human being. It becomes a human being with a right to life when it is born. This is a legal fiction used to justify the war against women and the state funded genocide of our children.

This state-funded genocide, as desired by the Prime Minister, is now presided over by the Director General of Health, Dr Bloomfield. He has appointed the Abortion Services Team to organise the genocide under the guise that the killing is a core or essential health service.

The Abortion Supervisory Committee commendably previously produced a 30 page annual report with 11 pages of important statistics concerning abortions in New Zealand, this has now ceased. It is the government’s intention to ensure that Parliament and the community are deprived of as much information as possible to avoid scrutiny and public debate.

To ensure this objective is achieved, the abortionist is required to provide minimal information on the Notification of Abortion form. The following critical information is not required to be divulged:-

•         Many women seek an abortion because of coercion, threats of violence and abandonment, this will not be divulged.

•         The reason why the life of the unborn child was ended, was it done on the pretext to save the mental health of the mother or to prevent serious harm to save the life of the mother. Was it done for sex selection purposes, socioeconomic reasons, or because the child was diagnosed as having Down syndrome, a minor to moderate disability or for some other disability ?

Right to Life believes the government does not want us to know how successful their search and destroy campaign to eliminate children with Down syndrome may be.

•         When a baby is killed post 20 weeks because the abortionist has deemed it appropriate, no information is required from the abortionist  as to why it was appropriate.

•         Whether or not a woman seeks pre-decision or post-abortion counselling.

•         If the pregnancy is the result of rape or sexual violation.

•         Was the abortion carried out in a hospital or was it a medical abortion that was performed at home without medical supervision.

•         In the rare event that a woman dies in an abortion, her death is not required to be reported on the Abortion Notification Form.

Right to Life believes that this Notification of Abortion form fails to recognise the dignity or health of women and their precious unborn children. There is a conspiracy of silence which further victimises women and treats them with contempt. Pregnancy is not a disease and abortion is not health care. Women with unplanned pregnancies deserve to be treated with respect and compassion. Right to Life has made a substantial submission to the Abortion Services Team on 2nd November requesting that the above questions be included in the Notification of Abortion form. Right to Life is committed to the freedom of information to sustain the ongoing national debate on respect for the sanctity of life and respect for women.

Ken Orr,

Spokesperson,

Right to Life

Freedom of speech challenged by Hon Phil Twyford

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Media Release 11 October 2020

Right to Life is concerned that the Hon Phil Twyford, the MP for Te Atatu, with the support of the Prime Minister, Hon. Jacinda Ardern, has sought to challenge the right of free speech of Alfred Ngaro, the National candidate for Te Atatu. He was asking members of his electorate if these are the values that you want in Parliament? The Minister is claiming that a statement made by Alfred Ngaro on his Facebook account was “a gross piece of misinformation.” “It has more in common with the fake news of the American religious right than the way we do politics in New Zealand.”

The killing of unborn children is a human rights issue not a religious issue. It is deplorable that the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, is quoted by One News as condemning the factual statement of Alfred Ngaro as,” blatant misinformation.”   

The statement on Facebook said that the Hon Phil Twyford supported full term abortion and abortion based on gender and disability. The Minister is angry that Alfred Ngaro is asking the members of his electorate of Te Atatu if your local MP should represent the values of the people?

The electorate have a right to know how their elected MPs vote in Parliament. Alfred Ngaro is providing a service to his community by reminding them how their elected member has failed to protect women and the unborn child by supporting this extreme abortion legislation and rejecting amendments to protect them. The position of the Minister on these important issues is a matter of public record, it is not fake news.

Right to Life believes that Alfred Ngaro was justified in believing that the Hon Phil Twyford  supported these appalling values as he had voted on the 17 March 2020 against these amendments to the Abortion Legislation Bill that allows abortions up to birth that would have:-

·       Prohibited abortions after 20 weeks except in extreme circumstances to protect the life or health of the mother.

·       Prohibited abortions on the grounds of sex selection.

·       Prohibited abortions after 20 weeks for babies diagnosed with a disability including Down syndrome.

