Public outcry compelled Immigration Minister Peter Dutton to revoke Newman’s visa yesterday over concerns that he would encourage the vilification of women. He was detained by border force officials on his arrival in Australia. Newman continued on to Los Angeles on another airline then on to Melbourne thinking this misunderstanding would soon be corrected.
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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 now allowing him entry.
Butler, in her letter to Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, said, that Newman could “cause significant harm to our community” because the latter had “previously called for the execution of abortion doctors”, as reported on The Guardian. Going off a video he posted a few hours ago, featuring bored flight attendants laughing while he berates them and accuses them of being in hock to the Australian government, it seems he has not taken the news well.
Newman, also known as Newman-Mariotti, won a 24-hour reprieve from deportation on Thursday night, when the high court ordered that he could not be removed from the country until the case was heard the following day.
Sullenger, who served two years on a three-year sentence for her role in a 1988 clinic bombing plot, complained that Newman “had been the victim of “political persecution, plain and simple, as well as an attempt to silence the pro-life message in Australia”.
Justice Nettle ruled the USA citizen knew he had to obey Australian immigration laws before boarding a United Airlines flight but chose not to.
Labor MP Terri Butler, who wrote to minister Dutton urging him to cancel the visa, has welcomed the decision.
. She quoted from a book co-written by Newman called Their Blood Cries Out in a way that was completely out of context and twisted the meaning of a theological argument Newman was trying to explain. The main focus of the campaign is to incriminate doctors who perform abortions.
The reports said attorneys for Newman had filed a request for an injunction that would allow him to remain.
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Operation Rescue spokesman Cheryl Sullivan tells OneNewsNow that Newman was able to make the final leg of the trip on another flight. The Australian government finally caved in to demands to prevent the president of Operation Rescue from conducting a 10-day speaking tour there. “His views are repugnant”. They pointed out to the government that Newman never has been charged or advocated violence.
