Right to Life New Zealand

Upholding the sanctity of Human life and Standing Up for the Vulnerable

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

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

 

 

Abortion Legislation Bill 2020 Extremities Summarised by Family First

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Family First’s partnership website Choose Life recently posted a very comprehensive article summarising the glaring problems and extreme provisions within the Jacinda Ardern’s, recently enacted 2020 Abortion Legislation Act. The post also exposes how amendments that would have mitigated the more extreme aspects of the bill, such as the born alive provision and fetal pain provision were all voted down by a majority of our MP’s. The implications of these amendments being rejected is quite frankly shocking.

The post also presents the voting record of all MP’s not only on the Bill but on each of the major table SOP’s (Amendments).

Here are the sections of this must read article

POLICY FAIL
WHEN DOES LIFE BEGIN?
LATE-TERM ABORTIONS UP TO BIRTH ARE LEGAL
BORN ALIVE PROVISION VOTED DOWN
FOETAL PAIN PROVISION VOTED DOWN
COERCION & SUPPORT
NO PARENTAL NOTIFICATION
FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE PROVISIONS
SEX SELECTIVE ABORTIONS
DANGEROUS D.I.Y. ABORTIONS AT HOME
LOOSE DEFINITION OF ‘HEALTH PRACTITIONER’
GESTATIONAL TIME LIMIT FOR DISABILITIES
PUBLIC OPPOSITION
VOTING RECORD (of MP’s)
Further Background Information

 

 

Anzac Day – Lest We Forget

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“Mother and protector of the nation’s unborn?”

Media Release  25th April 2020

Even the pandemic is not permitted to stop the war against our own unborn. The violent killing of children is prioritised as “an essential service”. We have to ask if our fallen war heroes died in vain?

We must never forget the sacrifices that they made in order that future generations may live in freedom and enjoy our inalienable right to life. Throughout our nation there are monuments commemorating their sacrifice, which today we remember.

It is an illusion however that we are now living in peace and are free from war. Today we are engaged in another bloody war, not with a foreign aggressor but in a war against a new enemy, our own children. Why do we feel threatened by our own children in the womb, who are the weakest and most defenceless member of the human family? Pregnancy is not a disease, or an enemy, so again we must ask why has the womb become a battleground more violent than Gallipoli?

Since the passing of the Contraception Sterilisation and Abortion Act in 1977, there have been more than 500,000 children killed in the womb in New Zealand, their mothers too are victims of this war. The total number of New Zealanders killed in overseas conflicts, since the Boer War total 96,241. These children were deemed to be unwanted, of little worth. They are unnamed, worthy only of being a number in our abortion statistics. No tombstone marks their last resting place. Their mortal remains deemed to be medical waste to be incinerated in the same callous manner as the disposal of the Jews after slaughter at Nazi extermination camps during the Second World War.

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her Labour led government have now accelerated this war against our own children. She was the architect of the Abortion Legislation Act which has imposed on the unborn, the status of enemy and a threat to national security. Now who may be killed up to 20 weeks for any reason and up to birth if two medical practitioners consider it ‘appropriate’.

In effect this was nothing other than a deliberate and blatant ploy to decriminalise the murder of our most vulnerable and to coerce women into believing that killing their unborn children is not only ‘healthcare’, but that to do so is their ‘right’.

The Prime Minister is further committed to leading us down a road which embraces killing being a solution to our problems. By supporting and voting for the End of Life Choice bill and the referendum that if passed she poses a threat to right to life of the elderly, the disabled and the seriously ill. This would empower doctors to kill their patients or assist in their suicide and confuse the vulnerable young by promoting suicide as a solution to life’s problems.

Peace starts in the womb. New Zealand will continue to grow in violence and never know true peace, nor can we claim to be a just society, while we continue making war against our own children and support a referendum that would allow the state to empower doctors to kill their patients or assist in their suicide.

The government’s proposals are an affront to the sacrifices made by brave New Zealand men and women who gave their lives to defend and protect all New Zealanders from conception till natural death. Our community would honour the sacrifices made in war by repealing the Abortion Legislation Act 2020 and voting against the End of Life Choice bill at the referendum.

Ken Orr

Spokesperson,

Right to Life

Prime Minister, are you really serious about protecting human life?

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It is the first duty of the State to protect the lives of every member of the community from conception to natural death and not to preside over our destruction.

The government and Parliament are commended for declaring a state of emergency to confront the threat to human life presented by the coronavirus pandemic and to protect the lives of New Zealanders. Prime Minister, when is your government going to declare a national emergency to protect the lives of the more than 13,000 unborn children who are murdered each year in abortions?

