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RIGHT TO LIFE NEW ZEALAND
Recent Right to Life New Zealand Outwards Correspondence (Postings made regularly) DHB may not renew Abortion Licence Our October 6th letter to MOH Media Releases and Opinion Pieces
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DHB May not apply for renewal of Abortion Licence District Health Board Elections Coerced Abortions – A Violation of Human Rights RTL calls for the NZ Education Review Office (ERO) to stop telling our children lies concerning 'Safe Sex' Aug 26th 2007 Peter Dunne, A Catholic, Votes to replace ASC Committee member with Abortionist NZ's Appalling MP Voting Record on Appointments to Abortion Supervisory Committee Abortion Supervisory Committee Appointments and Conflict of Interest RTLNZ Media Release on High Court's Ruling to Strike Out Evidence of Women Damaged By Abortion Right to Life on Amnesty International's betrayal of the Unborn Child May 15th 2007 RTLNZ letter to Time Magazine on US Supreme Court Decision to Ban Partial Birth Abortion 2nd May 2007 Right to Life is disappointed that the proposed United Nations, International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities excludes protection for the human rights of unborn children with disabilities Sep 4th 2006 (published Scoop) Ministry of Health Funding $8000 towards private abortion providers conference is a scandalous waste of taxpayers money Aug 20th 2006 Operation Outcry to Visit New Zealand in November 06 Click Here for details Aug 15th 2006 The projects were born when two women used to legalize abortion in the U.S. came to Mr. Parker, and asked for help to overturn their landmark cases. Being a man of God, he prayed and was led to a scripture that confirmed what he was called to do. As the project grew and the call became louder, Operation Outcry was formed. It is our intent to end legal abortion by exposing the truth about its devastating impact on women and families. We believe that this will be accomplished through prayer and with the testimonies of mothers who have taken the life of their own unborn babies and of others who have suffered harm from abortion. We are working to restore justice and to protect women, men and children from the destruction that abortion causes Submisssion by Right to Life New Zealand to the Ministry of Health on Guidelines on the Use of Human Tissue for Future Unspecified Research Purposes August 12th 2006 Abortion Certifying Consultants Fees July 19th 2006 Funding of International Abortion Agencies is of Concern to RTNZ June 14th 2006 ` Abortion Supervisory Committee Appointments National Media Release 29th April 2006 Is Abortion a Health Issue? Article Submitte to Chritchurch Press in response to Press Editorial 23rd Jan 2006 Decriminalisation of Abortion 11th Sep 2005 Media Release on New Zealand Medical Association's Call for Reveiw of Euthanaisa Policy 17th July 2005 Statistics New Zealand Latest 2004 New Zealand Abortion Figures Right to Life New Zealand High Court Action Against Abortion Supervisory Committee 6th June 2005 Government's Vulagar Hubba Rubber Campaign Media Release 23rd May 2005 Letter to Minister of Health Regarding Hut Valley DHB decision not to renew Abortion Licence 6 October 2007 Hon Pete Hodgson, Minister of Health, Parliament, Wellington.
Dear Mr Hodgson It is noted that the Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion Act 1977, provides that District Health Boards [DHBs]may under section 20 of the Act apply for an annual licence to perform abortions in an institution under the control of the Board. A board may therefore if it chooses decline from performing abortions and applying for a license. It is understood that several DHBs have resolved not to apply for a licence. Recently the Hutt Valley DHB choose not to renew their abortion licence. I wish to request under the Official Information Act copies of any correspondence between the Ministry of Health and the Hutt Valley DHB specifically on the subject of the abortion licence. I would be grateful if you would advise if members appointed to DHBs by you as Minister are given instructions to support the Board in choosing and retaining an abortion license. Yours sincerely
Ken Orr For executive
17 September 2007 Media Release District Health Board – Elections We all have a duty to defend life, promote a culture of life and oppose a culture of death. Citizens voting in this year’s election of members to their District Health Boards [DHBs] have a serious moral obligation to vote only for candidates who are publicly committed to upholding the sanctity of life ethic and are opposed to the killing of unborn children. Statistics New Zealand has advised that 17930 unborn children were killed in New Zealand in 2006. The great majority of these abortions were performed in Public Hospitals under the control of DHBs. The Contraception Sterilisation and Abortion Act, provides for DHBs to apply to the Abortion Supervisory Committee if they wish to have an annual licence to perform abortions. There is no legal duty for a DHB to hold a licence and they may, if they wish, choose not to perform abortions. There are several DHBs that have chosen not to seek a licence to perform abortions. Hospitals should be places that uphold the sanctity of life ethic. Respect for the inalienable right to life of every patient should be the guiding ethic that governs the practice of medicine. Unborn children are also patients. They are the weakest and most vulnerable members of the human family and deserve special legal protection of their human rights. It is appalling that the government sanctions and funds the killing of innocent and defenceless children in their mother’s wombs. We can be unwitting accomplices to this killing if we vote for persons to our DHB who are committed to continuing this silent holocaust. Right to Life has written to all candidates seeking election to the following DHBs; Auckland, Waikato, Capital Coast, Canterbury and Otago. The great majority of abortions are performed at hospitals controlled by these DHBs. A questionnaire was also sent concerning the sanctity of life ethic and abortion. The results of this important survey will be displayed on our Society’s web site: www.right-to-life.org On behalf of our unborn children and their mothers, please vote only for candidates who are prepared to uphold the sanctity of life ethic and who are opposed to the killing of our unborn children.
