Media Release 4 December 2025 Right to Life commends the United States Catholic Bishops’ Conference for continuing to uphold “that fighting abortion remains our pre-eminent priority”. This outstanding declaration was made in November 2025 at their meeting in Baltimore when the Bishops were discussing the election guide for 2026, “Forming Conscience for Faithful Citizenship”. The Bishops recognised that there were many other justice issues that should be considered when voting

Media Release 19 November 2025 Abortion is an intrinsically evil action, it violently destroys a defenceless unborn child, a miracle of God’s loving Creation and seriously wounds the mother spiritually, physically and psychologically, this is not “health care”. New Zealand repealed the death penalty for homicide and treason in 1961. Parliament has retained the death penalty for unborn children, for the crime of being “unwanted”. There is no right of appeal and the sentence is

Media Release 13 November 2025 Right to Life congratulates the John Paul II Centre for Life on its celebration of twenty years since it began building in our community a culture of life, marriage and family. The Centre has faithfully upheld the teachings of the 1968 papal encyclical Humanae Vitae (Of Human Life) of Pope Paul VI. This important encyclical promotes the dignity of women and men and marriage. It opposes contraception, abortion and sterilisation, which all viola

Media Release 19 October 2025 The New Zealand Catholic Bishop’s Conference have adopted the theme for Respect for life for October 2025, “pilgrims of hope . Building a culture of love and life.” October is observed by the Catholic Church as Respect Life month, a time for reflection on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death. During this month, the church encourages activities which celebrate, defend, and cherish life, such as prayer, education, and communi

Media Release 9 May 2025 Right to Life encourages our political leaders, the medical profession and the media to uphold the teaching of...

Media Release 24 April 2025 Right to Life mourns the death of Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic church, who during his papacy of...