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Why does the government not recognise its own hate speech directed at women and their unborn?

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Media Release 27 November 2022

What could be more hateful than to tell a pregnant woman, that her child is not a human being, does not have a right to life and that the government would be pleased to authorise and fund the violent killing of her child before it is born, as a health service?   

 Right to Life is opposed to the government’s proposal to introduce hate speech legislation. This would be an infringement of free speech and expression. Right to Life believes that it is incompatible with a free and open society. It could ultimately result in opposition to the killing of unborn children being classified as hate speech.

 Recently the British Parliament amended the law to prohibit praying silently outside an abortion clinic with the penalty on conviction, six months in prison.

The government is committed to promoting abortion as health care and a reproductive choice for women. With the introduction of the extremist Abortion Legislation Act 2020, designed by the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, it is no longer a crime to kill an unborn child as it does not become a human being until it is born. Right to Life believes that this constitutes government sponsored hate speech directed at the weakest and most defenceless members of our human family.

Right to Life believes that the government is most uncomfortable with those in our community who exercise their right of free speech to protest at the killing of defenceless and innocent unborn children sanctioned and funded by the government. We believe that the government would dearly love to silence these courageous defenders of life who protest that abortion is murder and war against women.

The Justice Minister, Kiritapu Allan, has announced that there will be an amendment to the Human Rights Act 1993, so that inciting hostility against religious belief will also be covered. The Minister states that it is her intention next year to submit her proposals to the Law Commission and seek their advice. The community should not forget how the Law Commission cowardly betrayed women and their unborn by meekly agreeing with the government to take abortion out of the Crimes Act and make the killing of the unborn a health service.

The government has given notice with its overwhelming support for the Safe Area legislation and its assault on free speech that the government is determined to control what we think and what we say. A nation of docile sheep invites government by wolves.

Enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the right to freedom of opinion and expression includes for everyone the “freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers”. This fundamental human right is protected by several international and regional human rights treaties.

Ken Orr,

Spokesperson,

Right to Life New Zealand Inc.

Safe areas criminalise voicing opposition to killing unborn children

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Media Release 19 March 2022

Right to Life believes that the government of Jacinda Ardern, having succeeded in passing the Abortion Legislation Act 2020 to effectively provide for the killing of unborn children up to birth, is now implementing its plan to silence all dissent and to force the community to accept and believe that the violent murder of the unborn is in the seductive words of the Prime Minister, “a reproductive health choice for women.” This is seeking to make lies respectable and the murder of the unborn acceptable.

The Contraception Sterilisation and Abortion [safe area] Amendment Bill now makes it a crime to oppose violence against women and the killing of unborn children within a designated safe area of 150 metres around abortion facilities. The bill had the support of 62 Labour MPs, 24 National MPs, 10 Green, 10 ACT and 2 Maori MPs. The bill was opposed by 9 National and 3 Labour MPs. This was supposed to be a conscience vote but it is believed that Labour MPs were, with several exceptions required to vote for the bill.

Right to Life believes that this is but the first step in the government’s secret agenda in its war against women to suppress all dissent against the violence of abortion on women and their precious unborn. Right to Life expects that the government’s hate speech laws will criminalise any speech that opposes abortion, this will be a threat to churches that teach that abortion is a violation of the fifth commandment, intrinsically evil and offensive to our Creator. The government knows that it is necessary to have the total support of the media to achieve their objective.

In 2021 the government invested $55 million in the media to obtain their support under the guise of “promoting responsible journalism.” Right to Life believes that we now have a media that has abandoned its duty as the fourth estate and has become the servant of the government by promoting propaganda in place of truth, the community are not deceived.

The designated safe area violates our human rights, it is a tyranny that permits the suppression of our human rights of free speech, assembly and communication which are intended to be protected by the New Zealand Bill of Rights.

Parliament has now made it a crime to offer compassionate and loving help to women seeking to kill their child, to offer them information about life affirming alternatives such as parenting and adoption. This will include the family and father of an unborn child who want to offer help to prevent the killing of the child. This is a crime against women. Any persons committing this crime may be arrested, charged with this offence, brought to the court and on conviction fined $1,000.

It will not be a crime however to demonstrate in support of killing the unborn or to offer support and encouragement for abortion. Persons doing so are exercising their right to free speech, assembly and communication and will have the protection of the Police.

Right to Life will not rest until this anti-life and anti-feminist legislation is repealed and our right to free speech, assembly and communication is upheld.

Ken Orr,

Spokesperson,

Right to Life N.Z. Inc.

Obituary – Herman Jansen 21 June 1928 – 17 Dec 2021

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Right to Life recognises the life and service to our society and the unborn of Herman Jansen, who passed away recently at the age of 93 years.

Herman joined our society in 1987 and he served on the committee for many years. He was a past President of the society, when it was under the name of the Canterbury Branch of the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC). In his later years he will be remembered for always bringing the supper at our AGM. Many appreciated his warm and friendly manner.

Herman was a Dutch immigrant who emigrated from the Netherlands to New Zealand with his wife Corrie in the 1950’s. For many years, Herman, along with others, would go down twice a week to the Lyndhurst Abortion mill on Bealey Ave in Christchurch at 6:30 am to pray for the unborn children and their mothers. Only God knows how many lives have been saved through their prayers.

Herman was predeceased by his wife Corrie, and one son Francis, and is survived by a son, one daughter and two grandchildren. He will be fondly remembered as a most faithful and tireless servant in the cause of protecting human life.

Chris O’Brien

Vice President RTLNZ Inc.