Hansard is the official record of Parliament, it is not fake news and records these votes by the Minister. Hansard also records that the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern and thirty-six of her caucus voted for this anti-life and anti-feminist Abortion Legislation Act, with only nine voting against the bill.

The Hon Phil Twyford also voted against amendments that would have:-

·      Provided appropriate care to any child born alive in an abortion.

·      Required pain relief being given to a child being aborted after 20 weeks.

·      Provided increased legal protection for women and their unborn child.

Right to Life is very concerned that Newshub which reported this attack on free speech by Minister Twyford and which is at the service of the community, did not uphold the right of free speech of Alfred Ngaro.

Ken Orr,

Spokesperson,

Right to Life    

Authorised by Paul Ives, 22C McBratneys Road, Christchurch

Why we cannot trust Jacinda Ardern with another three years

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The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is asking us to trust her to lead our nation for another three years. Right to Life believes that it would be unwise and contrary to the common good to elect her government for a further three years.

Our Prime Minister made the following statement made on the 3rd August 2019. “ I feel a huge duty of care to our most vulnerable, and genuinely believe our success as leaders should be judged on no lesser standard than the well-being of children.”

How then has she exercised her duty of care?

For a start Jacinda Ardern was the architect of the anti-life and anti-feminist Abortion Legislation Act 2020. This Act represents an unprecedented attack on the family, on the status and dignity of women and on the right to life of New Zealanders in the first nine months of their lives.

Taking women and the unborn out of the protection of the Crimes Act, has given government permission for the violent killing of the unborn up to birth. This appalling Act has created a very dangerous precedent. It was prophesised by the Royal Commission on Contraception Sterilisation and Abortion in 1977, when it warned Parliament, that if Parliament did not effectively protect the right to life of the unborn, a future Parliament would refuse to protect the right to life of those with Dementia and Alzheimer’s.

The Act results in the following outcomes:-

  • It withdraws the protection of the State to protect women and their unborn child.
  • It denies the humanity of the unborn child.
  • It denies the child’s inalienable God given right to life.
  • It grants property rights to the mother over her child.
  • It declares that it is no longer a crime to kill an unborn child.
  • It grants the “right” of the mother to terminate the life of her child,
  • It pretends that the killing of a defenceless unborn child is health care.
  • It violates the conscience rights of doctors not to be involved in the killing of their unborn patients.

The Prime Minister also voted against seven amendments, which were all defeated, that would have saved lives and would have provided increased protection for women and the unborn child.

  • Appropriate care for a child born alive in an abortion. Voted down.
  • A prohibition of sex selection abortion. Voted down.
  • A prohibition of the killing of disabled unborn children after 20 weeks, including those with Down syndrome. Voted down.
  • The provision of pain relief for unborn children after 20 weeks. Voted down.
  • Restricting abortions between 20 weeks and birth (to where a woman’s life or health is at risk). Voted down.

Can the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, be trusted?  In 2017 she made a promise to the disability community in response to concerns expressed by the Saving Down’s advocacy group that the new abortion bill would remove the current 20 week prohibition and allow abortions up to birth for foetal abnormality. The Prime Minister responded, “They have said till 40 weeks, which is wrong, which is wrong. We have time periods already set out in law, I am not proposing changes to that. I am proposing it comes out of the Crimes Act,” this is simply untrue. The Prime Minister shamefully broke her promise.

The Prime Minister also supported the End of Life Choice Act that would allow doctors to give their patients a lethal injection or assist in their suicide. This Act is a threat to the lives of the most vulnerable in our community.

Her support for this anti-life Act reveals that she believes that Parliament has a right to decide who may live and who may be killed and that doctors have a right to kill their patients.

Right to Life believes that those who wish to lead this nation must be committed to protecting every human being from conception to natural death and not seeking to preside over our destruction.

Ken Orr

Spokesperson,

Right to Life

Authorised by Paul Ives, for Right to LIfe NZ, 22C McBrattney’s Rd, Dallington, Christchurch 8061

Why has the Prime Minister Redefined who is Human?

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Media Release 9 August 2020

Why has the Prime Minister Redefined who is Human?

The Ministry of Health; “The term unborn child is not a scientific term and does not have a commonly accepted definition.”

