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MEDIA RELEASE: Obviously we want to criminalise parents – Bill advocate
Media Release 7 August 2021 Family First NZ says that despite claims of some politicians in Parliament on Thursday, the proposed ‘conversion therapy’ ban will ...
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Is sharp drop in marriages in 2020 due to COVID?
COVID-19 likely cause of sharp drop in marriages in 2020 Stats NZ 5 August 2021 Family First Comment: We won’t truly know until this time next ...
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Records of her sperm-donor father didn’t exist. How one woman tracked down her ‘enormous’ family
NZ Herald 1 August 2021 A Washington law professor has packed up her family and moved back to New Zealand to connect with her biological ...
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French court rules transgender woman cannot be recognised as child’s mother
France24 16 September 2020 Family First Comment: It all gets rather confusing, doesn’t it. The consequence of dismissing biology. “Born male, the applicant was recognised as ...
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GPs face legal risks over hormones for teens
The Australian 5 August 2021 Family First Comment: According to University of Queensland legal academic Patrick Parkinson and senior psychiatrist Philip Morris… “In no circumstances should ...
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Policy shift in Finland for gender dysphoria treatment
MercatorNet 27 July 2021 The international activist group SEGM, the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine, has published a review of a radical shift in the standards of care ...
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Cannabis a factor in young man’s fatal car crash – coroner
Stuff co.nz 4 August 2021 Family First Comment: Very sad case “Cannabis had taken hold in the last 18 months of his son’s life, and “destroyed ...
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ACT, National warn of conversion therapy bill ‘risk’
Radio NZ News 3 August 2021 ACT leader David Seymour is betting his party will not continue to support the government’s bill banning conversion therapy, ...
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Assisted dying services to be ‘limited’
Assisted dying services to be ‘limited’ when legalised, legal action expected Stuff co.nz 3 August 2021 Family First Comment: Good. People can live without it. ...
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Kris Faafoi still won’t answer a simple question about banning ‘conversion therapy’
Minister of Justice Kris Faafoi had the whole weekend to rethink his response, after his trainwreck interview on Friday on Newstalk ZB about criminalising parents ...
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Conversion therapy legislation to cover religious groups
Radio NZ news 30 July 2021 The government’s ban on conversion therapy will cover religious groups, but they will still be able to freely express ...
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Parents fighting to give birth to Down syndrome children
‘They almost broke me’: Parents fighting to give birth to children with Down syndrome Stuff co.nz 18 July 2021 Family First Comment: A disturbing but insightful ...
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Parents Banned From Stopping Puberty Blockers For Children – Justice Minister
“That is not cool with me” – Kris Faafoi, Minister of Justice Media Release – 30 July 2021 Family First NZ says that if parents ...
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Govt To Criminalise Parents For Affirming Biology
Media Release 30 July 2021 Family First NZ says that the proposed ‘conversion therapy’ ban will be yet another attack on parents’ rights, is fundamentally ...
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Colorado’s claims of cannabis ‘social justice’ fall short
Black Coloradans arrested at twice the rate of white people nearly a decade after pot legalization Colorado Newsline 22 July 2021 Family First Comment: So much ...
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Cannabis-induced psychosis
Cannabis-induced psychosis: Amid push for legalization, sister says brother ‘was lost to us for a decade’ Fox News 23 July 2021 Family First Comment: “When our ...
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Hate Speech Law vs Free Speech
One of the most disturbing realities of criminalising “hateful” speech is that there is simply no universally agreed upon definition of what constitutes “hate” in ...
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Biden cancels ties to critical race theory in schools
Biden admin walks back ties to group pushing critical race theory in schools Fox News 21 July 2021 Family First Comment: Good decision! 🎉👍 “The Biden ...
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Experiencing grief after abortion – but afraid to share
Women who experience post-abortion grief say it’s a pain often not recognised and a hard thing to talk about ABC News 10 July 2021 Family ...
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Blackpool Council is fined £109,000 for ‘religious discrimination’
Blackpool Council is fined £109,000 for ‘religious discrimination’ after it removed posters for Christian festival following LGBT social media campaign over organiser’s views on same-sex ...
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