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Government silent on violent suppression of free speech!

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Right to Life believes that our democracy founded on respect for life and human rights is under severe threat following the orchestrated violence unleashed by an angry mob on peaceful law abiding citizens in Auckland. 

Right to Life is disappointed at the government’s silence on the riotous mob of 2,000 that prevented women being heard in defence of their human rights at Albert Park in Auckland today. Does the government support violence against those who promote views that the government does not like?  Why too are the media silent in defending free speech?

Right to Life asks why did the Police not provide adequate protection to protect free speech and prevent the mob violence inflicted on peaceful law abiding citizens?

The mob had assembled in Mt Albert Park at the request of the transgender community to prevent a highly respected UK women’s rights activist Kellie –Jay Keen Hinshull from speaking on women’s rights.  Kelly-Jay is the founder of the women’s rights group, Standing for Women, she is a strong advocate for women. She upholds the beliefs that biological men do not have a choice to become women and to invade woman’s spaces in toilets, changing rooms or to participate in women’s sports. She also opposes puberty blockers and gene therapy treatment for children being encouraged to change their sex.

Right to Life believes that those who are opposed to women’s rights are not prepared to allow free speech and will continue to silence and suppress women.

Right to Life commends the political parties who supported Kellie Jay’s right to free speech. National Party, ACT, NZ First and the New Conservative Party.

The mob at Mt Albert Park were determined to prevent Kellie Jay and other women from speaking and came armed with pots, pans, drums, megaphones and chants to drown these women out from being heard.

Kellie Jay was mobbed and assaulted by the crowd and feared for her life. She was trapped and surrounded by a mob screaming abuse and trying to get past her security guards. The Police fearing for her safety removed her from the band rotunda and facilitated her escape.

Kellie Jay remarked later, “the mob that came to stop us being heard will show the world how New Zealand is a global leader in misogyny, thought and control and delusion, transgenderism  is a war on women.”   

It is disappointing that the Green Party which was at the forefront in opposing Kellie Jay from speaking and were the instigators of an open letter to the Minister of Immigration opposing her being allowed to enter New Zealand, recently made a commitment to non-violence. Why then did Green MPs attend and support the Auckland demonstration.

Right to Life is disappointed that there was strong opposition from government  to Kellie Jane being allowed free speech. The Prime Minister, Christopher Hipkins told media,” he condemned people who used their right to free speech in a way that seeks to deliberately create division.”

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Grant Robertson called Keen-Minshull’s views “abhorrent”, “dangerous” and “disingenuous.”

Immigration Minister Michael Wood, said,  “he condemned Keen – Minshull’s inflammatory, vile and incorrect worldviews and stood alongside New Zealanders who used free speech against those who wanted to take society backwards, but the assessment was she met the criteria.”

The co-leader of the M?ori Party Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says Aotearoa doesn’t need UK anti-transgender provocateur Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull. Parker.

Government has duty to protect free speech!

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Media Release 21 March 2023

Right to Life requests the Minister of Immigration, the Hon Michael Wood  to reject the open letter from the Green Party to deny entry to New Zealand of Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull of the UK, who had been invited to New Zealand next week to address two meetings in defence of women’s human rights.

The government of Christopher Hipkins supports the false and dangerous definition of women. Women are those persons who are born as biological women and those biological men who choose to become women. The government supports the “rights” of men to invade women’s spaces, changing spaces, toilets and to participate in women’s sports. It also supports puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy for transgender children.

The government has a duty to protect our human rights and the right of free speech. Right to Life believes that it would be a serious violation of human rights should the government deny Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull entry to New Zealand on the grounds that her presence would pose a risk to public order or would likely be. Right to Life asks the government why would you wish to suppress women from speaking in defence of their human rights?

We have already seen attempts by those in authority to block those who hold views that are counter to the current zeitgeist.

The Mayor of Auckland, Phil Goff said in 2021, in relation to a proposed talk by Canadian’s Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern, that  Auckland Council shouldn’t have to “provide a venue for hate speech”, in relation to his support for banning them  from speaking in  public regarding the topic of transgenderism.

This has not been the only case where woke activists have attacked the right to free speech. Later that same year in June a group called Speak Up for Women (SUFW) who advocate for the rights of women, were banned from booking a venue by the Dunedin City Council. Health and safety concerns were apparently behind this decision.