The Prime Minister said in September 2018, “If you ask me why I’m in politics, my answer will be simple: children.”

Right to Life respectfully questions this assertion.

The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, is the first Prime Minister in the history New Zealand who has sought to usurp the authority of the Creator to redefine who is human and the bearer of human rights. In doing so she has sought to usurp the authority of the Creator. Our humanity is a gift from God. Human life begins at conception at which moment we are endowed by our Creator with inalienable human rights, the foundation right being a right to life. Our rights being inalienable they cannot be taken from us, nor may we give them up.

Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, as the architect of the anti-life and anti-feminist Abortion Legislation Act 2020 which has redefined the unborn child as a non- human being. Right to Life has to ask why is the child now the property of the mother?  Why does It become a human being endowed with a right to life endowed with an inalienable right to life only when it is born? This is a legal fiction that is an affront to the Creator, an offence to women, a violation of the human rights of the child and a crime against humanity. It allows the government to sanction and fund the killing of nearly 13,000 defenceless unborn children each year.

Right to Life submitted to the Prime Minister an Official Information Act request on the 21 April 2020. The request was:

“What medical or biological evidence do you have to prove that the unborn child is not a human being with a right to life until it is born?”

The Prime Minister has refused to answer this important question. The Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister’s office replied on 22 May. “I believe that the information requested is more closely connected with the functions of the Ministry of Justice. Accordingly I have decided under section 14[b] [ii} of the Act transfer the request to the Ministry of Justice.” The Ombudsman has advised Right to Life that this is a legal ploy used by Ministers who wish to avoid being accountable.

The Ministry of Justice replied on 10 June. ” Information to which your request relates is not held by us but is more closely connected with the functions of the Ministry of Health,” your request has been referred to the Ministry of Health. The Acting Deputy Director General of Health, Clare Perry replied on 3rd July.

“The Royal Commission you refer to is now 50 years old.” The Law Commission’s report to the Minister of Justice on taking abortion out of the Crimes Act and making abortion a health issue,”only uses the term unborn child when referring to existing legislative provisions that include it, as it is not a scientific term and does not have a commonly accepted definition. The term unborn child is not used in recently amended Contraception Sterilisation and Abortion Act 1977 (CS & A Act). The information you are seeking is not held by the Ministry and would need to be created in order to respond to your request.”

These disturbing responses are the fruits of a culture of death. A prime Minister who refuses to answer a fundamental question on the humanity of the unborn child. The Minister of Justice who has removed reference to the unborn child and its human rights from legislation specifically drafted for the killing of the child and lastly the Ministry of Health that declares that there is no commonly accepted definition of an unborn child. Only the triumph of a culture of life based on truth and justice that recognises the dignity of women, the humanity and right to life of our precious unborn can save our nation from this increasing and violent war on women.

Ken Orr,
Spokesperson,
Right to Life

Authorised by Paul Ives, 22C McBrattneys Rd, Dallington, Christchurch 8061

Prime Minister Should Not Condone Adultery

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Media Release 28 July 2020

Right to Life is concerned at the statement reported in the NZ Herald of the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, that a Cabinet Minister having an affair is not necessarily inappropriate.

Right to Life believes that having an affair or committing adultery is always morally reprehensible, offensive and inappropriate. It gives offence to our Creator by violating the sixth commandment of God, “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” It damages the persons committing adultery , violates the marriage contract to be faithful to your spouse, gives offence to the spouse and gives scandal to the community.

Those who govern, do so with the permission of the governed. The community has an absolute right to expect that those who sit in our Parliament or in government are persons of the highest integrity and moral rectitude.

We should have compassion for those who fall from grace, for there but for the grace of God goes myself.

The Prime Minister has no authority to challenge and re-interpret the commandments of God. As the architect of the anti-life Abortion Legislation Act, she and her government have challenged God recently by reinterpreting the fifth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill.”

They have done this by declaring that the unborn child is not a human being, does not have a right to life and that it is no longer a crime to kill an unborn baby.

Right to Life believes that the community has a right to expect the Prime Minister to be a role model in her own personal life and to expect and demand the highest integrity from her Ministers and members of her caucus.

