The following is an October 1 LifeNews article by Steven Ertelt:
American pro-life activist Troy Newman is on the board of directors of the Center for Medical Policy, which is responsible for the series of 10 videos showing the Planned Parenthood abortion business selling aborted babies and their body parts. This week, he was slated to head to Australia for a pro-life speaking tour at the invitation of a local pro-life group, but the Australian government is preventing him from entering the country after complaints by abortion advocates.
According to the pro-life group Operation Rescue, which Newman heads, the Australian government is relying on false allegations that Newman supports killing abortion practitioners as its reason for not allowing him entry. Due to viciously false accusations brought by Australian pro-abortion activists and news media, Newman found out yesterday that his visa was revoked by the Australian government.
Newman has never advocated violence and in fact, urges pro-life activists to work within the governmental and legal system to accomplish change.
Newman was initially prevented from boarding a flight in the United States to Australia but he was eventually allowed to board. But, last night, according to information Operation Rescue provided to LifeNews, Newman was arrested upon arrival in Australia.
“Newman has been detained in Melbourne Australia pending deportation due to his visa being cancelled at the request of pro-abortion bullies who were bent on silencing Newman’s message of peaceful, legal activism on behalf of pre-born babies,” the group said. “Newman’s deportation could take up to 72 hours. Meanwhile, his wife, Mellissa, whose visa is still active, is left alone in a foreign country with no luggage.”
“Troy’s unjust treatment by the Australian government is based on a pack of bold-faced lies about his character. This makes him a political prisoner,” said Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor for Operation Rescue. “It’s shocking that the Australian government would take these lies at face value and deny Troy his right to his freedom and free speech. To say we are disappointed is an understatement.”
Newman was invited to Australia for a 10-day speaking tour by Australia Right to Life. He planned to share news concerning the shocking videos and their impact in American politics as well as his message of peaceful activism in order to save innocent lives from abortion.
But a pro-abortion Member of Parliament, Terri Butler, sent a spurious letter to Minister of Immigration Peter Dutton falsely accusing Newman of advocating the execution of abortion providers, which Dutton never bothered to fact-check.
“The pro-abortion bullies in Australia who have been slandering Troy Newman to the government have had to stoop to the lowest of lows to silence his message about Planned Parenthood’s criminality and his use of peaceful, law-abiding activism to expose abortion abuses,” said Sullenger. “Now that they have told so may lies about him, they must make sure he is deported lest their shame be exposed to the people of Australia.”
Newman was not notified that his visa had been cancelled until he was already enroute to Melbourne. Along the way, he was banned from boarding a United Airlines flight from Denver to Los Angeles and was told he was banned from flying on order of the Australian government. Newman continued on to Los Angeles on another airline then on to Melbourne thinking this misunderstanding would soon be corrected.
“Troy has been treated like a criminal even though he has never been convicted of a crime and is being detained and deported based solely on his religious and pro-life beliefs that are opposed by certain abortion lackeys in the Australian government,” said Sullenger. “This is unjust and as a representative of Operation Rescue, I demand his immediate release and an apology from Minister Dutton for the trouble he has caused by acquiescing to false accusations of those who oppose Newman’s pro-life stance.”
Please contact Minister of Immigration Peter Dutton and respectfully remind him that Newman is a man of peace that has been unjustly detained, and ask for his immediate release.
Peter Dutton
Minister of Immigration
minister@border.gov.au
the shape of things to come.
This outrageous treatment by an ally of ours generally deemed worthy of admiration will serve Troy Newman well if the media actually covers it accurately. It can be the Birmingham Jail moment that will get his name, and his passionate devotion to this cause, in the news. I have suffered some surprising rudeness from this gentleman myself in the past, but he was younger then and perhaps a tad full of himself. Nonetheless, Troy Newman’s cause is worthy beyond measure and his dedication unassailable. We should all pass along his name and story, as well as our shared, pro-life cause in every possible place on the internet and the larger world. Troy Newman, pro-life, ill treatment, pass it on!
The World-wide persecution of Christians is in full swing and will only get worse. Christians must protest each and every instance of persecution and discrimination, whether it is by a government or by a group. They said Christians wouldn’t be persecuted by Germany, and look what happened. How long should we wait to protest?
This only goes to show the depth of depravity of the baby killers. To lie, to defame and calumniate so as to destroy a person is part and parcel of their destruction of the the innocent in the womb. If the latter is desired, the former is necessary. Oh how strange and what a pity!
The Australian government is obviously another left wing hate group. Boycott Australia!
I am. In fact I have some things from Australia that I will no longer wear, or even give away. One I can tear up and use as a dust rag.