Right to Life commends New Conservative party for defending free speech and women’s rights by supporting the entry to New Zealand of Kelly-Jay Keen Minshull. 

Right to Life defends women’s rights and is opposed to the war on women. Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right and it is disappointing that the Green Party should seek to silence and demonise a courageous English women’s rights activist Kelly-Jay Keen Minshull,  from entering this country to give two public lectures.

She is the founder of the women’s rights group, “Standing for Women” and is a strong advocate for women. She is described by her opponents as a “transphobic radical”,  that is she believes that biological men do not have a choice to become women and to invade women’s spaces in toilets, changing rooms or to participate in women’s sports. She also opposes the use of puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy for transgender children. Is this hate speech and is it likely to provoke violence? Women’s rights are human rights and should be defended by the whole community. Kelly-Jay is an outstanding woman who should be extended a warm welcome to New Zealand.

It is not inclusive to silence others. It is not progressive to deny women their voice , disagreement is not hate speech.

Now the woke are at it again, this time at a government level.

We either have free speech in this country or we don’t.

If we don’t then can we really call this country a democracy?

The call to ban Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull is apparently on health and safety grounds, and that her visit may cause violence.

Right to Life has to ask, what group is likely to cause violence when it comes to expressing traditional views about men and women?

We certainly do not believe the violence will come from those who express traditional views about what constitutes a man and a women. Have any speakers visiting New Zealand to support transgender views ever been banned from entering by the authorities? None!

Ricardo Menendez March MP, who is the Immigration spokesperson for the Green Party, describes himself as “a socialist transgressive queer.”  It is concerning that the Greens who aspire to be in government at the next general election are opposed to free speech and women’s human rights.

 

Ken Orr,

Spokesperson,

Right to Life New Zealand Inc.

Should it be a crime to pray in a public place?

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Media Release 3 March 2023

A catholic priest and an middle aged women [pictured] were arrested in the United Kingdom in December 2022 for praying silently in a safe zone outside abortion clinics. This is a crime with the penalty on conviction of up to six months in prison.

 The United Kingdom as a mature Parliamentary democracy has been traditionally a courageous defender of human rights, it should be able to differentiate between criminal conduct and the peaceful exercise of constitutionally protected rights.

Isabel Vaughan Spruce, co-director for 40 days for life in the UK, was questioned by police on a Sunday in Birmingham when the clinic was closed. She admitted that she might have been praying. Isabel was arrested, searched, questioned, photographed, finger printed and charged on four counts, with protesting and engaging in an act that is intimidating to service users. Standing alone was also deemed an intimidation. Isabel said that she was not protesting and was not holding any poster and had been praying silently and peacefully outside abortion facilities for twenty years.

Father Sean Gough, a priest of the Archdiocese of Birmingham was arrested outside an abortion clinic in a safe area in Wolverhampton when the clinic was closed. He was also searched, questioned, photographed, finger printed and charged with intimidation for praying silently and holding a sign that read, “praying for freedom of speech.” He was also charged with intimidation for displaying on his car a small sign that read, “unborn lives matter.”

Father Sean’s arrest is significant as he was protesting in support of free speech. When it becomes a crime to peacefully demonstrate in support of free speech it is time for the community to rise up in support of our God given human rights, our right to life, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of communication and freedom of religion.

Fr Sean and Isobel were both charged before the court on 16th February, the charges were withdrawn due to insufficient evidence. The defendants could be tried in the future if further evidence became available. Both Fr Sean and Isobel are pursuing legal action to stop this action and to clear their names.

Right to Life fearlessly supports freedom of speech and the right to pray in a public place. If the state is allowed to censor and suppress prayer in a public place we can logically expect the state to ultimately suppress our right to exercise our freedom of religion.

Right to Life believes that what is happening in the United Kingdom should be a warning to what we can expect in the near future in New Zealand following the passing of safe area legislation. We believe that the pro-abortion movement and its supporters in Parliament consider peaceful citizens praying near abortion clinics intimidating and a criminal offence.

Right to Life is committed to actively oppose safe areas around abortion facilities and will vigorously defend the right of peaceful citizens to pray there for an end to abortion and the violent war against women and their precious unborn.

Ken Orr,

Spokesperson

Right to Life New Zealand Inc.