This is the same Parliament and government that only one week ago, while other Parliaments were giving urgency to debating a response to the Coronavirus pandemic, debated abortion legislation for four hours and rushed through Parliament the anti-life and anti-women Abortion Legislation Bill that would remove the right to life and facilitate the killing of our unborn children and cause damage to the physical and mental health of their mothers. The same parliament on the same day spent only 2.5 hours debating their response to the fast evolving Coronavirus pandemic.

Dr Bloomfield, Director General of Health told media all our DHBs have plans in place to scale down their current activity, which may include elective surgery and outpatient appointments to free up capacity and staff. Abortion is elective surgery. Right to Life requests that abortions be stopped to free up capacity and staff to concentrate on helping Coronavirus patients.

Prime Minister, are you really serious about wanting to protect the lives of all New Zealanders? While Coronavirus represents a grave threat with as unknown magnitude, abortion also poses a great threat to the lives of New Zealanders who are alive but not yet born. One in five defenceless children in the womb will be innocent victims of abortion. The fatality rate from abortion for the unborn is 100%. To keep things in perspective, we should be aware that since the declaration of emergency on Wednesday more than 70 unborn children have been violently killed in abortions in New Zealand.

Every day an estimated 35 innocent and defenceless unborn children are taken to our Public Hospitals to be violently killed in abortion under the pretext that this is health care. These are the same Hospitals that are now preparing to treat seriously ill patients who may contract coronavirus.

It is fervently hoped that there will be no fatalities resulting from Coronavirus during the period of lockdown. There will however be more than 1,000 unborn children killed during this initial four week period by doctors who are sworn to protect life. The deaths of all these children are preventable.

The abortion industry is deemed to be an essential service and is unaffected by the lock down. It is designated a core health service with unlimited funding and no waiting list. It is elective surgery with abortion on demand for any reason up to 20 weeks gestation and up to birth if two doctors believe that it is ‘appropriate’. There is nothing that can impede the abortion industry, not even a national emergency.

Ken Orr
Spokesperson,
Right to Life


A Dark Day in our History Parliament Abandons Women and their Unborn Children

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Media Release 18th March 2020

Parliament today passed the Labour led government Abortion Legislation Bill by 68 to 51. This 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 life.

Our right to life is universal and inalienable. The denial of the right to life of the unborn is an attack on the right to life of every member of our human family. If today Parliament can deny the right to life of the unborn it will inevitably deny our right to life when we cease to be of value to the State.

By taking women and the unborn out of the protection of the Crimes Act, this Act for the first time in the history of New Zealand has given 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 achieves 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 and gives her the ‘right’ to terminate its life
  • It declares that it is no longer a crime to kill an unborn 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.
  • It violates the right of free speech and assembly of those who seek to offer help to women seeking an abortion or to pray within 150 metres of a  killing centre.

The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, the architect of this Act must accept responsibility for the violence that this Act will inflict on women. Right to Life willingly concedes that she and her colleagues are motivated by the most noble of aspirations in doing what is best for women. Sadly she and her colleagues are sadly mistaken. We do not help women by empowering them to kill their children before they are born. The mark of a civilised society is the loving protection that they surround their women and children with to shield them from violence. This Act will expose women to increased coercion and violence to terminate the life of their child.

Right to Life commends the MPs who voted to defeat this Act at its third reading. The pro-life movement will not rest until this draconian anti-life Act is repealed.

Ken Orr,
Spokesperson,
Right to Life

The NZ Church is Coming Together Against the Abortion Legislation Bill

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It is very encouraging to see the New Zealand churches responding and finally standing up in opposition to the Abortion Legislation bill. Letters have been sent to Jacinda Ardern from New Zealand’s Church leaders expressing major concern over this bill.

Church leaders in Auckland have sent Jacinda Ardern a letter condemning the bill (See below), Christchurch leaders have now joined in opposition to it. We believe other churches are following with more statements. This is truly unprecedented in New Zealand and signals the awakening of a sleeping giant.

A letter to the Prime Minister & Members of Parliament from the Christian Churches of Canterbury

Dear Prime Minister & Members of Parliament,

The Christian Churches of Canterbury which are listed below, who represent 21,356 people within our great nation, wish to strongly state their opposition to the proposed Abortion Legislation Bill which is currently being considered.
Both science and reason point to the fact that those within the womb are no less human than those outside of the womb, only differing in terms of their size, level of development, environment, and degree of dependency.
As the current elected government, you have been entrusted with the weighty responsibility of protecting the human rights of every living New Zealander, especially those who are the most defenceless and vulnerable.
In the attempt to uphold the rights of some New Zealanders, this Abortion Legislation Bill fatally terminates the rights of others, which is why we urge you to reconsider your support of this Bill, and vote NO at the 3rd and final reading.
In this final hour, we pray that you will have the courage to make the right decision, standing up for the rights of those kiwis who are without a voice.