Ken Orr

Spokesperson,

Right to Life

Parliamentary Population and Development Group Ignores Population Crisis

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Media Release 20 July 2020

Since the introduction of the contraceptive pill into New Zealand in 1961 the government has been unwittingly funding a war on women, children and the family.

Wednesday 11 July was World Population Day which focused on the importance of population issues. To mark the day the New Zealand Parliamentarians’ Group on Population and Development (NZPPD) issued a media release to draw attention to the human rights linked to sexual and reproductive health. Right to Life questions the NZPPD’s focus on sexual and reproductive health which includes the promotion of contraception, sterilisation, abortion and sex education.

 It is disappointing that the NZPPD does not recognise that contraception, sterilisation and abortion represent violence against women. A genuine feminist position that supports the dignity and human rights of women would be seeking to protect women from this culture of violence and death.

 The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern supports the war on women with contraception, sterilisation and abortion. She was the architect of the Abortion Legislation Act 2020 which makes it no longer a crime to kill an unborn baby. In response to an Official Information Act request from Right to Life, she advised that she had no policy to support a birth rate of 2.1 or to promote marriage as exclusively between one man and one woman. 

Contraception. sterilisation and abortion will not make women free but slaves to men who refuse to honour the dignity of women who are called by our Creator to co-operate with Him in creating new life. 

Women have an absolute right to decide if and when they wish to become pregnant. Why is it in the interest of women to take powerful drugs which simulate a permanent pregnancy in the body in order that they are available to men?

Contraception is a serious threat to the future of this nation. The governments continued promotion and funding of contraception is contributing to the destruction of our community. It is disappointing that the NZPPD does not recognise that New Zealand is facing a demographic crisis. Our birth rate is a catastrophic 1.89  and has been in decline since 1960. In 1959 our birth rate was a commendable 4.026. We believe that It was the introduction of the contraceptive pill in 1961 which was the cause of the birth rate dramatically declining to 2.055 in 1981 to below replacement level. This is a population crisis, why is the NZPPD, Parliament and the government not concerned?

Contributing to the population crisis is the dramatic decline in traditional marriages which are exclusively between one woman and one man. Our marriage rate at 9.8 per 1,000 persons over the age of 16 in 2019 was the lowest since 1960, the peak was 45.5 in 1971. Contraception has adversely affected marriage as men can now have ready access to women without the need to make a permanent commitment to women in marriage.

There is a correlation between a decline in marriage rates and an impact on children and families. A reduction  in marriage rates could have a negative social impact on children with an increase in child poverty and abuse. Why is the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, the Minister for Child Poverty Reduction not concerned?

If the government is really serious about population issues why is it not addressing the crisis that confronts us?

Ken Orr,

Spokesperson,

Right to Life

Authorised by Paul Ives, 22C McBrattneys Rd, Dallington, Christchurch 8061


 

Ministry of Health response 10 June 2020 letter

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133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand


Ken Orr
By email: ken@righttolife.org.nz
Ref: H202004169

Dear Ken Orr

Response to your request for official information

Thank you for your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) which was transferred from the Ministry of Justice under section 14 of the Act to the Ministry of Health (the Ministry) on 10 June 2020. You asked:

“What medical or biological evidence do you have to prove that the unborn child is not a human being with a right to life until it is born?

The Royal Commission on Contraception Sterilisation and Abortion, in its report to Parliament in 1977 stated that they had received expert biological evidence from around the world confirming that human life began at conception. The Commission also stated that the child from implantation has a status which entitles it to preservation and protection and that from implantation to birth, changes in the unborn child are of a developmental nature only. The three events suggested as being of significance, namely, quickening, viability and brain development, are no more than stages in that development and are not indicative of any qualitative changes in the developing child which would make it non-human at one point of time and human at another.”
As you are aware, Parliament passed a new legislative framework for abortion services in New
Zealand on the 24 March 2020. The Ministry’s role is to implement the legislation as passed by Parliament and monitor the performance of all service providers to ensure their delivery of services complies with the law as specified. The legislative framework pertaining to the health service as defined in the relevant statutes is the policy framework that the Ministry and providers of health services adhere to.
The Royal Commission you refer to in your question is now 50 years old. The more recent Law Commission’s report, commissioned by the government in 2019 ‘Alternative approaches to abortion law’, provided the basis for the government’s review of the legislation. This report is available at:

https://www.lawcom.govt.nz/sites/default/files/projectAvailableFormats/Law%20Commission%2 0-%20ALR%20Ministerial%20Briefing%20Paper%20-%20FINAL.pdf