Ministry of Health censors free speech!

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Right to Life vigorously challenges the unprecedented attempt by the Ministry of Health to regulate the language we use in relation to abortion. We make no apology for recognising that the unborn child is a human being and that abortion is the violent killing of a child, the weakest and most defenceless member of the human family.

 Right to Life is opposed to censorship and the suppression of free speech which is a fundamental human right in a democratic society.

Right to Life, lodged the following Official Information request with the following question to the Ministry of Health on 26th January 2023.

“The names of the pharmacists who have indicated to your Ministry that they are prepared to dispense mifepristone and misoprostol for the purpose of killing an unborn child in a medical abortion”

 The Ministry have rejected our request for the list of pharmacists. If the requested list had been provided, it was the intention of Right to Life to write to those pharmacists and respectfully submit that if they were prepared to dispense lethal drugs to kill an unborn child they would be violating their conscience and pharmaceutical ethics.

The Ministry responded on 13th February 2023.  “The language and tone of your request lead us to question whether your request had been made in good faith. The wording “killing an unborn child” adds no value or context to the information being requested, however indicates hostility towards pharmacists who dispense mifepristone and misoprostol for the purpose of a medical abortion.

Right to Life challenges the Ministries assertions. We make no apologies to the Ministry for reminding them that they are presiding over the abortion industry in New Zealand. We will never change our tone and language to pretend that poisoning and sucking the unborn out of her mother’s womb or violently dismembering her is health care. Our requests are neither frivolous or vexatious.

We bear no hostility to pharmacists, but simply must point out that dispensing lethal drugs to kill unborn children violates the ethics of their profession and like all abortion providers makes them complicit in expanding the culture of death.

The government and the Ministry appear to be determined to supress those who are a voice for the voiceless and who refuse to accept the killing of our unborn children as “a reproductive health choice” 

The Ministry, now named Manatu Hauora, warned us that it stands by their response and for future requests, we invite you to consider submitting requests in more appropriate terms. If you choose not to, we will consider whether it is necessary to refuse your request as frivolous or vexatious under section 18(h) of the Act.

Right to Life will now lodge a complaint with the Ombudsman to uphold our right to continue to seek information from the Ministry of Health, under the Official Information Act. 

 

Ken Orr,

Spokesperson,

Right to Life New Zealand Inc

Government’s war on Free Speech Postponed!

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Media Release 9 February 2023

Right to Life believes that the government’s war on free speech has not been defeated, it has only been postponed till after the general election. It is believed that the  government’s agenda is to control what we believe and say by criminalising speech that they hate.

 Right to Life is opposed to all speech that expresses hostility towards or excites contempt and hostility for people. The Human Rights Act already provides legal redress and does not need amendment.

Right to Life welcomes the announcement of the Prime Minister, Christopher Hipkins to withdraw the Human Rights [Incitement on grounds of Religious Belief] Amendment bill.  It is the government’s intention to refer the contentious issue of hate speech and the curtailment of free speech to the Law Commission for advice on future hate speech laws that would hopefully receive support from the opposition in Parliament.

Right to Life believes that the government’s ultimate objective is to outlaw speech that they hate. It is our belief that the government hates speech that challenges the government’s promotion of abortion and euthanasia as “health services”

Right to Life is opposed to the killing of unborn children and the terminally ill as a violation of human rights. It is our belief, that it is the government’s intention to ultimately outlaw as hate speech, all speech which upholds the right to life of the unborn child and the vulnerable in society.

This contentious bill is currently with the Justice Select Committee that is considering submissions made by the public. The Committee was directed to report back to Parliament by 13 June 2023.

Right to Life believes that this decision is politically motivated. The government is aware that current polls indicate that Labour could lose the general election. The government believes that withdrawing this highly contentious bill will increase its prospects of re-election on 14th October 2023.

The Minister of Justice had previously instructed the Law Commission to advise it on the need for hate speech laws. The Commission commenced in January 2023 to examine the protections in the Human Rights Act for transgender people, non-binary people and people with diverse sex characteristics.

