[3] By 1980 the new Right to Life Australia group was drafting appeal letters for funds despite what was described at the time as "a lot of objections to the establishment of this organisation".
[5] Right to Life WA declined to join a national coalition of organisations lobbying against abortion and voluntary assisted dying and criticised the "proliferation of pro-life groups and associations".
In 1978, 10 members of The Right to Life Australia Inc were forcibly removed from a clinic in East Melbourne by police after they sat in a hallway outside an operating theatre and refused to move.
[11] In 1986, Member for Lowe, Mr Michael John Maher OAM raised two publications from Margaret Tighe before the House of Representatives on claims of misrepresentation.
"[12] In 1996, Independent Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly Mr Michael John Moore AM mentioned Margaret Tighe of the Right to Life Movement while speaking on euthanasia.
In 2001, Peter James Knight walked into a privately run East Melbourne abortion healthcare provider carrying a rifle and other weapons including 16 litres of kerosene.
[16] In a radio interview on the day of the fatal shooting, The Right to Life Australia Inc President expressed sympathy with Knight saying violence was to be expected "because people get angry at what goes on in such places".
[19] The Right to Life Australia Inc lobbied heavily against the 2008 Victorian Abortion Law Reform Bill introduced by Upper House Member Candy Broad.
The lobbying was unsuccessful and the Bill passed with overwhelming support, resulting in the Menhennit ruling (1969) being codified and access to abortion being extended to include terminations after 23 weeks gestation.
[23] Since the termination of pregnancy has been decriminalised across all Australian jurisdictions, The Right to Life Australia Inc has lobbied to re-criminalise abortion with the President stating in 2023 "I think there should be a penalty.