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Right to Life Australia's campaign to oppose the use of telehealth to access assisted suicide and euthanasia is still continuing. We thank all of you who have contacted their Attorney-General, the Fed...

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“Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct” There is a two-way cell movement between mother and baby via the placenta during pregnancy in placental mammals. The presence and ...

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In a stealth move, the Therapeutic Goods Administration approved an application from “Marie Stopes Health” to amend restrictions on the medical abortion pill MS-2 Step, which can be taken up to nine w...

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SAVE AUSTRALIA’S BORN ALIVE ABORTED BABIES Senate Inquiry Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2022 hearing - Canberra 8 June 2023. L-R: (Presenters in Italics): Scott McCamish (Office,...

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The fate of babies born alive after failed abortions is not known by many Australians.  Indeed it is Australia's darkest secret.  These babies - born alive, but unwanted - are left to die.&n...

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Right to Life Australia Chief Executive Officer, Mary Collier, testified on the 8th June 2023 before the Senate Inquiry on the Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2022. Ms Collier ackno...

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On 1 December 2022, the Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 was passed by Federal Parliament in Australia and amended the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 and Norther...

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WARRIORS FOR LIFE WORK TO PROTECT BABIES BORN ALIVE AFTER ABORTIONS IN AUSTRALIA Australian Senators Matt Canavan (LNP, Queensland) Alex Antic (Liberal Party, South Australia) and Ralph Babet (United...

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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has clearly deviated from its charter of ‘providing medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.’ The genesis o...

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Stop plans to allow telehealth for euthanasia and assisted suicide in Australia Over the past few months we have asked supporters to contact their Federal representatives to ask them NOT to repeal ...

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As you will be aware the ACT Greens-labor coalition government announced (10/04/23) it will take over ownership and management of Calvary Hospital in Canberra in July 2023.  The government ...

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Despite substantial evidence of real risks to the life and health of women from chemical abortion using the drug mifepristone (formerly known as RU486) the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has be...

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When the NSW Parliament legalised abortion up to 22 weeks of pregnancy on request, and for broad reasons up to birth, in 2019, it nonetheless stated that “This Parliament opposes the performance of te...

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Abortion law in Australia is largely a matter for the states and territories, all of which permit abortion without any conditions up to a specified gestational limit (16 weeks in Tasmania; 20 weeks in...

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Organ retrieval after euthanasia has been reported for Belgium (57 cases since 2005), the Netherlands (86 cases since 2012), Canada (136 cases since 2019) and Spain (7 cases in 2021), that is a total ...

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China's fertility rate has sunk to 1.18 children per woman and its population has begun to decline. Deaths outnumbered births for the first time in decades. The government of Xi Jinping has final...

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Abortion Trauma Recovery [ATR] (previously Abortion Grief Australia) was founded in 1984 by Registered Nurse Dawn Dureau. It is a not for profit organization providing specialised care and advoca...

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Eugene Ahern 20 January 2023 The legalisation and availability of telehealth carriage service consultations by - for example video link for euthanasia and voluntary assisted dying would open the door...

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Why telehealth should never be used to prescribe lethal drugs for assisted suicide The coronavirus pandemic has forced us to adapt the way we access health care, and telehealth is now widely used to ...

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Most Australians do not know babies are born alive in "failed" abortions in this country. Abortion laws have been deregulated in every state - even allowing abortion up to due date - referred to as...

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Stop plans to allow telehealth for euthanasia and assisted suicide in Australia Currently, Federal Law in Australia (Criminal Code Act 1995 Subdivision G) prohibits doctors and others inciting or c...

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A young Canadian man, struggling with diabetes and its effects reports on his telehealth consultation with a euthanasia doctor in this video produced by CBC Canada in its investigative program The Fif...

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It's a 'death regime' say Queensland bishop opposed to government plan to fly in doctors to help terminally ill patients end their lives. TOWNSVILLE Bishop Tim Harris is a leading voice demanding the...

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A Canadian woman suffering from severe allergies and chemical sensitivities was able to legally end her own life due to the country’s expansive medical aid in dying (MAiD) laws. According to CTV News,...

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UPDATE ON PUSH FOR TELEHEALTH CONSULTATIONS FOR EUTHANASIA. A REMINDER - Don't forget to Oppose Telehealth video-link consultations for euthanasia and assisted dying. It is essential we oppose the fe...

