Media Release 19 January 2026 Right to Life is concerned at the deafening silence of the daily newspapers in New Zealand refusing to publish any information on the Ministry of Health’s annual report on abortion statistics for 2024, released on 10th December 2025. Right to Life asks: Are pilot whales of greater value than unborn children? Recently all daily newspapers gave extensive coverage to the stranding of 55 pilot whales, the heroic efforts of hundreds of volunteers who

Media Release 14 January 2026   More human beings died from abortions in New Zealand in 2024 than from  any other cause of death.   Right to Life is appalled that death by abortion is the major cause of death in New Zealand. In 2024 there were a total of 37,782 recorded deaths in New Zealand. The number of  deaths caused by abortion in 2024 totalled 17,785. Nearly one in five healthy children in normal pregnancies are murdered before they are born, a grievous offence to God t

Media Release 7 January 2026 The Wildlife Act 1953 provide absolute protection for the lives of lizards and their unborn. Right to Life asks: "why then does the government uphold the Abortion Legislation Act 2020, which allows the killing of unborn children effectively for any reason up to birth”? All native lizards (skinks and geckos) are "absolutely protected" under the Wildlife Act 1953. For an individual, the maximum penalty for hunting or killing protected wildlife is:

Media Release 28 December 2025 The murder of all the male children under two in Bethlehem on the orders of King Herod is a stark reminder that the murder of innocent children continues today. For more than 500 years the Catholic Church has commemorated the murder and martyrdom of the Holy Innocents, who were killed by an enraged King Herod, in a futile attempt to kill Christ the King, whom he saw as a threat to his reign. King Herod the tyrant is dead, but the culture of dea

Media Release 19 December 2025 The Ministry of Health reveals in its report on abortion statistics for 2024 that 11,392 unborn children were killed in their mother’s womb in early medical abortions during the first 10 weeks of their life; this is 67% of the 17,785 abortions reported in 2024. Right to Life weeps with God for His precious infants lost and for their precious mothers grievously wounded. Right to Life is appalled that the government has now pressured the noble pro