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Pregnant Teens Can Self-Refer For Abortions With No Safeguards
Media Release 7 August 2019 Family First NZ says that the proposed abortion law reforms will result in the ability of teenagers to self-refer for ...
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Late Term Abortions Will Increase With Abortion Reform
Media Release 7 August 2019 Family First NZ says that proposed abortion law reform will lead to more late term abortions, and radical abortion groups ...
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Radical Abortion Law Reform Is Deeply Anti-Human Rights
Media Release 4 August 2019 Family First NZ is shocked and dismayed with the Government’s coming release tomorrow of attempts to radically liberalise abortion laws, ...
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Abortion Law Reform Deeply Flawed & Anti Human Rights
Media Release 23 July 2019 Family First NZ is shocked and dismayed with the Government’s and the Prime Minister’s obsession with life and death issues, ...
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Petition Fights For Human Rights Of Unborn Children
Media Release 23 July 2019 A petition of more than 13,000 New Zealanders opposing the Government’s proposed liberalisation of abortion laws is being presented to ...
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National Correct to Oppose Decriminalisation of All Drugs
Media Release 8 July 2019 Family First NZ is welcoming National’s opposition to the decriminalisation of all drugs. The statements in the Select Committee report ...
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Bill Rewritten To Explicitly Ignore Women With Post-Abortion Grief
Media Release 29 June 2019 Family First NZ is shocked that a Labour MP’s private members bill which allowed for bereavement leave for a miscarriage ...
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MPs Voting ‘Blind’ On Euthanasia Bill
Media Release 27 June 2019 Family First NZ says that MPs have had to vote ‘blind’ on a bill labelled by the Select Committee as ...
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New Resource Clarifies Current & Proposed Abortion Law
Media Release 18 June 2019 Family First has released a new resource to help New Zealanders understand the current abortion law and also the proposals ...
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Time For Govt To Establish Watchdog For Oranga Tamariki
Media Release 17 June 2019 Family First NZ is repeating its call for a fully independent watchdog for Oranga Tamariki. Family First has been calling ...
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NEW Resource: Abortion Law in New Zealand Q&A
CURRENT ABORTION LAW What is the current abortion law in New Zealand? Under the Crimes Act 1961, it is a crime to perform an abortion ...
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Polls Agree – Kiwis Say Nope To Dope
Media Release 10 June 2019 Family First NZ says that while the polling on preferred political parties is at odds, the polls on legalising cannabis ...
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More Kiwis Now Saying Nope To Dope – Poll
Media Release 10 June 2019 Family First NZ is welcoming the latest poll on legalising cannabis which shows a decreasing appetite for legalisation of recreational ...
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Taxpayer Should Not Fund Sex Change Operations – Poll
Media Release 31 May 2019 Independent polling by Curia Market Research has found strong opposition to taxpayer funding of sex change procedures. In the poll ...
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Due Diligence on Cannabis Harm, Not ‘Fear’ – A response to Alison Mau
Bob McCoskrie asks why an ‘investigative’ journalist is so desperate to shut down a petition calling on an inquiry into the possible harms of cannabis. Mau ...
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Late Term Abortions Will Increase With Abortion Reform
Media Release 23 May 2019 Family First NZ says that Family Planning are misleading the public in relation to proposed abortion law reform, and that ...
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Petition Calls For Inquiry Into Cannabis & Violence
Media Release 13 May 2019 A petition has been launched which is calling for an urgent Inquiry into the possible link between cannabis and violence. ...
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Campaign For Nope To Dope Vote Already Making Impact
Media Release 7 May 2019 Family First NZ says that the debate around legalising marijuana is already underway and New Zealanders are quickly realising that ...
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Canada Showing Troubling Signs From Legalising Dope
Media Release 4 May 2019 A Canadian government study is showing disturbing trends already as a result of legalising marijuana, including increases in youth and ...
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Support for Doctors Opting Out Of Abortion Referrals – Poll
Media Release 5 May 2019 A poll has found that a strong majority (78%) believe that medical professionals with ethical objections should be lawfully allowed ...
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Government Should Not Sideline Fathers
Media Release 3 May 2019 Family First NZ says that women should have to name the father of their child, and the government is wrong ...
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