Ken Orr Spokesperson, Right to Life New Zealand Inc. Media Release 26 August 2007 RTL
calls for the NZ Education Review Office (ERO) to stop telling our
children lies concerning 'Safe Sex' Right to Life is disappointed that the recent Education Review Office [ERO] report on sexuality education failed to evaluate the effectiveness of the current education programme. What are the results of decades of comprehensive sex education in schools? New Zealand has the second highest rate of teen pregnancies in the OECD and an increasing rate of teenage abortions. We also have an alarming and escalating epidemic in sexually transmitted diseases, [STDs]. ERO states that the stated objective of the review was; · Reduce the number of teenagers with sexually transmitted infections. · Reduce the rate of unplanned teenage pregnancies; and Improve the ability of teenagers to avoid and/or deal effectively with coercive and other abusive practices. Right to Life requests that the ERO produce the evidence that proves that the teaching of comprehensive sex education in our schools achieves these objectives. The ERO report states; that “New Zealand research shows that many teenagers have incomplete or inaccurate knowledge about safe sex practices.” “Safe sex”is a pernicious, false and dangerous lie. Why does ERO continue to promote to our youth this immoral falsehood. The official line that “Safe Sex” is effective, is sending a message that is actually endangering the health of our young people. Morally it promotes fornication and it is also an attack on the dignity of our God given sexuality? The review reveals that of the 100 schools studied, 30 per cent were implementing the Ministry of Education, programme, Curriculum in Action, and 18 per cent were using resources provided by Family Planning officers. Both of these resources promote comprehensive sex education and “safe sex” with condoms. The review states that “...programmes should treat delaying sexual intercourse as a priority, but should also focus on safe sexual practices.” Stop telling our children lies. Our children deserve the truth. The only safe sex is abstinence. The time has now come for ERO, the Ministries of Education, Health and Women’s Affairs, to stop promoting a culture of death with its false “Safe Sex” message. Failed comprehensive sex education, as promoted by the Ministries of Education and Family Planning should be withdrawn and replaced with successful abstinence based programmes that will result in a decline in teenage pregnancies, abortions and STDs and promote happy and healthy teenagers. Ken Orr Spokesperson Right to Life New Zealand Inc Phone 03 3856111 1 August 2007 Media Release Child Abuse Our community is outraged at the horrific child abuse of Rotorua three year old, Nia Glassie sustained at the hands of her family. To our countries shame New Zealand has one of the highest rates of child abuse in the OECD. The Government’s response is focussed on the launch in September of a $14 million education campaign of action to prevent child abuse. The campaign is welcomed as a positive step; however it is doomed to failure. As a society are we really concerned about preventing violence against our children? We are suffering from moral blindness for we are concerned about protecting born children from violence, but not unborn children. If we lose respect for the child in the womb, it is natural that we should lose respect for the born child. Unborn children are the weakest and most defenceless members of our human family. Should we be surprised that if we allow the killing of unborn children by abortion, it would follow that there is also going to be violence against born children? Studies conducted overseas reveal that there is a link between abortion and subsequent violence against children by women who have had an abortion. It is inappropriate for the Government to claim the high moral ground. The Prime Minister expresses indignation at the violence against Nia Glassie, by protesting at “....those who frankly are maiming and killing our children.” It is to our nation’s undying shame that our Government sanctions and funds violence against innocent and defenceless children in their mother’s womb. In 2006 the Labour led Government spent more than $23 million to fund the killing of 17,930 unborn children. The abortion industry is part of a culture of death that has brutalised and desensitised our nation. Each day in New Zealand we kill the equivalent of two classrooms of children. We urgently need to build up a culture of life where all children both born and unborn are valued and protected from violence. We weep for our children, James Whakaruru, “Lillybing,” Coral Burrows, the Kahui twins who were murdered and the countless thousands of unnamed children whose lives are terminated in our Public Hospitals. If as a nation we wish to protect all of our children from violence, then we need to give legal recognition to the status of unborn children as human beings endowed by their Creator with human rights, based on an inalienable right to life. Are we prepared to accept this challenge? Ken Orr Spokesperson, Right to Life New Zealand Inc.
