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How can the next generation defend abortion rights when they don’t think abortion rights need defending?

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image Abortion activists both here and in the US are facing a growing problem. They are facing a growing backlash against abortion by young people.

NARAL a radical Pro-abortion organisation in the US have  just released survey results showing an “intensity gap” among young voters. More than half of pro-lifers under age 30 considered abortion a “very important” voting issue, compared to just one-quarter of abortion-minded youth. This comes at the heels of a Gallup poll announcing that 18- to 29-year-olds are now the most likely, of all age groups, to favour making abortion illegal in all circumstances.

The wave of pro-life passion puzzles NARAL President Nancy Keenan. In this week’s Newsweek magazine, Keenan recalled her visit to the March for Life rally in Washington, DC. The annual event drew tens of thousands of energized pro-lifers. “I just thought, my gosh, they are so young,” she told the reporter. “There are so many of them, and they are so young.”

A similar thing is happening here in New Zealand. At the recent Pro-life march held in Christchurch in April, what was apparent was the large number of young people amongst the over 300 people who marched.

Judicial Review of the Performance of the Abortion Supervisory Committee – Summary of Right to Life Court Action

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image May 2005 RTL filed a mandamus in the High Court in Wellington against the ASC for its alleged failure to fulfil its statutory duties. These claims included the failure of the ASC to ensure that the human rights of unborn children received the full protection of the law, the failure to hold certifying consultants accountable for the lawfulness of the abortions they authorised and the failure to stop abortion on demand.

image 20 June 2005 The ASC applied for orders striking out the proceedings against the ASC. The ASC described the action as vexatious and an abuse of the Court’s process.

8 September 2005 In the High Court in Wellington Mr Justice Wild heard the case between RTL and the three members of the ASC, Dr Lesley Rothwell, Dr Papaarangi Reid and Mrs Marlene Lamb (the latter had resigned from the committee in March 2005, leaving a vacancy.) Counsel from the Crown Law Office are representing the ASC.  RTL named the Attorney-General as second defendant. The judge decided that some of RTL’s claims should be struck out but that others, if rewritten, could proceed. The Attorney-General was named by RTL as a defendant, Justice Wild struck his name out of the action.

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Right to Life Questions ASC on RU 486 Abortion Protocols

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image Letter to ASC under Official Information Act

Dear Sir,

 

I wish to request under the Official Information Act copies of your Committee’s minutes subsequent to the 2 July 2009.

Your Committee is currently considering an application from the Family Planning Association for an abortion licence for its Hamilton clinic. Is the Association required to comply with the requirements of the Contraception sterilisation and Abortion Act 1977, section 21. [1] [a],[b] and [c].

It is noted that the “Guidelines for the Use of Mifepristone for Medical Abortion in New Zealand”, specifically state in 6.3.4, that after the administration of Mifepristone the patient is required to be kept under medical/nursing observation for one hour to ensure there is no reaction to the drug and that it has been ingested…

It is further noted that 6.4.2.requires that after the administration of Misoprostol the patient is generally required to be kept under observation over the next 4 – 6 hours.

It would be appreciated if you would advise if Family Planning would be required to conform to these guidelines at its Hamilton clinic, should it be granted a licence.

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Action Alert Urgent – Embryonic Stem Cell Research

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image To the people of New Zealand. We ask you to write urgently to the Minister of Health, Hon Tony Ryall requesting that he decline the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology [ACART] to allow for embryonic stem cell research to be conducted on so- called “spare” human embryos stored in IVF clinics in New Zealand. Human embryos are members of the human family and are endowed by their Creator at conception with an inalienable right to life. The proposed research entails the destruction of these tiny human beings. It is estimated that there are an estimated 7,000 human embryos in storage in New Zealand. The recommendation was made to the Minister in 2008. Mr Ryall advised our Society in January 2010 that he had not yet made a decision on this important human rights issue. Research worldwide on human embryos has not produced any treatment that would benefit mankind, while research on ethically obtained stem cells from sources that do not entail the destruction of human life have produced many cures. In the event that the Minister approved the recommendation of ACART the next step would be to approve the creation of human embryos specifically for stem cell research. This is a further manifestation of a culture of death. Please speak up on behalf of those without a voice. The Ministers address is Parliament Building, Wellington, no stamp required.

Ken Orr

For Right to Life Executive

Remembrance Service for Those Effected by Abortion

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image On Friday 5th February  P.A.T.H.S (Post Abortion Trauma Healing Service) had a Remembrance Service for anybody effected by a pregnancy or baby loss. The Rangiora Baptist Church hosted this service. A flyer concerning this service is available by clicking here.

