Health

Right to Life believes that the government has violated the functions of the Law Commission Act 1985 by actually directing the Commission to comply with a direction from government to produce a report that conforms to government policy. This is the action of a dictatorship and not a Parliamentary democracy.

The government has exploited and manipulated the Law Commission to direct it to produce recommendations on how to take abortion out of the Crimes Act and to make the killing of the unborn a health issue of choice for women.

The government has a duty to protect the human rights of all New Zealanders from conception to natural death. Why then do the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern and the Minister of Justice, Andrew Little maintain a deafening silence in speaking up for the voiceless unborn, who are the weakest and most defenceless members of the human family? Shame on them.

The Minister of Justice in a letter to the President of the Law Commission, Sir Douglas White QC dated 27 February 2018 directed the Commission as follows, … “Accordingly, I am requesting under section 7[3] of the Law Commission Act 1985 that you prioritise a briefing to me with the Law Commission’s advice . Given our intention to propose a policy shift to treat abortion as a health issue, I would like the Law Commission’s advice on what alternative approaches could be taken in our legal framework to align with a health approach.”

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I would be grateful if you were able to assist me with information on an important matter. On 30^th April in the Christchurch Press there was an article reporting on a recent decision of the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal. A Doctor had been found guilty of unlawfully prescribing the abortion drug Misoprostol to three of her patients. The doctor had been censured and suspended from practising for a period of six months. The name of the doctor was temporarily suppressed. I have been advised that the doctor is seeking permanent name suppression and is appealing against the release of her name in the High Court.

The doctor who unlawfully prescribed this dangerous drug has broken the law. The Crimes Act 1961, under section ‘eight’, Crimes Against the Person, has section 183, Procuring Abortion by any means. It reads, “Everyone is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years who, with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman or girl, whether she is pregnant or not,-[a] Unlawfully administers to or causes to be taken by her any poison or any drug … “

These are serious crimes against the right to life of three defenceless unborn children.

Right to Life believes that these matters should be brought to the attention of the Police in order that they may be investigated with a view to having charges laid in the High Court. Our Society has been advised by the office of the Tribunal that this is not the responsibility of the Tribunal.

I would be grateful if you would advise me if it is the responsibility of your office to report these matters to the Police and if so, if it is your intention to take this action?

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