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Despite limited resources, time constraints and opposition by suppliers, Right to Life Australia delivered an intensive campaign in October/November 2022 leading up to the 26 November 2022 Victorian e...

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This is an urgent appeal for Right to Lifers to get active! What is this ACTION ALERT all about? This is an urgent appeal to Right to Lifers to make our own submissions to a Senate Inquiry into what...

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On 17th August 2022, Fiona Patten's Bill to defund Catholic Hospitals failed, as all the Labor and all the Liberal Members of the Legislative Council voted against it. She called her bill, the "Health...

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Thérèse Coffey, a Catholic, has voted consistently for pro-life positions. LUKE COPPEN September 7, 2022  Britain's new health secretary is facing pressure over her stance on abortion. Thé...

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Mr Julian Leeser MP (Berowra), 2 August, 2022: This is not the first time I’ve risen in this place to speak on this matter. Every few years, the old arguments are dusted off and freshened up and someo...

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It is essential Right to Life Australia Inc. and our supporters do our utmost to prevent the federal government legislating to allow doctors to use telehealth consultations to authorise physician assi...

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"This year, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which would allow Mississippi to limit abortions at 15 weeks. Medical advancements have long surpass...

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The Irish Parliament’s Oireachtas Committee on Justice in considering Mr Gino Kenny TD’s ‘Dying with Dignity’ Bill 2020’ confirmed in July 2021 they will not progress the bill to a final vote at this ...

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Read our submission to Health and Environment Committee, Queensland enquiry into Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021. VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING BILL 2021 (PDF) ...

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Despite the torturous crisis situation with NSW in lockdown MP Alex Greenwich has seized the opportunity to further his agenda on euthanasia.  The so called ‘consultation’ draft of his bill&...

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George Christensen MP has proposed a bill in the House of Representatives called "The Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2021". The bill is expected to be tabled in early August 2021....

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The Second Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying released by the Canadian government is alarming. 4,120 Canadians euthanised because they had cancer but with no discussion with an oncolog...

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Many different groups of Australians are reminding governments of their responsibility to uphold the sanctity of life. Responding to the complexities at critical and terminal stages of life is difficu...

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 The passage of the euthanasia bill (named Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2020) in June 2021 through the South Australian Parliament’s House of Assembly is no cause for rejoicing.  Over ...

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In an open letter to South Australians (The Advertiser 5/6/21) a group of 850 Medical Doctors and Health Professionals in Australia [Health Professionals Say NO!] stated "All South Australia...

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Queensland’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 is a further step down the dangerous path of government assisted suicide. We need to be clear – what we are dealing with is government supported and gov...

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For family members watching a loved one die, the experience can be agonising. However, with appropriate involvement of palliative care, the preparation and education of family members about the normal...

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In spite of a very vigorous campaign to oppose the "Termination of Pregnancies Bill 2020"  passed the South Australian Legislative Council (Upper House) on Tuesday 2 March 2021 and will become la...

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Walking hand in hand with my son Jesse on his first day of school, my heart filled with joy and pride at how far he had come. Jesse has overcome many difficult obstacles in his young life. After being...

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The Queensland government is introducing a  euthanasia bill into the Parliament at end of May 2021. Mrs Tighe, President of Right to Life Australia, said, "Ms Palaszczuk's latest embracing of th...

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Euthanasia deaths in Victoria under the Euthanasia Act passed in 2017 are 10 times greater than Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews predicted!  The latest Victorian Euthanasia Figures (Janua...

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TASMANIANS - Act Now to stop Patient Killing! Tasmanian MP Mike Gaffney (IND) MLC introduced his euthanasia bill [End Of Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill 2020] into the Legislative...

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The introduction of a euthanasia bill by MP Mike Gaffney MLC in Tasmania rings alarm bells.   Will Tasmania heed the danger as shown by Victoria's euthanasia toll - already surpassing govern...

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The Right to Life Australia Inc is very concerned to learn that a vaccine against the COVID-19 virus is derived from an aborted child. Let us not forget that the life of this child is of the same valu...

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The dementia nursing home patients being turned away from our overstressed public hospitals like the Royal Melbourne are NOT dying patients....

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Queenslanders: Premier Palaszczuk is delaying consideration of euthanasia laws until next year giving us opportunity to express our opposition to euthanasia before the state election this year (3...

