Posts Tagged ‘Bob McCoskrie’

Morning after pill may be made free to children as young as 12 in Taranaki Comments 0

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
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Pharmacies are being targeted to provide the emergency contraceptive pill, commonly known as the morning after pill, to Taranaki youth aged between 12 and 24, as part of the development of Taranaki’s Taiohi (youth) health strategy. District health board portfolio manager Jenny James said the teenage birth, termination of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection rates Read more

Will Definition of Marriage Bill threaten religious freedom? Comments 0

Friday, August 10th, 2012
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Louisa Wall says much of the opposition to the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill was down to inaccurate “scaremongering” such as claims churches would be forced to marry gay couples. But according to Family First’s Bob McCoskrie experience shows that those assurances are shallow promises. To support his contention McCoskrie sites the following facts: Canada: A court has ruled that Read more

Call to de-fund sex education programmes Comments 0

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

Family First NZ is calling for the government to withdraw funding of Family Planning and Rainbow Youth’s sex education programmes, resources and websites which fail to tell the full facts and which compromise the concerns and wishes of parents, and the safety of young people. “Despite groups like Family Planning and Rainbow Youth being challenged Read more

Where do NZ politicians stand on polygamy? Comments 0

Friday, June 1st, 2012
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Two government studies released by Canada’s Justice Department in 2006 recommended the decriminalisation of polygamy, with one arguing that the move was justified by the need to attract more skilled Muslim immigrants. Family First NZ is calling for the National, Labour and Green parties to state where they stand on the issue of redefining marriage Read more

Paid Parental Leave Bill -successive governments undervalue mothers Comments 0

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
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Family First  says the Government is undervaluing mothers by not allowing a bill, proposing to extend paid parental leave, to proceed to a first reading. In the week before Easter a member’s bill which aims to extend paid parental leave in New Zealand from 14 to 26 weeks came up in the ballot. It is being proposed by Labour’s Sue Read more