Media Release 25 March 2025
Right to Life believes that we should join the international community in celebrating the International day of unborn child on 25th March to reaffirm our commitment to upholding a culture of life for the survival of humanity.
The theme of the celebration is : "The dignity and value of every child yet-to-be-born"
The celebration is a moving reminder of the right to life of every human being from conception to natural death and a repudiation of the evil culture of death that promotes the violent killing of unborn children and euthanasia of the vulnerable as health care.
On March 25, the solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, the International Day of the Unborn Child is celebrated in more than a dozen countries.
Currently there are fifteen countries around the world, namely Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Peru, El Salvador, Uruguay, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Austria, Slovakia, Ecuador, Cuba, Chile, and the Philippines, which celebrate the International Day of the Unborn Child.
The celebration was first celebrated in Argentina in 1999, to celebrate the most important conception in human history, the conception of Christ, the author of life who chose to embrace our humanity and to spend the first nine months of His life in the womb of His mother Mary.
Through this action Christ has sanctified and blessed the womb of every woman who has been born or is to be born. His action has highlighted the importance of women in the destiny of humanity in cooperating with God in the creation of new human beings who are unique and unrepeatable miracles of God’s creation made in His image and likeness.
Ken Orr,
Spokesperson,
Right to Life New Zealand Inc.