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Simon Bridges v Todd Muller – voting record on family & moral issues
As the National Party caucus prepares to vote on whether they change their leader and deputy leader tomorrow, we’ve been asked a number of times ...
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Proposed Cannabis Law Fails Public Health & Safety Test
Media Release 20 May 2020 With the help of senior lawyers, the SayNopeToDope campaign has analysed the proposed legislation – Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill ...
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“FATAL FLAWS” 11 problems with the new abortion legislation
As the new abortion laws were being rushed through Parliament in the week before we went into Lockdown 4, and while most of the world ...
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NEW RESOURCE: 20 Reasons to Vote NO to Euthanasia
Media Release 13 May 2020 As the country prepares to vote in a referendum on whether to legalise euthanasia / assisted suicide, a new resource ...
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Government Buying A Yes Vote in Cannabis Debate?
Media Release 10 May 2020 Family First NZ says that if the NZ Drug Foundation is receiving further significant funding from the Government, on top ...
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Social Problems Will Increase As Marriage Rates Fall
Media Release 5 May 2020 Family First NZ is warning that the declining marriage rate is a disturbing link to social problems in our society ...
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NEW RESOURCE: 20 Reasons to Vote NO to Cannabis
Media Release 4 May 2020 As the debate on legalising cannabis for recreational use heats up, a new resource presents 20 reasons for New Zealanders ...
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Black Market & Drug Advocates Will Be Celebrating Cannabis Bill
Media Release 1 May 2020 The main beneficiaries of the just-released ‘Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill’ will be drug advocates who hope that the bill ...
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Abortion Legislation Act 2020 – Here’s how extreme it is…
SUMMARY ABORTION LEGISLATION ACT 2020 POLICY FAIL * to remove legislation about abortion from the criminal code and insert it to the health code is to ...
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Cannabis Studies Raise Further Health Concerns
Media Release 11 April 2020 Two important studies released over the past week have further highlighted the health concerns of cannabis and its potential legalisation. ...
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Dangerous DIY Abortions From Rushed Law Change
Media Release 7 April 2020 Family First NZ says that under the abortion law changes rushed through just before the country went into lockdown, women ...
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FINAL VOTE: Who voted FOR the rights of the unborn child ❤
It was a sad day as 69 out of 120 members of Parliament voted for a law that removes any legal recognition or protection of the unborn ...
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“Atrocious” – ‘Born-alive’ provision voted down by MPs
Media Release 11 March 2020 In a shocking display of human rights abuse in New Zealand, an amendment to the Abortion Legislation Bill which required ...
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Why the Abortion Legislation Bill fails so badly…
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH THE ABORTION LEGISLATION BILL POLICY FAIL * to remove legislation about abortion from the criminal code and insert it to the ...
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HOW THEY VOTED: Who Voted to Protect the Unborn Child (2nd Reading)
3 March 2020 It was another dark and shameful day today as 81 members of Parliament voted for a radical bill that attempts to remove any ...
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Radical Abortion Bill A Gross Abuse Of Human Rights
Media Release 3 March 2020 2nd Reading of Abortion Legislation Bill tonight Family First NZ says that the government’s haste in ramming through the radical ...
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FAMILY RESOURCE: Marijuana Facts Teens & Parents Need To Know
As the government pushes a soft line on drugs, including a referendum to legalise cannabis, our young people will be receiving conflicting messages about the ...
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Orientation Week Drug Testing Will Give False Hope & Dangerous Message
Media Release 17 February 2020 Family First NZ says that lobbying to allow drug use and drug testing at university orientation weeks is flawed and ...
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Pearl’s story – “Every disability deserves a life”
Pearl Vaafusuaga and her husband didn’t need to ‘think about it’ when they were told by doctors that their son had Down syndrome. As far ...
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OPEN LETTER: “Dear Jacinda, when does human life begin?”
We’ve placed an Open Letter to the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern from 12 women who have had abortions in two major newspapers this weekend – ...
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Jacqui’s story – “I was conceived in rape. I value life.”
Jacqui has a powerful story to tell – a story which politicians should hear BEFORE they pass a radical and extreme abortion law in New ...
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