 Right to Life does not trust the Law Commission to protect our right of free speech. We will never forget how the Commission betrayed women and their precious unborn by shamefully colluding with the government of Jacinda Ardern to deny the humanity of  unborn children and their right to life by taking abortion out of the Crimes Act and making their killing “a reproductive health issue”. The Commission meekly concurred with the government that it was no longer a crime to kill an unborn child. Why then should we trust the Commission to protect our right of free speech?

 Right to Life requests that the government upholds our right of free speech by upholding the Human Rights Act 1993 and ceasing any attempt to amend it by introducing hate speech legislation.

Ken Orr,

Spokesperson,

Right to Life New Zealand Inc.

Government imposes secrecy over abortion safe areas!

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Media Release 23 December 2022

Right to Life is concerned that the government is intending to impose safe areas around abortion facilities in a veil of secrecy by excluding the community from consultation and suppressing information.

 The Prime Minister stated before the general election in 2017 that New Zealand was going to have the most accountable and most transparent government we had ever had.

Right to Life believes that the actions of the Ministry of Health, do not support that commitment.

In October 2022 Right to Life wrote to the Ministry of Health and asked under the Official Information Act for the following information:-

  • The names of the abortion providers who have made application for a “safe area” around their abortion facilities?
  • The names of the abortion facilities subject to an application for a “safe area ”designation?
  • A copy of the grounds and alleged violations of harassment and intimidation supporting  the above applications for a “safe area”

The Ministry replied on 3rd November. “Any decisions on future Safe Areas are part of an active legislative process. Once any Safe Area is granted this information will be publicly available.”

 Right to Life challenges this response and has made a complaint to the Ombudsman. We believe that the community have a right to be consulted before the Minister makes a decision to restrict our human rights of free speech, assembly and communication.

It is an appalling injustice that the community are prevented from knowing the names of the six abortion providers that have made application for the curtailment of our human rights and the details of the alleged harassment and intimidation of women seeking an abortion and abortion staff. The only people permitted to be heard are the abortion providers and those who have made unsubstantiated complaints alleging harassment or intimidation. The community is on trial, however it is prohibited from providing evidence to protect its human rights.

Right to Life wrote to the Ministry in November requesting under the Official Information Act a copy of the application form to be used by abortion providers in requesting a safe area designation for their abortion facility. The Ministry on 5th December provided a copy for my exclusive personal use only. The Ministry have invoked the Copyright Act and have advised me that I may not show this form to any other person or publish it on our website. If I did so it could result in my being prosecuted and being charged in a Court with  breaching the Copyright Act. On conviction I could be fined or imprisoned.

Why is the Ministry of Health invoking the Copyright Act to provide secrecy around the imposition of contentious Safe Areas for the killing centres of unborn children?

We do not accept that there is justification for restricting our rights of free speech and communication by invoking the Copyright Act, and have therefore shown the application form for a Safe Area to the executive and to other members of the pro-life movement in New Zealand.

Ken Orr,

Spokesperson,

Right to Life New Zealand Inc.

Deafening and shameful silence of media -National March for Life.

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Media Release 7 December 2022

Right to Life is disappointed at the deafening silence of State owned Radio NZ and TVNZ who chose to refuse to report on the National March for Life. The nation’s twenty-one daily newspapers also suppressed any reporting on the National March for Life.

There were only two major media organisations, Newshub and Prime TV that provided any coverage of this major newsworthy event. They also gave equal coverage to a handful of angry demonstrators who loudly proclaimed “the right of women to kill their children before they are born”.

The media, the fourth estate have an important role to play in being our watchdog and our advocate for a just society, they alone can hold the legislature and the judiciary to account. Why are they not a powerful voice opposing the violence of abortion against women and against our unborn, why have they chosen to be silent? Their silence undermines the trust that the community should have in the media.

Nearly 3,000 men women and children marched from Civic Square to Parliament on Saturday 3 December. They were a voice for the voiceless unborn children who are innocent victims of the government’s war against women and their precious children. It was a call for the government to end the State sanctioned and funded violence against women and their unborn. The killing each year of more than 13,000 innocent and defenceless unborn children is a violation of human rights, a crime against humanity and an intolerable burden on the conscience of our nation.

All the news media in New Zealand were aware of the National March for Life as they had been given advice of the March in November by the organisers of the March for Life.

Why then, the general chilling and frightening silence of the media in defending women and the unborn? The government and Parliament believes wrongly that the debate on abortion is settled and that those who oppose the violence of abortion should be ignored and silenced.

