Media Release

Lower Abortion Statistics for 2011 Good News for Mothers and their Unborn

Right to Life is encouraged that the number of abortions in 2011 announced by Statistics NZ, reveals a further continuing reduction in the number of unborn children killed before birth. The total number of abortions reported in 2011 was 15,863 the lowest total since 15,501 abortions were reported in 1999.

The number of repeat abortions was 38 per cent. Right to Life considers that this statistic is conservative, as studies done in the United States reveals that 50 per cent of abortions are repeat abortions. There were 6,042 women who were having a repeat abortion. Why is this? How many women are using abortion as a form of contraception?

The government continues to promote the killing of unborn children as a “core health service”, that has unlimited funding and no waiting list. It is not a health service and it has no place in our public health system. Women who are faced with an unplanned pregnancy deserve compassion and practical assistance to bring their child to birth. The killing of the child is not the solution to this important social issue. No child is unwanted as there are many families that are unable to have children, who would love to adopt a child in an open adoption that allows the birth mother to have an on-going relationship with their child. Why does the government continue to refuse to promote adoption as the loving option?

The killing of unborn children is a violation of the right to life of the child. It is also a violation of the human rights of the mother who is entitled to the love, protection and support of the community. This is the justice issue of our time. It is intolerable that the government should require that the taxpayer has the blood of innocent children on their hands. All taxpayers are required to fund the killing of the innocent and see damage being inflicted on vulnerable women.

Abortion is also a violation of a woman’s body. It is intolerable that this violation is inflicted by doctors paid by the state in public hospitals under a law that was intended by Parliament in 1977 to protect both the mother and her child. We should weep for our lost children. We should also weep for the grief and sorrow imposed on women and the spiritual, physical and psychological damage inflicted on them. Our abortion holocaust is the result of the introduction of the contraceptive pill in the 1960s.

Right to Life commends those brave and courageous women who when faced with an unplanned pregnancy chose life for their child. These are truly heroic women who deserve our admiration and support. Right to Life longs for the day when women are treated with the respect that they deserve and when we stop seeing the killing of their unborn children as a “health service”

Right to Life again asks; why are many of our churches silent on this crucial justice issue?

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