The Law Commission’s report above only uses the term ‘unborn child’ when referring to existing legislative provisions that include it, as it is not a scientific term and does not have a commonly accepted definition. The term ‘unborn child’ is not used in the recently amended Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977.
The Act enables people to request official information from the Ministry. However, the Act only applies to information that is already held by the Ministry. There is no obligation on the Ministry to create information in order to respond to a request. The information you are seeking in this case is not held by the Ministry and would need to be created in order to respond to your request. I am therefore refusing your request in full under section 18(g) of the Act.

I trust that this information fulfils your request. Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any decisions made under this request.

Yours sincerely

Clare Perry
Acting Deputy Director-General Health System Improvement and Innovation

Which Leader will Protect Life and Promote Human Dignity?

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In September our nation will make a decision that will determine the future of our country. This election is a watershed moment in our history and one in which we all have a part to play. We face the real possibility, of the return to power of a government that is both hostile not only to the sanctity of human life, but in fact also many of the foundational Judeo-Christian principles upon which our nation has been founded. The deconstruction of those values has been underway for decades but this government seems determined to complete that process. Ahead lies the very real threat of the legally sanctioned killing of our elderly and unwell. We also face increasing threat to freedom of speech and our religious freedoms.

Both Jacinda Ardern and Todd Muller wish to lead our nation as Prime Minister. It is a very great honour and privilege to be elected as the leader of our country. A Prime Minister needs to be a person of integrity and we believe one whose ethos includes a conviction that the lives of the weakest and most vulnerable persons in our community need to be protected in law. Unfortunately we do not see those qualities in Jacinda Ardern. Todd Muller commendably voted consistently against the Abortion legislation Bill, yet has publicly stated that he believes abortion is now with the enacting of that Bill, ‘settled law’. We cannot agree. It is not settled law, neither as slavery.

Who is best qualified to reaffirm the value of every human life from conception to natural death? We need a government that is committed to seeking the repeal of the infamous Abortion Legislation Act 2020 and opposing the killing of the vulnerable through implementing the End of Life Choice bill, should it be approved in the referendum.  Society through its laws and social institutions has a duty to protect and nurture all human life.

The Prime Minister who presents as charming, attractive and likeable was the architect of the Abortion Legislation Act 2020 that declares that it is no longer a crime to kill a child before birth and permits women to kill their children effectively for any reason, up to birth. She also opposed eight pro-life amendments that would have given increased legal protection for women and their unborn. These included protection for children with disabilities including Down syndrome, who may now be violently murdered up to birth. She also supported and voted in favour of the End of Life Choice Act and the the referendum which if passed, will permit doctors killing their patients or assisting in their suicide. Jacinda Ardern also supported the first reading of this legislation, that would have enabled the killing of the disabled.

We believe that these actions alone disqualify her on moral grounds from being New Zealand’s leader.

Todd Muller is committed to protecting the lives of every member of the human family from conception to natural death. He has a commendable 100% voting record in defending life. He opposed the anti-life Abortion Legislation Bill and the End of Life Choice Bill. It is however disappointing that he never took a call to speak up in defence of the right to life of the unborn in the abortion debate. Neither did he speak up in defence of the vulnerable in the euthanasia debate. It is hoped that should he become Prime Minister that he will accept the responsibility of providing leadership in defending the lives of the vulnerable in our community. He who remains silent in the face of attacks on the right to life of the voiceless shares the guilt of the oppressor.

Right to Life believes that there is no place in our Parliament for those who are not committed to protecting the lives of every member in our community from conception to natural death. We believe that the Jacinda Ardern Labour led government is a continuing threat to the vulnerable in our community. This is not the great Labour Party of Michael Joseph Savage that was founded on a commitment to social justice and a profound respect for the right to life of every individual from conception.