The government have invested $55 million in the media to promote “responsible journalism”. Right to Life believes that the government expects “responsible journalism” to ignore and suppress all news of the pro-life movement in its defence of women and the unborn and to promote the killing of the unborn as health care.

Radio NZ reported at length in the news on the day of the March on a demonstration by 200 local Chinese in Auckland opposed to China’s zero Covid policy. Why did RNZ not consider it newsworthy to report on the nearly 3,000 protesting at the March for Life on the violence inflicted on New Zealand women and their unborn?

The silence of the media will not deter us from continuing to seek justice for women and their unborn, the weakest and most defenceless members of our human family, we will not be silenced, we will not rest until our unborn are recognised as human beings endowed by their Creator with an inalienable right to life.

Ken Orr,

Spokesperson,

Right to Life New Zealand Inc.

Why does the government not recognise its own hate speech directed at women and their unborn?

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Media Release 27 November 2022

What could be more hateful than to tell a pregnant woman, that her child is not a human being, does not have a right to life and that the government would be pleased to authorise and fund the violent killing of her child before it is born, as a health service?   

 Right to Life is opposed to the government’s proposal to introduce hate speech legislation. This would be an infringement of free speech and expression. Right to Life believes that it is incompatible with a free and open society. It could ultimately result in opposition to the killing of unborn children being classified as hate speech.

 Recently the British Parliament amended the law to prohibit praying silently outside an abortion clinic with the penalty on conviction, six months in prison.

The government is committed to promoting abortion as health care and a reproductive choice for women. With the introduction of the extremist Abortion Legislation Act 2020, designed by the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, it is no longer a crime to kill an unborn child as it does not become a human being until it is born. Right to Life believes that this constitutes government sponsored hate speech directed at the weakest and most defenceless members of our human family.

Right to Life believes that the government is most uncomfortable with those in our community who exercise their right of free speech to protest at the killing of defenceless and innocent unborn children sanctioned and funded by the government. We believe that the government would dearly love to silence these courageous defenders of life who protest that abortion is murder and war against women.

The Justice Minister, Kiritapu Allan, has announced that there will be an amendment to the Human Rights Act 1993, so that inciting hostility against religious belief will also be covered. The Minister states that it is her intention next year to submit her proposals to the Law Commission and seek their advice. The community should not forget how the Law Commission cowardly betrayed women and their unborn by meekly agreeing with the government to take abortion out of the Crimes Act and make the killing of the unborn a health service.

The government has given notice with its overwhelming support for the Safe Area legislation and its assault on free speech that the government is determined to control what we think and what we say. A nation of docile sheep invites government by wolves.

Enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the right to freedom of opinion and expression includes for everyone the “freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers”. This fundamental human right is protected by several international and regional human rights treaties.

Ken Orr,

Spokesperson,

Right to Life New Zealand Inc.

Government’s abortion counselling services outlaw prolife counselling!

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Media Release 19 October 2022

Right to Life intends to lodge a complaint with the Human Rights Commissioner against the Director General of Health for violating the rights of pregnant women to choose counsellors whom they wish to receive counselling from.

 It is now a legal requirement that counsellors providing counselling to women considering an abortion, have no conscientious objection to the killing of an unborn child.

This legal requirement is mandated for in the recently released Ministry of Health Abortion Counselling Standards. Counsellors who uphold the sanctity of life ethic, who believe that the unborn child has an inalienable right to life, and who believe that abortion is violence against women are explicitly excluded from providing counselling. Abortion counselling is optional, it is funded by the state and is an integral part of the abortion industry.

Right to Life received confirmation from the Ministry of Health  that the Standards have legal standing  in accordance with the Contraception Sterilisation and Abortion Act 1977, section 16[1][b][II], which requires the Director General of Health to produce these Standards.

 Right to Life believes that it is the government’s intention to encourage the killing of the unborn and to isolate women from counselling which opposes violence against women and their unborn. The current government will not allow any dissent against killing unborn children, so it seeks to silence the pro-life movement in New Zealand. The government’s promotion of a culture of death will fail as a culture of life will ultimately triumph over a culture of death.

