Right to Life New Zealand

Recent Radio New Zealand Podcasts on the Abortion Issue

Insight Sunday 29 June: Abortion

In the light of a High Court decision, Insight asks whether the country’s abortion law needs rewriting. (from Insight on Radio New Zealand Radio New Zealand National)

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Date: (Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:15:04 +1200

Stay Away From Abortion Issue’ Marian Hobbs

Kiwi Party’s Larry Baldock has done the opposite by challenging the lawfulness of many abortions.

Date: (Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:51:00 +1200

Politicians Cautious on Abortion Committee Judgment

Dr Gillian Gibson of the Royal Australian New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists comments.

Date: (Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:52:00 +1200

Abortion Decision (Part 2)

Right to Life, hails a Judge’s challenge to the Abortion Supervisory Committee interpreting of the law as a victory.

Date: (Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:09:00 +1200

Judge’s Abortion Decision

A High Court judge says the lawfulness of many abortions being carried out is doubtful.

Date: (Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:10:00 +1200

Shine TV has featured the recent High Court’s decision on Right to Life New Zealand’s case against the Abortion Supervisory Committee on its currrent affairs programme NZone.

 link to  You Tube video featuring the programme

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists – Claim Abortion Law Upheld

Right to Life respectfully challenges the public statement of Dr Gillian Gibson, chairwoman of the Royal College that an audit of the lawfulness of abortions would not be of concern as an audit would prove that the law is being faithfully followed already. She went on to say; “What we have at the moment is a very safe and accessible service for women. It is a lawful service and legal abortions are being performed.” In the light of Justice Miller’s judgment this statement is challenged. Everybody has known for many years that the lawfulness of many abortions is questionable, why then does the Royal College pretend that the abortion laws are being upheld?

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Right to Life is deeply disappointed at the 18,380 abortions reported for 2007. This is the second highest number of abortions reported in New Zealand. It is 450 more abortions than the 17,930 reported in 2,006.

Each abortion is a tragedy for the unborn child that is destroyed and for the mother who is the second victim of abortion. Abortion is the ultimate in domestic violence and in child abuse; women will not be safe until the law effectively protects them and their unborn.

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The following cartoon appeared in the Christchurch Press this morning

We challenge the Press and the author of this cartoon on a number of fronts.

Firstly the message depicted in the cartoon relies on the tired old war-cry that the feminists have always dragged out to justify state sanctioned abortion. The Royal Commission on Contraception Sterilisation and Abortion, prior to the introduction of the CS & A Act in 1977 found that, on average about one New Zealand woman per year died due to complications arising from back street abortions. The vast majority of these abortions were done by medical practitioners. Former prominent US abortionist Bernard Nathanson, now a Pro-Life worker, revealed in his book “Aborting America”, how he and his Pro-Abortion colleagues actively promoted lies masquerading as data by vastly over-exaggerating the number of US women who had died in back-street abortions. The aim being to influence public acceptance of the need for legal abortion in that country.

We ask if, given the facts presented above, this argument can be used to justify the death of nearly 380,000 unborn New Zealanders since 1977 and the terrible impact abortion has had on the lives of many of these women.

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