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binary australia kirralie smith punished for speaking truth

Women’s rights advocate punished for saying men are men

Women’s rights advocate and recent speaker at the Forum on the Family here in Auckland, Kirralie Smith from Binary Australia, continues to be persecuted by ...
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commentary on NZ euthanasia research

NZ research signals growing support for expanding euthanasia

New research on euthanasia practices in New Zealand has just been released.  It focuses on the thoughts and experiences of doctors and nurses, and is ...
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motherhood and marriaged linked to great happiness among women

Study finds Marriage and Motherhood linked with greater flourishing

A study out of the Wheatley Institute at Brigham Young University, in collaboration with the Institute for Family Studies, found that married mothers across demographics ...
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ACT obsessed with euthanasia, not palliative care

ACT obsessed with euthanasia, not palliative care

ACT’s latest attempt to broaden euthanasia and physician assisted suicide (PAS) puts even more New Zealanders at risk.
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Costco chooses life not abortion

Costco chooses life

In some good news, large wholesale retailer Costco in the United States has decided it will not supply the abortion drug, mifepristone.
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Finnish expert exposes gender reassignment myths

Finnish expert exposes gender reassignment myths

The gender affirming care experiment on children in Finland is being unwound as scientific and medical evidence show that it is ineffective, dangerous, and not ...
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Disturbing Details Of Euthanasia Drugs - Expert

Disturbing Details Of Euthanasia Drugs – Expert

Family First highlights the reality of what happens when drugs are given for assisted suicide and euthanasia.
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Something is rotten in the state of Victoria

Something is rotten in the State of Victoria

There must be something in the water in the State of Victoria, Australia.  The latest madness being driven by its far-left Premier, Jacinta Allan, involves ...
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Euthanasia's global trends - a slippery slope

Euthanasia’s global trends – a slippery slope

We've just published our latest findings in this Euthanasia Fact Sheet on Global Trends. As state-assisted suicide is normalised, international evidence reveals a disturbing trend.
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Abortions increase 30% since law change

Abortions increase 30% since law change

Data from the Ministry of Health reveals that the number of abortions have increased by 30% since abortion was decriminalised in 2020. On average, 329 ...
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HRC Struggles To Rustle Up Conversion Therapy Complaints

HRC struggles to rustle up ‘Conversion Therapy’ complaints

The $2.25m taxpayer-funded complaints centre set up by the Human Rights Commission for receiving complaints about ‘conversion therapy’ has struggled to obtain any formal complaints ...
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Doctors raises red flag on medicinal use with immunotherapies

NZ doctor raises red flag on cannabis use with immunotherapies

A New Zealand-born doctor, now residing in Australia, and an advocate for medicinal cannabis use, is ringing the alarm bells when it comes to cannabis ...
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Euthanasia NZ Graph

Three major warnings within the latest euthanasia review

The latest euthanasia/assisted suicide annual report by the Ministry of Health makes for sobering reading.   This is not simply the ever-increasing numbers of New Zealanders ending their ...
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Media Statement - Transgender sports policy reflects public opinion

Media Statement: Transgender sports policy reflects public opinion

Today’s superb (and well overdue) policy change by Sport New Zealand regarding biological males in women’s sports simply reflects public opinion.
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Stillbirth policy gaps provide financial incentive for abortions

Stillbirth policy gaps provide financial incentive for abortions

Abort your baby late-term and also get around $4600 from the government.  We are not making this up.  This is precisely what is happening in ...
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Media Release - Euthanasia numbers soar despite tiny workforce

Media Release – Euthanasia numbers soar despite tiny workforce

The latest review of euthanasia has just been released by the Ministry of Health – and despite a tiny workforce, there has been a continued ...
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Health NZ wrote to us – here is our response

Health NZ wrote to us – here is our response

We recently received a letter from the Ministry of Health showing, first and foremost, that they are watching our work here at Family First closely. ...
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NZMJ's selective outrage

From enforcer to critic: NZMJ’s selective outrage 

“There are none so blind, as those who will not see”. This quote comes to mind after reading the latest editorial in the New Zealand ...
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Cannabis’ link to heart failure risk - Study

Cannabis’ link to heart failure risk – Study

A new study has found that daily cannabis users are 34% more likely to develop heart failure than non-users.
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Mainstream media's madness on magic mushrooms

Mainstream media’s madness on magic mushrooms

Mainstream media, particularly here in New Zealand, is making a big deal about the supposed benefits of magic mushrooms, more often thought of as psychedelics ...
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A Slew of Stunning US Supreme Court Decisions

A Slew of Stunning US Supreme Court Decisions

There has been a number of significant judgements coming out of the United States Supreme Court around areas of interest to Family First. These judgements ...
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