 The Ministry of Health released these amended Abortion Counselling Standards on 4th August 2022. These standards state that only government approved counsellors may provide abortion counselling. The definition of abortion counselling is that it is intended to provide therapeutic support to people who are considering having, or have had, an abortion.

Right to Life believes that pregnant women considering an abortion have a right to seek counselling from a person who loves and cares for both the mother and her child. She has a right to refuse counselling from a counsellor who does not believe that her precious child is a human being endowed with a right to life and who would support the violent killing of her child.

Right to Life is particularly concerned that only persons who do not have a conscientious objection to abortion may provide counselling. This means that the counsellor should believe:-

  • That the unborn child is not a human being, nor have a right to life until it is born.
  • That it is not a crime to kill an unborn child and that abortion is a ”reproductive health choice for women.”
  • Right to Life believes that counsellors who uphold the sanctity of life ethic are prohibited from providing counselling to any woman who is considering an abortion or who is seeking post abortion counselling.

Right to Life believes that the government is intent on forbidding pro-life counselling in New Zealand by outlawing it. We believe that their objective is to:-

  • Normalise the killing of unborn children and to encourage women to seek an abortion.
  • Prevent women from exercising their right to seek pro-life counselling and support to choose life for their child.
  •  Silence and suppress pro-life counsellors, which is a violation of their freedom of speech.

Right to Life believes that these draconian guidelines promote a culture of death, the war on women and on the lives of our precious unborn.

Ken Orr,

Spokesperson,

Right to Life New Zealand Inc.

 

Labour & Jacinda Ardern – major source of misinformation!

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Media Release 7 October 2022

Right to Life believes that the government of Jacinda Ardern is a major source of misinformation and disinformation in New Zealand. In a recent address to the United Nations, the Prime Minister sought support for censorship of broadcasting of terrorist activities on the Internet, which is absolutely necessary.

However the government agreement with big tech companies on this issue also opens the way to possible censorship of speech of which the government disapproves. 

Right to Life believes that the government is convinced that it is the sole source of truth and wants to vigorously suppress dissent that challenges the government’s agenda to destroy the traditional marriage of exclusively one man and one women.

Also it wishes to sexualise our children with Family Planning style sex education programmes designed to seduce and promote promiscuity, in order to destroy our Christian culture and replace it with the new secular humanist religion which proclaims the supremacy of humans over God.    

Jacinda Ardern is concerned at “mis & disinformation” and describes free speech as a weapon of war. Right to Life believes that this government wants to impose its will on the people, in order to do this, it must control what we think and what we say.

In 2017, in response to a letter from the Saving Downs organisation signed by 500 concerned parents, the Prime Minister stated that the legal protection for the lives of unborn children with Down syndrome and other disabilities from 20 weeks gestation would be retained under the new abortion law.

We were deliberately misinformed. The Abortion Legislation Act 2020 allowed for these Down syndrome children to be killed up to birth. This was appalling misinformation.

 In 2019 the Prime Minister told us that it would no longer be a crime to kill an unborn child, as it was not a human being and did not become a human being with a right to life, until it was born. Killing the child was now a reproductive choice and a health service. This was appalling misinformation.

 In 2020 the Prime Minister said, after being asked if there might be tax penalties or other sanctions for refusing a COVID-19 vaccine: “No, and we haven’t for any vaccination in New Zealand applied penalties in that way,” Ardern told The AM Show.

In 2021 her government imposed mandatory vaccination resulting in thousands of doctors, nurses, midwives, teachers and other workers being deprived of their employment. This was appalling misinformation.

In 2021 the government introduced the End of Life Choice Act 2019, which empowered doctors to kill their patients with a lethal injection or assist in suicide. We were told that this was not murder, but assisted dying and a new health service. The government promoted a “Yes” vote to the referendum in 2020 by conducting an advertising campaign of misinformation, and refused to correct a serious misunderstanding of the existing rights of patients to refuse or cease medical treatment. This was appalling misinformation.

 In 2022 the government, in the Standards for Abortion Counselling, sought to demonise Christianity by blaming missionaries for teaching Maoris that abortion was intrinsically evil and should cease. The government claims that this imposed a stigma on Maori people and that for 200 years Christianity has deprived Maori of their accepted cultural right to choose to kill their children before birth. This was appalling misinformation.

 

Ken Orr,

Spokesperson,

Right to Life  N.Z. Inc.

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