Right to Life encourages the electorate to elect at the next election a Prime Minister and Parliament who are committed to protect the right to life of every member of our human family and to vote No at the referendum on euthanasia.

Ken Orr
Spokesperson,
Right to Life

Authorised by Paul Ives, 22C McBrattneys Rd, Dallington, Christchurch 8061

These 34 New Zealand Organisations Supported the Abortion Legislation Bill

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Back in mid February 2020 prior to the passing of Jacinda Ardern’s Abortion Legislation Bill, NZ Family Planning (NZFP) sent a letter (see below), to all our MP’s in support of the Bill. It was signed by the leaders of 34 prominent national and regional organisations, many representing women.

Right to Life seriously questions whether the decision to sign this letter by their organisational heads is representative of the views of the majority of members actually working in many of the professions represented by them. Take for example the fact that one of the signatories to the letter was Allison Eddy, the CEO of the NZ College of Midwives. Right to Life doubts that the majority of Midwives in New Zealand would support their being required, as would appear to be the case under the new law, to not just be involved with, but rather to actually perform medical and surgical abortions. We think most New Zealanders, when they discover this, will find it abhorrent. Midwives are the guardians of life not purveyors of death.

Do the majority of members of the NZ Council of Women support our new laws which effectively allow abortion on demand up to birth? Again we have major doubts.

Right to Life urges those who value our unborn children to take action by contacting their MP to express concern about the provisions of this extreme bill. As we get nearer the election it is important that all those who uphold innocent human life do all they can to raise awareness and to push back on the encroaching culture of death.

Chris O’Brien

President Right to Life

The letter reads..

Dear (MP),

As organisations and services working for the health, safety, rights, and wellbeing of New Zealanders, we strongly support the passage of the Abortion Legislation Bill.

At its core, this Bill is about supporting women and pregnant people’s autonomy, dignity and wellbeing.

A woman knows what makes sense for her health, her body and her future. She should be enabled to control her healthcare decisions. Health professionals must be able to provide their patients with the best care possible without unnecessary barriers.

Our current abortion laws – unchanged since 1977 – are out of date and not fit for purpose. They create unacceptable barriers to healthcare access; and in doing so increase the distress, delay and financial burden faced by someone who seeks to end a pregnancy. They also result in inequitable access to timely abortion services, particularly for women living in rural areas, people who already have limited access to healthcare, and people who are affected by physical and sexual violence.

We write to record our strong and united support for the Abortion Legislation Bill as a sensible framework for safe, legal and compassionate access to abortion care.

As the Members of Parliament who will determine whether or not this Bill becomes law, we urge you to vote yes for a more compassionate healthcare system in New Zealand.

Signatories:

