Abortion Supervisory Committee v Right to Life New Zealand Inc - [2012] 1 NZLR 176

Administrative law — Judicial review — Functions and powers of Abortion Supervisory Committee — Whether unborn child has express right to life — Whether Committee fulfilled obligations relating to availability of counselling services — Whether Committee able to review or scrutinise lawfulness of decisions of certifying consultants who authorise abortions — Whether Committee's decision not to do so based on wrong interpretation of law — Abortion Regulations 1978, Forms 1, 3 and 3A.

Human rights — Right to life — Unborn children — Whether protected by right to life — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 8.