Telecom Supports Abortion of Unborn Children: Letter to Telecom CEO re Annual Grant to NZ Family Planning

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image Dear Sir

Re: Annual Grant to the New Zealand Family Planning Association.

Right to Life commends your Corporation’s objective of providing annual grants to organisations in our community that promote the common good. I wish to draw to your attention the deep concern that our members and supporters have at the provision of a grant of $50,000 by your Corporation to the New Zealand Family Planning Association for 2006 and 2007.

Right to Life is totally opposed to grants being made to this Association. We know that the Family Planning Association is strongly pro-abortion.

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Family Planning– Choice for the Killing of Unborn Children

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image The Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand, 2nd November, continues its propaganda in support of the Family Planning Association’s [NZFPA] application to kill unborn children at its Hamilton clinic.

It is always wrong to kill the innocent. ALRANZ promotes a culture of death under the guise of offering women “a service.” This is an insidious falsehood; it is no service to offer vulnerable women faced with an unplanned pregnancy an offer to kill their baby.

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Protest Against Hamilton Family Planning Abortion Bid

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Media Release
5 November 2009

Right to Life is hosting a protest march against the Family Planning Association’s move to turn their Hamilton branch into an abortion clinic.

This comes following the Family Planning Association’s (FPA) application to the Abortion Supervisory Committee for a license to commit abortions against unborn children up to 9wks. The FPA has previously stated that it wishes to use the abortion drug RU486 at its 30 centres throughout the country, which would mean the creation of an additional 30 abortion clinics throughout New Zealand.

“New Zealand already has an unacceptably high abortion rate,” says Right to Life president Peter Coleman. “The FPA wants to turn their 30 centres into abortion clinics, this can only lead to an increase in the number of abortions.”

“Look at Professor David Fergusson’s research that came out from Otago University yesterday, showing what we’ve been saying for years. Women are not being told of the dangerous side effects that they may suffer from following an abortion,” he says.

The research showed that having an abortion increases the mother’s risk of mental health damage by 80%. A similar study taken in Canada in September this year showed that having an abortion increased the chance of premature birth in subsequent pregnancies by 36%.

The march will start in Cathedral Square at 1pm on Friday 6 November with protesters walking to the Christchurch Family Planning centre.

Campaign to Stop Family Planning

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Following our call for the Abortion Supervisory Committee to deny the Family Planning Association’s application for a license to commit chemical abortions with the harmful drug RU486, a new group has launched Stop Family Planning (SFP). Just like its US counterpart, Stop Planned Parenthood (STOPP), the SFP intends to expose the Family Planning Association of New Zealand for the pro-abortion organisation that it is.

The group’s current mission is to raise awareness to the FPA’s attempt to gain a license which would enable them to commit abortions against the unborn in their Hamilton centre. However it is clear from many statements made by the FPA that Hamilton is just the beginning, and that they wish to establish at least 30 new abortion clinics at their existing centres throughout New Zealand.

By allowing the FPA to achieve this, the Abortion Supervisory Committee (ASC) would be grossly neglecting their duty to ensuring respect for unborn human life as is stipulated in NZ law. An increase in the number of abortion clinics in New Zealand will inevitably lead to an increase in the number of abortions. This would cause our current downward trend in the number of NZ abortions to take an alarming rise. However the FPA disregard this fact as is evident in a statement made in 1977,

…termination of pregnancy by a registered medical practitioner within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy should not be a legal offence.

Stop Family Planning is involved with protests against the FPA’s actions throughout New Zealand, including Right to Life’s protest this coming Friday (click here for details on the Christchurch protest)

Liberty for the Preborn

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Liberty for the Pre-born joins the ranks among a growing number of pro-life groups in New Zealand. With the launch of their new website, this group’s vision is to facilitate an increased level of cohesion amongst pro-life groups in New Zealand.

The Liberty for the Pre-born website will provide a neutral zone where all concerned pro-life groups and individuals can network together and receive the latest updates. They write,

Through this website, we can alert all interested men and women from church leaders, home groups, etc, to the latest news about abortion in New Zealand. A key role is to promote local community activities and events that bring the pro-life message to the wider public.
…No obligations and no membership required.

Liberty for the Pre-Born is planning a nationwide dedicated day of pro-life celebrations in 2010 which all will be welcome to participate in.

This is the website of Right to Life NZ Inc.
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