  1. Family Planning – Jackie Edmond, Chief Executive
  2. Te Wh?riki Takapou – Dr Alison Green, Chief Executive
  3. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) – Dr Celia Devenish, Chair Te K?hui Oranga ? Nuku and Dr John Tait, Vice President
  4. Abortion Providers Group Aotearoa New Zealand (APGANZ)
  5. Te Ropu Wahine Maori Toko i te Ora Maori Women’s Welfare League Inc – Prue Kapua, National President
  6. New Zealand College of Sexual and Reproductive Health – Dr Jo Lambert, Deputy Chair
  7. Medical Sexual Assault Clinicians Aotearoa (MEDSAC) – Dr Min Lo, Chairperson
  8. New Zealand College of Midwives / Te K?reti o ng? Kaiwhakawh?nau ki Aotearoa – Alison Eddy, Chief Executive
  9. New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) – Memo Musa, Chief Executive
  10. Women’s Refuge – Dr Ang Jury, Chief Executive
  11. Women’s Health Action – Isis McKay, General Manager
  12. Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand (ALRANZ) – Terry Bellamak, President
  13. National Council of Women New Zealand (NCWNZ) – Lisa Lawrence, President
  14. Ara Taiohi, Matekino Marshall (Kaihaut?)
  15. Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW)– Lucy Sandford-Reed, Chief Executive
  16. New Zealand Women’s Law Journal — Te Aho Kawe Kaupapa Ture a ng? W?hine – Josie Te Rata, Editor-in-Chief
  17. Wellington Women Lawyers’ Association – Steph Dyhrberg, Convenor
  18. Korowai Youth Well-Being Trust (running the 298 Youth One Stop Shop) – Dame Sue Bagshaw DNZM, Chair
  19. The Collaborative Trust – Steve Langley, Chair
  20. UNICEF New Zealand – Vivien Maidaborn, Executive Director
  21. Amnesty International Aotearoa – Meg de Ronde, Executive Director
  22. New Zealand Prostitutes Collective – Dame Catherine Healy DNZM, National Co-ordinator
  23. Public Health Association of New Zealand, K?hui Hauora T?matanui – Dr Prudence Stone, Chief Executive
  24. New Zealand AIDS Foundation – Jason Myers, Chief Executive
  25. Positive Women Inc. – Jane Bruning ONZM, National Coordinator
  26. Social Workers for Choice – Liz Beddoe, Professor of Social Work
  27. UN Women Aotearoa New Zealand – Suzanne McNabb, President
  28. Pacific Women’s Watch New Zealand – Mrs Denise Te Tuhi Ewe, Chair
  29. New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Women’s Council – Rachel Mackintosh, CTU Vice President
  30. Federation of Women’s Health Councils Aotearoa New Zealand – Barbara Robson and Barbara Holland, Co-convenors
  31. New Zealand Association of Counsellors – Christine Macfarlane, President
  32. Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand – Shaun Robinson, Chief Executive, and Zoe Aroha Hawke, Manager, Policy & Advocacy, Community Engagement & Health Promotion
  33. New Zealand Sexual Health Society (NZSHS) Incorporated – Dr Julia Scott, President
  34. Te H? o Hine-ahu-one Palmerston North Women’s Health Collective – Jean Hera, Manager and Community Health Worker

“know us by our deeds”- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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Media Release 12th May 2020

As we move to level 2 it is fitting that we commend the Prime Minister, for seeking to protect the lives of the community and the vulnerable by declaring a national emergency to confront the coronavirus pandemic. During the six weeks lock down 21 New Zealanders have tragically lost their lives to Coronavirus.

However we must point out Prime Minister that during this period it is estimated that eighty times as many, 1,680 unborn children have been killed in abortions, funded by your government as a core health service. Each killing was  preventable.

Why are you ignoring these tragic deaths? The greatest threat to human life In New Zealand is not coronavirus but abortion.

The government has been at pains to present the image of a kind and caring  government.  In June 2019 the Prime Minister said that “every single life matters,” -but is that really true?

In a speech early this year she said, “know us by our deeds”

She is correct, we should know her by her deeds. A correct assessment is imperative as she seeks a further three years to impose her agenda of social engineering on our nation.

Jacinda Ardern was the architect of the extremist anti-life and anti-feminist Abortion Legislation Act. She was the person responsible for rushing this Act through Parliament with only a pretence of debate. This act declares that the unborn child is not a human being, does not have human rights and does not become a human being until it is born. It is now no longer a crime to kill an unborn child but in your words, ‘a reproductive choice for women.”

It was the Prime Minister who orchestrated the government member’s overwhelming opposition to eight amendments to the Abortion Bill which would have mitigated some suffering for those who are going to killed before birth and provided at least some legal protection for women and their unborn children. She was amongst those who  voted down every single one.

We believe that the Prime Minister is subverting Parliamentary democracy by refusing to answer questions asked of her by Right to Life concerning the reasons why she abandoned the disability community and condoning the killing of children with Down syndrome up to birth.

It was the Prime Minister with the overwhelming support of her Labour led government, who supported the anti-life euthanasia act, which would allow doctors to kill their patients or assist in their suicide.

The Prime Minister is the Minister for Child Poverty Reduction. It is disappointing that she refuses to accept that the greatest poverty for a child is to be violently deprived of its life before it is born. Is she hoping to reduce child poverty by encouraging the killing of the children of the poor by abortion?

A dispassionate appraisal of your deeds as Prime Minister would sadly conclude that you and your Labour led government are a continuing threat to the lives of the unborn, the disabled, the elderly and the seriously ill.

Ken Orr
Spokesperson,
Right to Life

 

 

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