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Victorians should be aware of the huge harm being done by “the Age’ newspaper in relation to its enthusiastic endorsement of legalised physician assisted suicide in Victoria.  In the voluntary as...

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Canberra Hospital can turn off life support for 20-week pregnant woman despite wishes of baby's father, court rules Extract of Article - ABC news by Elizabeth Byrne 28 May 2020 The Canberra Hospital...

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By Professor Sir William Liley (1929–83): NZ Perinatal Physiologist US National Committee for a Human Life Amendment Inc. WASHINGTON D.C. 20036 (in 1974). The US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Cons...

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While New Zealanders are distracted by the alarm created by the COVID-19 virus, Jacinda Ardern's heinous Abortion Legislation Bill passed the NZ Parliament on 18 March 2020 with a vote of 68:51. This...

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Experts say embryos should not be treated as property A dispute over a Sydney couple’s frozen embryos highlighted the fact that they are regarded as ‘property’ under the law. Experts and pro-life ad...

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On March 31, 2020 the Queensland Parliamentary Committee which carried out an Inquiry into “Voluntary Assisted Dying” tabled their Findings and Recommendations. During the year prior to the tabling o...

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Hon Marlene Kairouz, Minister for Trade, in the Victorian government who opposed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 and is not afraid to speak out about it!  Victorian Labor frontbencher Mar...

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There is something building within the pro-abortion movement. As the lies and powers of the industry are questioned, the protests increase in fervour. The very thought that they will no longer be allo...

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There is an ever-growing movement of women who have been conditioned to believe that abortion is a glorious right to be celebrated and protected at all costs. The message is distributed almost univer...

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“The release of Victoria’s euthanasia figures by the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Review Board following six months of its operation are not surprising,” said Margaret Tighe, President of Right to L...

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Dear Friends, Just a brief note to let you know the outcome of the post-Christmas vigil. As expected, it was not long into the first morning before the police arrived – three cars with six police! A s...

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Right to Life NZ commends the 2,400 men, women and children who peacefully and joyfully marched to Parliament in Wellington yesterday, Saturday 7th December 2019, to express their support for a cultur...

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Cath News – a Service of the Australian Catholic Bishops conference. Townsville Bishop Tim Harris advocated strongly against euthanasia in his weekend homily, saying it was important to have a co...

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Allowing Doctors to Kill Patients - Or Help Patients To Kill Themselves. Last December 2019 the Western Australian (WA) parliament voted for a euthanasia bill which legalises state sanctioned extra ju...

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Western Australia's darkest day for the sick and vulnerable was in December 2019 with the passage of the Western Australian assisted suicide bill (24:11) through the Legislative Council and then passe...

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Volunteer counsellors at PCA continue to devote themselves to the women and men of Australia who are facing an unplanned pregnancy or are suffering following an abortion.There are so many voices in th...

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Alan Tyson - 40 days for Life South Australia In December 2018 Greens MLC Ms Tammy Franks (Upper House) introduced an Abortion Law Reform Bill to decriminalise abortion and provide the most unregulat...

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Western Australia is considering a piece of legislation that may be the most consequential set of laws passed by its 40th parliament: a bill that radically changes our understanding of life, death and...

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The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019 is currently being debated in the Legislative Council in the Parliament of Western Australia. We are immensely proud of the work of Hon. Nicolas (Nick) Goiran ML...

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We have received so many calls from mothers who have experienced a last minute reprieve from aborting their child.   ...

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Abortion is the greatest human rights issue facing Australia today.  I speak of the deliberate ending of life of babies in the womb – babies we know are members of the human family - as are you ...

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Alarm Bells for WA! Contact your 6 Members of Legislative Council WA now! All West Australians should be rightly alarmed as the WA government debates the legislation of patient killing in the Legislat...

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Written by Jane Landon. Jane is a supporter of Right to Life Australia who was very active during our Federal Election campaign in Bennelong Electorate. Picture by Aleshia Fewster. Pro-life...

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WASHINGTON, D.C., May 28, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – With the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday morning to save one part of Indiana’s 2016 abortion law while letting another be struck down, Justice Cla...

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The Government of Western Australia is looking to introduce laws more liberal than Victoria's euthanasia laws. An expert panel in its recent report recommended that patients should be eligible if they...

