RIGHT TO LIFE NEW ZEALAND

Media Release 14 August 2026 Euthanasia is intrinsically evil, it violates the Fifth Commandment of God, “Thou shalt not kill.” In response to an Official Information Act from Right to Life, Health New Zealand advised our Society on 12 August of the provisional total number of assisted deaths in New Zealand provided by the 10 practitioners with the highest total payments received, along with the total fees payment to each of these 10 practitioners, under the Assisted Dying Se

Media Release 22 July 2026 Abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide are intrinsically evil, as they grievously offend our Creator, and violate the fifth commandment, “You shall not kill”. They violate human rights and a are a crime against humanity. The practice of medicine demands that doctors be free to exercise their consciences in upholding the right to life of every human being and doing no harm. The culture of death is opposed to the informed conscience of doctors. Rig

Media Release 15 July 2026 The Registrar of Assisted Dying, Dr Kristen Good of the Ministry of Health, has released her annual report to the Minister of Health on the number of vulnerable patients who have been given a lethal injection by their doctor or assisted in their suicide. There were 486 vulnerable patients killed or assisted in suicide in New Zealand in the year ending 31st March 2026. This was an increase of 14 people on the 472 patients killed by euthanasia or assi

Media Release 10 July 2026 Right to Life supports and applauds Australian Law Professor Dr Joanna Howe’s courageous defence of the right to life of unborn children and the welfare of their mothers. In an attempt to silence her, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists [RANZCOG] recently threatened to sue her for defamation. The College claims that Dr Howe recently stated on social media “that the Royal College is a College of abortionis

Media Release 21 June 2026 Right to Life asks: what justification can the New Zealand Ministry of Health have for adopting an aggressive anti-life policy to prevent the birth of unborn New Zealanders and restrict and oppress the right of doctors to treat their patients with the successful Abortion Pill protocol? There are a number of states in the USA, which provide a legal requirement for doctors to advise women considering an Early Medical Abortion, of their right to change

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 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 1 November 2025 Right to Life is opposed to the government’s continued blatant and intolerable violation of the conscience rights of health professionals. Parliament has provided limited legal protection for the conscience rights of health professionals. Legislation allows for a health professional to refuse to participate in the killing by abortion of an unborn child or the euthanising of a vulnerable patient. However, the legislation requires that if the healt

Media Release 28 September 2025 Right to Life commends the doctors, practice nurses and psychiatrists in New Zealand, who, in obedience...

Media Release 30 June 2025 The Abortion Pill Rescue Network announced this month that the Abortion Pill Reversal Protocol has achieved a...

Media Release 10 June 2025 Right to Life grieves with those women who change their minds, and are prevented from saving their baby from...

Media Release 2 June 2025 Dr Sparrow was trained to protect life, it is disappointing that she devoted her considerable medical skills to...

Media Release 3 April 2025 Right to Life believes that we should never forget the lessons to be learnt from the judicial ordered killing...

Media Release 9 March 2025 Right to life fears that failure to screen women leads to forced abortions. Right to Life requests that the...

Media Release 16 January 2025 On behalf of our community, Right to Life questions why the Medical Council of New Zealand, who are...

Media release 18 December 2024 The Director General of Health, Dr Diana Sarfati who presides over the abortion industry in New Zealand...

Media Release 3 November 2024 The Ministry of Justice has released the provisional suicide statistics for New Zealand for the year ending...

Media Release 23 October 2024 Right to Life requests that the government recognise the financial crisis facing palliative care and...

Media Release 13 October 2024 Right to Life believes that we should all be faithful in upholding the spiritual work of mercy by...

Media Release 21 September 2024 Right to Life believes that it is the government’s intention to continue the defunding of palliative care...