On behalf of the following Christian Churches in Canterbury:

  • Ps Jason Winslade, Redemption Church
  • Ps Joe Fleener, Rolleston Baptist Church
  • Ps Nick Clevely, Covenant Grace Baptist Church
  • Ps Rob Harrod, Grace Baptist Church
  • Ps Mark Pavelka & Ps Wendy Gerrling, Gleniti Baptist Church
  • Rev Dave Clancey, Trinity South Christchurch
  • Rev James de Costobadie, Latimer Church
  • Rev Andrew Allan-Johns, Anchor Charismatic Anglican
  • Ps Tony Blackie, Beckenham Baptist Church
  • Ps Andrew de Vries, Reformed Church of Bishopdale
  • Ps Andre Powell, Cornerstone Church Rolleston
  • Ps Jon Hales, Riverside Community Church
  • Rev Toby Behan, Anglican Life Rangiora
  • Ps Max Palmer, Life Church International
  • Ps David Waldron, Reformed Church of Christchurch
  • Ps Elijah Wong, Christchurch Chinese Abundant Life Church
  • Rev Dr Stephen McNabb, Christ Church Roimata
  • Ps Warren Gouman, C3 Church Christchurch
  • Rev Andy Carley, All Saints Anglican Church
  • Ps Pat Lamborn, Connect Church Christchurch
  • Ps Murray Woodfield, Calvary Chapel Christchurch
  • Ps Ben & Amy Kendrew, Arise Church Christchurch
  • Ps Albert Couperus, Reformed Church of Rangiora
  • Rev Dr Clint Ussher, The Well Church
  • Ps Gideon Hoekend, Harmony Church
  • Ps Lincoln Rout, Rutland Street Church
  • Ps David MacGregor, Grace Vineyard Church
  • Ps Bruce Fraser, Rechurch
  • Ps Kathleen Macdonald, Restoration Ministries
  • Ps Hamish Gallowy, Hope Presbyterian Network
  • Ps Kerry Brewerton, Rangiora Baptist Church
  • Ps Jared van Berkel, Thrive Church
  • Ps Gavin Topp, Oikos Ministries International
  • Rev Jay Behan, St Stephen’s (Church of Confessing Anglicans)
  • Ps Ken Shelley, King’s Church
  • Ps Nigel Ripley, Burwood Christian Centre
  • Rev Peter Hurricks, Anglican Parish of Halswell & Prebbleton
  • Ps Bill Avenell, Ashburton Baptist Church
  • Ps William Lopez, Jesus Is Lord Church
  • Rev Dr Peter Carrell, Anglican Bishop of Christchurch
  • Rev John Fox, Christian Disability Trust
  • Ps Daniel Wu, Canterbury Chinese Christian Church
  • Ps Bernhard Wewege, Every Nation Church
  • Ps Andy van Ameyde, Reformed Church of Dovedale
  • Rev Joshua Taylor, St John’s Anglican Church

On behalf of the Christchurch Church leaders

Pastor Jason Winslade.

Redemption Church

A letter to the Prime Minister & Members of Parliament from the Auckland leaders

“Dear Prime Minister,

The Christian Churches listed below wish to strongly state our opposition to the proposed Abortion Legislation Bill, in that these radical and extreme proposals completely ignore any and all human rights of the unborn child.

We urge you as our Prime Minister, and other members of Parliament, to reconsider your stand regarding this piece of legislation and vote NO at the upcoming 3rd and final reading.

  • Ps Tak Bhana, Senior Pastor, Church Unlimited
  •  Ps Paul de Jong, Senior Pastor, LIFE
  • Ps Jonathan Dove, Chair for Auckland Church Leaders, & Senior Pastor, Greenlane Christian Centre
  • Most Rev Patrick Dunn, Catholic Bishop of Auckland, Catholic Diocese of Auckland
  • Ps Steve Green, Elim Churches of NZ
  • Ps Brian Kelly, Calvary Chapel
  • Rev Dr Stuart Lange, National Director, New Zealand Christian Network
  • Rev Andrew Marshall, Alliance churches
  • Ps Sam Monk, National Leader Acts Churches New Zealand & Senior Pastor Equippers Church
  • Ps Lui Ponifasio, CCCNZ Churches Auckland & LifeChurch NZ
  • Ps Dean Rush, C3 Auckland
  • Ps Jim Shaw, New Life Churches
  • Ps Kok Soon Lee, Chinese Churches NZ
  • Rev David Waldron, Rev John Haverland, Pieter van der Wel and John van Dyk (The Synodical Interim Committee) of the Reformed Churches of New Zealand
  • Ps Jason Winslade, Redemption Church
  • Rev. Paul Allen-Baines, Chairman Congregational Union of New Zealand (Auckland District)
  •  Ps. Brent Douglas, Encounter Christian Churches
  • The Ven Dr Lyndon Drake, Archdeacon of Tamaki Makaurau, Maori Anglican Pihopatanga o Te Tai Tokerau
  •  Ps. Iliafi Esera, General Superintendent, Assemblies of God in NZ
  • Ps. Sanjai Kandregula, Executive Presbytery, Assemblies of God, and Senior Pastor Our City Church
  • Ps. Boyd Ratnaraja and Ps Steve Green, Elim Churches of NZ

On behalf of Auckland Church Leaders,

Ps Jonathan Dove
Chairperson
Auckland Church Leaders”

Parliament Defeats Born Alive Amendment to Abortion Bill

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Media Release 11 March 2020

Do the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern and the Minister of Justice approve of the infanticide of babies born alive in a late term abortion?

