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 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

Media Release 15 December 2025 The Ministry of Health released the Abortion Services NZ Annual Report 2025, detailing New Zealand’s abortion statistics for the 2024 year – and it’s even worse than we imagined! - 17,785 abortions were performed in 2024 (an increase from the year before, of nearly 10% on the 16,277 abortions reported in 2023) - 164 of those abortions happened at OVER 20 weeks’ gestation (an increase from the year before) - 389 abortions resulted in compli

Media Release 24 October 2025. Right to Life asks: The next time you walk into a pharmacy, are you patronising a pharmacist who is an abortion provider, who willingly fills prescriptions for lethal abortion drugs, intended to poison and kill unborn children in first ten weeks of life? Right to Life believes that those pharmacists that do this, have the blood of innocent unborn children on their hands. Pharmacies are required to uphold the ethics of pharmacy set by the Pharmac

Media Release 8 October 2025 Since 2002, with the introduction of Mifepristone, more than 40,000 innocent and defenceless unborn children...

Media Release 4 October 2025 Right to Life asks: Why is there a deafening silence from the leaders of most churches in defence of the...

Media Release 27 November 2024 Right to Life believes that Pharmac should promote a culture of life, by only funding drugs which are...

Media Release 31 July 2024 More than 5,000 babies have been born internationally after their mothers chose life for their child, stopped...

24 February 2023 Right to Life is concerned at the killing of the unborn and the very high rate of complications that women in New...