2 January 2025
Dr Diana Sarfati,
Director General of Health,
Ministry of Health,
Wellington.
Dear Dr Sarfati,
Official Information Act—Request.
I wish to request under the Official Information Act the following information:
The national Telehealth Abortion Service was introduced in New Zealand on
1 November 2022 with a contract of service with Family Planning now renamed Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa and Magma Healthcare Ltd.
What was the total cost to the Ministry of Health for funding the Decide program for the period 1 November 2022 to 31 December 2024?
What was the total funding provided by the Ministry of Health to Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa for providing the Decide program for the period 1 November 2022 to 31 December 2024?
What was the total funding provided by the Ministry of Health to Magma Healthcare Ltd for providing the Decide programme for the period 1 November 2022 to 31 December 2024?
What was the total number of abortions provided by Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa and Magma Healthcare Ltd. in 2023 and 2024?
Yours sincerely,
Ken Orr,
Secretary,
Right to Life
1 January 2025.
Dr Diana Sarfati,
Director General of Health,
Ministry of Health,
Wellington.
Dear Dr Sarfati,
Official Information Act –Request.
I wish to request under the Official Information Act the following information:-
The Ministry of Health issued a public release on the Abortion Pill Reversal programme with Progesterone on 11 July 2024.The Ministry of Health issued a public release on the Abortion Pill Reversal programme with Progesterone on 11 July 2024.
The release stated that “Abortion reversal is not established by clinical research trials and could lead to severe side effects and adverse outcomes.”
What clinical trials have been conducted that have established that the abortion pill reversal programme with progesterone does not stop the abortion nor does it result in a live birth?
What clinical trials have been conducted that have established that the abortion pill reversal programme with progesterone could lead to severe side effects and adverse outcomes?
What are the possible side effects and adverse outcomes that could result from the implementation of the abortion pill reversal programme with progesterone?
Heartbeat International has presented evidence from its network of 1,200 doctors throughout the world that more than 6,000 babies have been born alive following the reversal of an early medical abortion with progesterone in accordance with the abortion pill reversal procedure.
On what grounds has the Ministry of Health rejected this evidence of the safe birth of 6,000 babies that the abortion pill reversal programme is safe and effective?
Yours sincerely,
Ken Orr,
Secretary,
Right to Life