Parliament last night (10th March), voted 80 to 37 to defeat an amendment proposed by Simon O’Connor to the government Abortion Legislation Bill. The amendment proposed that a “qualified health practitioner who performed the abortion that results in the birth of a child, or any other health practitioner present at the time the child is born, has a duty to provide the child with appropriate medical care and treatment.”

The commendable object of this amendment was to ensure that the child would receive the same medical care and treatment as any other child who was born. This is the care that any decent society would provide its children. International experience reveals that babies are sometimes born alive after abortion and often cry for help.

It is appalling that 80 MPs were opposed to the amendment which made it clear that doctors had a serious obligation to provide this critical health care.

It is acknowledged that the objective of abortion is to deliver a dead baby (that has been violently killed), The last thing an abortionist wants is a live baby after completing an abortion.

The government Abortion Bill is at pains to ignore the truth that abortion concerns two patients, the mother and the child. The government is silent on the purpose of the Bill which is to facilitate the murder of an innocent and defenceless unborn child. It is therefore understandable that Parliament would collude to defeat this amendment which gives recognition to the truth that :-

The unborn child is a human being.

The child has right to life that needs to be respected and protected.

Medical practitioners have a duty to protect life and not to destroy it.

It is very disturbing that our Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and the majority of her government made the decision to vote against this important amendment. One would expect that any humane person would extend at least this minimum care to a child who had survived murderous intent. However it is clear that even this concession was a bridge to far for those who recognise that any moderation to the legal ‘right’ to kill carries the risk to the holy grail of “CHOICE”.

Right to Life asks our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern as a woman and a loving mother of a child, why did you oppose this amendment to provide health care to a child that had survived the horror of a late term abortion?

Ken Orr,
Spokesperson,
Right to Life

Jacinda Ardern and Andrew Little Upset at being exposed to the Violence of Abortion

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Media Release Friday 6th March 2020

“Prime Minister, we the unborn have no voice. We must then let our broken and bloodied bodies speak to you.”

The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern and the Minister of Justice, Andrew Little were upset that Members of Parliament should see graphic pictures of defenceless and weak unborn children who have been violently killed in abortions.

Right to Life asks them that if graphics exposing the bodies of the brutally murdered victims of abortion are so horrible that you cannot stand to look at them, why do you tolerate and facilitate their murder?

Members of the pro-life movement gathered peacefully outside Parliament on the day of the second reading of the anti-women and anti -life Abortion Legislation Bill. Several members held heart rendering graphic pictures of aborted babies.

The Prime Minister, who has enthusiastically sponsored her Labour led government bill, said she was personally against the use of such images.

“I just think that’s not a way to share the legitimate views that other people will have,”

“People will have their own views and they should be able to freely express them. But people should also be mindful that those who have gone through some of these experiences, that will weigh heavy for many.”

Prime Minister, every abortion results in a dead baby. How can we debate your Bill when you refuse to acknowledge that abortion kills an innocent human being?

Right to Life sympathises with the Prime Minister, it is very disturbing to see pictures of the dismembered and bloodied bodies of children who have been violently killed.
Right to Life believes that if we are going to engage in a respectful and informed debate about abortion it is important to consider the objective of abortion. Every abortion results in a violently killed child.

Justice Minister Andrew Little also objected to the use of such images.

“New Zealanders on average have a low level of tolerance for that sort of extremism. If these people want to go around upsetting the rest of New Zealand, that’s their call.”
Minister, why is it extreme to graphically depict the results of your ill -conceived abortion Bill? Is it not your Bill that is extreme? Is It not you and your extreme abortion  Bill that is upsetting the rest of New Zealand?

“We are the unborn, we are the weakest and most defenceless members of our human family. Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, why do you want to kill us, why are you not protecting us?

From the moment of conception we are human beings endowed with an inalienable right to life. We come to bless our nation, we want to love and be loved. You choose not to hear our silent scream, as the abortionist forces his way into our home intent on violently killing us. You do not hear our voice so let the graphic pictures of our bloodied and dismembered bodies speak to you.”

Ken Orr,
Spokesperson,
Right to Life

This is the website of Right to Life NZ Inc.
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