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In July 2019 the Committee of Right to Life Australia supported me to travel to attend the USA National Right to Life Convention 2019 held in Charleston, South Carolina. There were approximately 700 d...

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Excerpt from article By Matt Johnston, Herald Sun – 28 August 2019 A growing number of terminally ill Victorians have met the criteria for the state’s euthanasia scheme, and have been approved to acc...

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Reproduced from Media Release 24 August 2019 - Ken Orr, Spokesperson, Right to Life New Zealand More than half of the unborn children in New Zealand with Down syndrome are killed before they are born...

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Reproduced from Society for the Protection of Unborn Children. London, United Kingdom 22 August 2019 SPUC has questioned the figures surrounding abortion survivors in the United Kingdom, after it has...

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NEWS FROM OUR OUTREACH SERVICE - PREGNANCY COUNSELLING AUSTRALIA Please take the enclosed flyer and place in your church, office or other venue to encourage women (and men) to utilise our life saving...

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New South Wales Parliament debate 6/8/2019 The Hon. Mr DOMINIC PERROTTET MLA (Epping—Treasurer) (LIB) 6/8/2019 "Today we have a choice set before us that goes to the core of who we are and who we ...

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Carla Mascarenhas ~ Excerpt Reproduced from Wauchope Gazette 21/8/19 Federal member for Lyne Dr David Gillespie had this to say: He believes the legislation is unnecessary because abortion was "...

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Excerpt from SBS News 22 August 2019 In recent weeks, the former Nationals party leader, Hon Barnaby Joyce MP who now sits on the backbench, has taken a leading role in the fight against the push to ...

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Australia has recently been reminded of its disgraceful record on government-funded abortions with the NSW parliament engaged in a fiery debate over the total legislation of abortion until birth! &nb...

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Contact your MP's asking them to vote against the WA government's euthanasia bill soon to be introduced into the WA parliament in August. (see enclosed list of Parliamentarians) This follows the pa...

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We won’t let the introduction of voluntary assisted dying overshadow our ongoing commitment to the sick. By Natasha Michael ,The Age 23/05/19 What matters most? Over the past week, Australians h...

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The second reading of the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019 has now passed the New South Wales Legislative Council 26 to 15. Please contact your Legislative Council members urgently. Tell them...

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I was 20 weeks pregnant as I walked into a women’s imaging centre with my husband and one-year-old daughter. We were excited to find out if we were having a little boy or girl. What we did find out ca...

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“There is probably no more important issue in contemporary bioethics or a more serious ethical decision for our parliaments than that raised by the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 being debated thi...

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Margaret Tighe, Letter to Chief Pharmacist, Alfred Health, Melbourne, May 2019 Dear Sir, I write as one who worked as a pharmacist at the Alfred hospital for several years after my return from w...

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The abortion issue has been front page news in the US of late.   The Good News has been from the following states – Ohio, Mississippi Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana – where a variety...

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 The Government of Western Australia is looking to introduce laws more liberal than Victoria's euthanasia laws. An expert panel in its recent report recommended that patients should be eligible i...

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Right to Life Australia President Margaret Tighe said today, “I am not surprised people are protesting outside Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre when one considers that the hospital of which Melbourne is ...

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Right to Life Australia stands firmly opposed to Labor’s election promise to expand abortion nationally by linking hospital funding to abortion services reviewing Medicare rebates associated with abor...

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Action alert - South Australia For our South Australian supporters, please contact your Members of the Legislative Council in South Australia urgently. Tammy Franks MLC (Greens) has introduced the S...

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A Ministerial Advisory Panel reviews its success - Article by Michael Cook reproduced from Mercatornet.com Dec 4 2018 https://bit.ly/2GbhGFu  One year ago, in December 2017, the Australian ...

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Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (in Victoria) is currently advertising for "VAD Care Navigators" calling for "Clinical Nurse Consultants Grade 6 or Grade 4 Allied Health Professionals or Grade 4 Psychol...

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By Dr Rachel Carling-Jenkins I had the privilege of spending four years in state parliament defending the vulnerable by standing up for the human right to life from conception to natural death. ...

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On 9 November 2018, New Zealand’s leading newspaper “The Dominion Post” published a one page advertisement which had been placed by Family First NZ, about eight courageous New Zealand mothers – all of...

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