17 July 2007 Media Release Peter Dunne, A Catholic, Votes to replace Abortion Supervisory Committee member with Abortionist Right To Life New Zealand is disappointed that the Hon Peter Dunne, leader of United Future voted on the 15 June to support the appointment of Dr Rosemary Fenwicke an abortionist to the Abortion Supervisory Committee [ASC]. His vote is highly significant as United Future is promoted as the party that upholds the family as the foundation of a sound society. The unborn child is the weakest and most defenceless member of the human family. At conception the child is endowed by God with an inalienable right to life. The child because of its helplessness is entitled to effective legal protection both before and after birth. The Minister of Justice moved that Dr R. Fenwicke and Patricia Allen be appointed as members of the Committee and that Professor Linda Holloway be appointed chairman. Mr Copeland moved that Dr Ate Moala, a highly respected Tongan medical practitioner be appointed in preference to Dr Fenwicke. The Hon Peter Dunne voted against this amendment. He subsequently voted to support the Minister’s motion. We all have a duty to defend life, to promote a culture of life and oppose a culture of death. Dr Rosemary Fenwicke is an abortion certifying consultant, she is also an operating surgeon employed at the Level J abortion facility at the Wellington Hospital. She has been terminating the lives of unborn children since at least 1989. During this period she has probably been personally responsible for killing several thousand innocent and defenceless unborn children. Dr Fenwicke is a certifying consultant appointed by the ASC, how can she be a member of the Committee that appoints and supervisors her? Her appointment creates an intolerable conflict of interest. Right to Life sought an explanation from the Hon Peter Dunne as to the reasons for his voting on this very important issue. He ignored the conflict of interest and replied; ” The presumption that Parliament has always operated on when making appointments to the ASC is that one of the three appointees will be neutral, one is likely to be “pro-choice, and one is likely to be “pro-life”. In this instance Dr Fenwicke was seen as the “pro-choice “nominee, while as I understand it Dr Moala was a “pro-life” nominee, therefore to replace Dr Fenwicke with Dr Moala would have been to upset the accepted balance of the Committee. I did not think this was warranted....” Right to Life believes that there is no such convention and is unaware of a Labour led government ever nominating a person acceptable to the pro-life movement to the Committee. It is disappointing that Peter Dunne failed in this critical vote to promote a culture of life and oppose a culture of death.
Ken Orr Spokesperson
Appointments Abortion Supervisory Committee Thursday 14 June 2007 A personal vote was called for on the question, That the motion be amended by omitting the words “Dr Rosemary Jane Fenwicke of Wellington”, and substituting the words “Dr Ate Moala of Wellington”. Ayes 36
Noes 81
Amendment not agreed to. A personal vote was called for on the question, That the motion be amended by omitting the words “Patricia Ann Allan of Christchurch”, and substituting the words “Dr Peter Hall of Whangaparāoa”. Ayes 29
Noes 76
Amendment not agreed to. A personal vote was called for on the question, That pursuant to sections 10 and 11 of the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977, this House recommend His Excellency the Governor-General appoint Professor Linda Jane Holloway DCNZM of Dunedin, Dr Rosemary Jane Fenwicke of Wellington, and Patricia Ann Allan of Christchurch, as members of the Abortion Supervisory Committee, and appoint Professor Linda Jane Holloway as Chairman of the Supervisory Committee. Ayes 102
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