by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Sex changes often leave people ‘badly damaged’, says expert
NZ Herald 2 November 2017 Family First Comment: Well said, Lord Robert Winston. And congrats to the NZ Herald for being brave and printing this story. Now wait for the backlash from “transactivists” who don’t want the truth spoken, and…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on World Medical Association reiterates strong opposition to physician assisted suicide
World Medical Association 27 October 2017 Family First Comment: When the professionals who would have to implement a proposed law vehemently oppose it, there are serious questions to be asked about the merit of the law. www.rejectassistedsuicide.nz The WMA and…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Calls for independent watchdog for Oranga Tamariki
NZ Herald 2 November 2017 Family First Comment: Com’on new Government. Do the right thing for families. A Whanganui family’s story about how their 8-week-old-baby was taken from them after a social worker thought she smelled cannabis is sparking national…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on ‘She got life, he got 13 years’ – Three strikes law may have saved her life
‘She got life, he got 13 years’ – Family of woman killed by gang leader on parole say three strikes law may have saved her life TVNZ One News 1 November 2017 Family First Comment: Violent offenders who are Repeat…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Kevin Spacey Scandal Shows #MeToo is About Male Victims Too
Media Release – National Center on Sexual Exploitation 1 November 2017 Family First Comment: Boys and men who are victims of sexual assault or harassment are equally deserving of justice and healing as the countless female victims of these abuses.…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Three strikes to be struck out
Otago Daily Times 2 November 2017 The three strikes law is “silly”, doesn’t work, and will be dismantled next year, Justice Minister Andrew Little says. “It’s been on the statute books for eight years now,” Little told the New Zealand…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Editorial: A dopey idea
The Northland Age 31 October 2017 Family First Comment: Another superb commentary from Peter Jackson (Editor of The Northland Age)… “The best reason for not legalising cannabis was offered to this newspaper some years ago by a teacher at Kaitaia…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on High taxes could drive up marijuana prices and bolster the black market in California, analysis says
Washington Post 30 October 2017 Family First Comment: They argue that legalisation of dope will get rid of the gangs and the black market. Think again! Taxes raise the price. Drug users want it cheap. www.SayNopeToDope.nz High taxes on legal…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Repealing Three Strikes Bad News For Families
Media Release 1 November 2017 Family First NZ says that the commitment by the Labour government to repeal the Three Strikes law will remove provisions that help ensure the safety and welfare of families from repeat violent offenders. “The best…
by McBlog2 • • Comments Off on Independent Watchdog For Oranga Tamariki Required
Media Release 1 November 2017 Family First NZ is calling for a fully independent Complaints Authority as a watchdog on the new state agency Oranga Tamariki (previously CYF). “The experience of a Whanganui family with their 8-week-old baby has again…