 

 

 

National Day of Prayer for Deliverance from Pandemic

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Media Release 10 October 2021

National Day of Prayer for Deliverance from Pandemic

 Right to Life believes that the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern should declare Sunday 17th October a national day of prayer seeking God’s deliverance of our community from the continuing ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The government has declared Saturday 16th October as a national day of action for vaccination, it would be very fitting to make the following day a national day of prayer.

Our New Zealand Parliament, at each sitting day, recites a prayer to God, acknowledging our dependence on Him, seeking His blessing on their work and pledging to work for His honour and glory. It is therefore disappointing that while the Prime Minister has repeatedly requested that people trust her in dealing with the pandemic, but not once has she conceded that the government needs God’s help, nor has she requested that the community pray to God for His merciful guidance and intervention.

The government has done everything in its power to eliminate the Covid-19 virus and to protect our community. New Zealand is facing an increasing public health crisis. Many believe that the pandemic is demonic, that the Coronavirus is man-made and that the pandemic was planned. We desperately need God’s intervention to stop the pandemic.

We also need to pray that God:-

·       Will show compassion on our suffering human family as it deals with the tragic death of over 4.55 million human beings, who are victims of Covid -19.

·       Will heal those who are sick, support and protect their families and friends from being infected.

·       Will grant us His spirit of love and self-discipline so that we may come together, working to control and eliminate the coronavirus.

·       Will strengthen and encourage those in public health services and in the medical profession: care-givers, nurses, attendants, doctors, all who commit themselves to caring for the sick and their families.

·       Sustain all workers and business owners who suffer loss of livelihood due to shut-downs, quarantines, closed borders, and other restrictions.

·       Guide the leaders of the nations that they speak the truth, halt the spread of misinformation and act with justice so that all your family may know healing.

·       Heal our world, heal our bodies, strengthen our hearts and our minds, and in the midst of turmoil, give us hope and peace.

·       Remember all your family, the entire human race, and all your creation, in your love, in this, our time of pain and suffering.

We affirm and recognize that our God, has been and will continue to be present with us throughout this COVID-19 pandemic. Without prayer and God’s intervention this pandemic may well bring us to our knees.

Ken Orr,

Spokesperson,

Right to Life

Pro-Life Petition on Safe Areas Amendment Closing Soon

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Right to Life encourages as many people as possible to sign Ken Orr’s petition opposing the Contraception Sterilisation and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Bill. This Bill has passed its first reading in Parliament and is now before a Select Committee.

The petition is set to close on Friday 30th July. Please click here to sign the petition

Another petition organised by Michael Shaw to Ban sex selection abortion in New Zealand does not close until September 11th this year. Please click here to sign this petition

No evidence of complaints of intimidation or harassment of women seeking abortion.

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Media Release 13 May 2021

 Why is the government of Jacinda Ardern giving overwhelming support to the anti-life Contraception Sterilisation and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment bill, when there is no real evidence of intimidation or harassment of women seeking abortion? This bill claims to protect women from harassment and intimidation but in reality Right to Life believes that its objective is to intimidate and harass peaceful law abiding citizens praying for an end to the killing of the unborn, for their mothers and for the staff at these facilities, for they too are victims.

17 District Health Boards in New Zealand have advised Right to Life in response to an Official Information Act request that they have no record of either verbal or written complaints of intimidation or harassment from women accessing abortion at their facilities, nor did they have complaints from staff accessing abortion facilities.

These were the questions asked:-

I wish to request under the Official Information Act the following information:

•         The number of written and oral complaints of harassment received from women accessing abortion at your facilities for the period 2019 to 31st January 2021.

•         The nature of these complaints.

•         Copies of those complaints with identifying details deleted.

•         The number of written complaints of harassment received from staff entering and exiting your abortion facilities for the period 2019 to 31st January 2021.

There are twenty District Health Boards [DHBs] in New Zealand. Responses have been received from seventeen DHBs. All seventeen reveal that they had not received any verbal or written complaints.

These DHBs are:-

Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Capital & Coast, Hawkes Bay, Hutt Valley, Lakes, Manukau, Mid Central, Nelson Marlborough, Northland, South Canterbury, Southern, Taranaki, Waikato, Wairarapa and Waitemata,  The Bay of Plenty response also includes the Tauranga Family Planning clinic.

The Mid Central response also includes the Women’s Health Clinic in Palmerston North. The Southern response also includes the Women’s Health Clinic in Invercargill.

This response is highly significant. The response covers a two year period during which an estimated 26.000 abortions were performed in DHB facilities or in facilities of private providers under contract to DHBs.  DHBs log all verbal and written complaints. They advise that no verbal or written complaints were received from an estimated 26,000 women who had an abortion during the two years under review. There are also no record of any complaints being received from staff employed at abortion facilities during the same two year period under review.

It is mentioned that a response has not been received from the following DHBs, West Coast, Wanganui and Tairawhiti. The first two DHBs named do not perform abortions and refer all women seeking an abortion to another DHB.

It is contended that If there were no complaints either verbal or in writing from these women seeking an abortion, that there was in fact no intimidation or harassment of these women.

This information has been given to the Health select committee. Right to Life therefore requests that the Committee report this bill back to the House with a recommendation that the Safe Areas Amendment bill does not proceed on the grounds that there is no evidence of complaints of harassment and intimidation of women seeking abortion nor of staff.

Right to Life believes that this bill seeks to address a problem that does not exist.

Ken Orr,

Spokesperson,

Right to Life

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