Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has honoured Dr Gill Greer by making her a Commander of the British Empire [CBE]. The award was made to Dr Greer in the British New Year honours list for her international work of promoting the sexual health of women and girls. Dr Greer was previously the Director General of the International Planned Parenthood Federation [IPPF] for six years, which operates in 180 countries. Dr Greer was prior to that appointment, the Executive Director of the New Zealand Family Planning Association for eight years. The government of Helen Clarke was instrumental in Dr Greer being made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2005

Right to Life is disappointed that this high honour has been bestowed on Dr Greer by the British  government. It is inappropriate to honour Dr Greer who has presided over the largest abortion enterprise in the world which aggressively and relentlessly promotes a culture of death. In 2009 affiliates of the IPPF worldwide killed 1,411,494  innocent and defenceless unborn children by abortion. This is a violation of the human rights of unborn children and is a crime against humanity. The Federation had an income of US $33 million.

The award is giving public approval to the work of the IPPF in promoting the killing of innocent unborn children worldwide in 180 countries. IPPF is racist and promotes eugenics. Planned Parenthood in the United States was founded by Margaret Sanger who sought to reduce the Negro population by promoting abortion, sterilisation and contraception. She believed that only the fit had a right to be born and promoted the sterilisation of those she termed “the feeble minded”.

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Secretary,

New Zealand Press Council,

Dear Sir

Re: Complaint against Auckland Now – “A Woman’s right to choose.”

Right to Life New Zealand Inc wish to make a complaint against an article written by Richard Boock, that was published by Stuff on the website “Auckland Now” on 8^th December 2011. The title of the article was “A woman’s right to choose,” a copy of which is enclosed. Our complaint is that the article contravened the Principles of the Press Council, specifically Principle 1, 3 and 6.

Richard Boock in his article has made statements about people with Down syndrome that are deeply offensive and devalue their lives and implies that they have lives unworthy of living. His views are eugenic and promote the dangerous philosophy that only the perfect have a right to be born. This is an important issue. It is a well documented fact that the notorious T4 programme introduced in Nazi Germany in 1939, prior to the Second World War sought to eliminate “undesirables” and to achieve racial purity, commenced with the murder of those with Down syndrome and other disabilities and culminated with the “final solution” of the murder of 6 million Jews in concentration camps. The media played an important role in conditioning the German nation to accept the eugenic cleansing of the population. It is contended that the article written by Richard Boock is perhaps unwittingly assisting in encouraging the public into accepting the need for the elimination before birth of those with Down syndrome. The article directly expresses the view that such a practice is a “woman’s right” It is important that we learn from history lest we repeat the same human tragedies.

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The following article is from the Family Watch International Website

Not surprisingly, the symbolic birthday of the seven billionth person on the earth recently has spawned a range of predictable, and mistaken, reactions.

Those who favor population control have seized upon this milestone to push for more aggressive population control measures and are using it as an excuse to call for greater access to abortion as a means of family planning. 

The attitude of many is “My mind is made up, don’t confuse me with the facts." Seven billion people, they say, is way too many and we must do something to stop this!

It reminds me of the saying that every so many seconds somewhere in the world a mother is giving birth to a baby.  Population control activists would add, “So we better find that woman and stop her!”

However, the reality is despite this 7 billion people milestone, most nations are not experiencing a population explosion.  They are experiencing a population implosion with not enough young people being born to fuel their economies.

The big die off that was predicted for the world in the 60’s due to burgeoning populations triggering famines and scarcity of food, simply never happened.

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It is disappointing that the leaders of the two main political parties and the Maori party have refused to answer a questionnaire recently presented to them by Family First. Peter Dunne, the leader of the United Future Party and Winston Peters, Leader of the New Zealand First Party are commended for their openness in providing a full response to the questionnaire.

