Fox News 20 May 2021 Family First Comment: “No safe dose of alcohol for the brain was found. Moderate consumption is associated with more widespread adverse effects on the brain than …
The Government is digging itself deep into trouble over conversion therapy
Peter Lynas is the Director of the Evangelical Alliance. The Government has got itself into a pickle on conversion therapy. It has promised to end it, pledging legislation in this …
ACTIVE INTELLIGENCE: Ep 6 – “Should Transgender Athletes be banned from sport?”
The Olympics has recently softened its criteria on transgender athletes competing against biologically born female competitors. Experts agree that transgender women retain a huge biological advantage that means many are …
Local politicians fuming over Cannabis Act enforcement gaps
Orillia News 28 April 2021 Family First Comment: Not working so well in Canada, is it. “councillors asked the federal agency to consider amending the rules around commercial and personal production …
Jacinda’s wedding sends an important societal message
Bob McCoskrie – National Director, Family First NZ In January 2018, Jacinda Ardern announced her pregnancy with boyfriend Clarke Gayford outside their Auckland home to an adoring national and international …
Bernard Moran: How the “Born Alive” rule stymies legal protection of preborn babies
I guess many people wonder why Parliament cannot pass a law recognising a preborn baby as a unique human person. The “Born Alive” rule stands in the way. A lawyer …
FAMILY MATTERS: Jacinda’s marriage sends an important societal message
It’s official. Wedding bells will be ringing at the end of the year for our Prime Minister. We should celebrate this announcement – both for the couple and their daughter …
New Study: Alcohol Ads Commonly Appeal to Minors
Movendi 23 April 2021 Family First Comment: “The association between positive reactions to the adverts and being susceptible to [consume alcohol] among underage adolescents who have never tried alcohol is of …
US Supreme Court takes up major challenge to abortion rights
NewsHub 18 May 2021 Family First Comment: Superb! “In the Roe v. Wade decision, subsequently reaffirmed in 1992, the court said that states could not ban abortion before the viability of …
NZ’s dip below population replacement level a chance to discuss priorities — academic
TVNZ One News 18 May 2021 Aotearoa dipping below the so-called population replacement level is a chance for a discussion about what the country’s population should be, a leading academic …