by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on TV Watchdog Fails Families, No Longer Fit For Purpose
Media Release 5 April 2018 In a stunning admission, the Broadcasting Standards Authority have said that they “do not have a general supervisory role”, and have endorsed a programme with an “unusually large volume of complaints” and which had a…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Medically assisted death allows couple married almost 73 years to die together
The Globe and Mail 1 April 2018 Family First Comment: Canada is the Niagara Falls of euthanasia! Very disturbing. www.protect.org.nz The Brickendens are one of the few couples in Canada to receive a doctor-assisted death together, and the first to…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on NOPE! Govt asked to widen marijuana bill
Government asked to widen marijuana bill by New Zealand Drug Foundation Stuff co.nz 5 April 2018 Family First Comment: Yes we should heed the warnings of pharmacists and medical professionals – well before the agenda of Helen Clark and the…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Boy battling cancer wakes from coma as family agree to cut life support
NZ Herald 3 April 2018 Family First Comment: A perfect example of why euthanasia is so dangerous – not only for adults but also for children. Don’t let the politicians go near it! www.protect.org.nz A two-year-old boy in the UK…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Ministry of Health wants more research into impact of pornography
TVNZ One News 30 March 2018 Family First Comment: The Ministry of Health supports our call for an Inquiry into the health harms of pornography… “It’s estimated that 80 percent of online porn content is sexually violent, which creates mixed…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Childhood Sexual Abuse, Gender Dysphoria, and Transition Regret: Billy’s Story
Public Discourse 26 March 2018 Family First Comment: An important commentary… “Many sexual abuse victims—like Billy, me, and others who write to me—get swept up by LGBT therapists who suggest that the proper treatment is to start on powerful sex…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Why we decided to have a baby with Down syndrome
NZ Herald 24 March 2018 Family First Comment: “Like many parents of children with Down syndrome, McDonald is concerned about the way the diagnosis is presented to families. “I don’t have anything to say against testing because it prepared me…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Few Kiwi dads taking paid parental leave for fatherhood
NZ Herald 27 March 2018 Family First Comment: “Family First have been calling on the Government for years to support two weeks of paid “father leave”. This would ideally rise to four weeks, director Bob McCoskrie explained. “The support is…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on School restraint rules ‘undermine adult authority’ – Family First
NZ Herald 26 March 2018 Family First Comment: “Family First director Bob McCoskrie said the rules had “expelled common sense” from the classroom. “Combined with the ‘chilling’ effect of the anti-smacking law, this is all having the adverse effect of…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Shocking report: Elderly restrained in chairs all day at rest homes
NewsTalk ZB 26 March 2018 Family First Comment: “It follows warnings from the Human Rights Commission about the large number of older Kiwis in facilities where “lived experience is being locked within a building with no exit”.” Add euthanasia (and…