 

We have a Parliamentary democracy, which requires a society that is free and fully informed. Those who stand for public office and seek election to govern our country have a very serious duty to provide information on their position on important moral and family issues that concern our community. By refusing to provide any answers to this authoritative national questionnaire they are in fact inferring that the community has no right to know what their views are. This is dismissive and unacceptable. Why should we be expected to elect to Parliament leaders who refuse to tell us what they will do when elected?

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The August version of Footprints magazine is now online

This article from the New York Times indicate a watershed changer in government policy and the growing divide between the way government in the US and in Russia are responding to the issue of abortion and the related concomitant  issue of demographic and economic decline. It would appear that President Medvedev understands these problems perfectly well, while President Obama lives in a world where the unborn child represents a threat rather than an asset.

President Dmitri A. Medvedev has signed into law the first steps intended to restrict abortion since the collapse of communism, the latest salvo in what is beginning to resemble the fierce divide over abortion in the United States.

The changes require abortion providers to devote 10 percent of any advertising to describing the dangers of abortion to a woman’s health, and they make it illegal to describe abortion as a safe medical procedure.

Read on here to read this article on the NY Times website.

Right to Life is disappointed and very concerned,  at the support of the Prime Minister for Parliament to give consideration to legislation to provide euthanasia in New Zealand. At the recent New Zealand Forum on the Family held in Auckland, the Prime Minister stated that he would support a Private Member’s Bill on euthanasia being referred to a Select Committee for consideration.  

In considering euthanasia it is important to recognise that euthanasia is about doctors killing their patients or assisting in their suicide. Euthanasia may be voluntary, involuntary or compulsory. If voluntarily administered by oneself, it is a form of suicide. If administered by another in an involuntary or compulsory way, it is a form of murder. Legislation permitting doctors to kill their patients would make them the most dangerous persons in the land.

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More and more New Zealanders are looking to adopt babies from overseas, largely due to falling domestic adoption opportunities. Countries that New Zealanders are adopting foreign babies from include Russia, Cambodia, India, Peru, South Africa, Thailand and Tonga. While for some couples adopting from a foreign country is a choice (and a good one), for many it is something they look to only after years of being on the domestic adoption waiting list.

The New Zealand Herald reports that, according to Child Youth and Family, the number of domestic adoptions has fallen 40 per cent in the last five years.

This article which is from the MercatorNet website can be viewed in full by clicking here.

An article by Peter Saunders of the UK’s Christian Medical Fellowship (hyperlinked at the end of this post), succinctly explains the future that western nations face in relation to ageing populations. One future is that seen as the solution by utilitarian humanists and will ultimately mandate the killing of the elderly. Consider the following quotes from Minette Marin’s column in the UK Sunday Times, ‘The life or death decision facing the grey cuckoos in our midst’, (subscription required)

‘All those who don’t (have a generous pension or financial assets) will become outsize grey cuckoos, crowding out the nests of the overworked young…..

‘old people who, entirely of their own free will, decide to take their lives without pressure from anyone else are, I think, to be admired and thanked. They are sparing themselves and their families a great deal of suffering and are relieving those around them and the welfare state of a burden. Surely that is an honourable act.’

The other future is one in which we stop killing our children, build up families and live more simply in an interdependent world where every person is is loved and valued regardless of their level of infirmity.

Read on here by clicking this link which leads directly Saunders article which examines this issue.

Pressure for legalising euthanasia has been stepped up in Australia by the pro-euthanasia Greens.

This Article is from the mercator.net.com website

It appears that the party of death never sleeps. Already the Greens have introduced their pro-death bill into Australia’s Federal Parliament. The party’s leader, Bob Brown, argued that most Australians support voluntary euthanasia. But I suspect most Australians in fact may not have a clear understanding of just what the euthanasia agenda is all about.

They are certainly not getting the full story from the pro-death lobby. There are many misconceptions and myths out there that need to be dispelled. One is that this will in fact be entirely voluntary, with no pressure or coercion. But this is just wishful thinking.

The truth is the right to die implies a duty to kill. Let me explain.

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