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Family First NZ calls for law change on abortion

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In a media release Family First NZ, a registered charity with the Charities Commission, has called for the Government to put in place a law which requires informed consent including the offer of ultrasound for all potential abortions, and counselling to be provided only by non-providers of abortion services as is being introduced in the UK. 

Abortion Harmful to Women’s Mental Health – Study

Media Release 2 September

Family First NZ says that a meta-analysis published today in the British Journal of Psychiatry has revealed that 81 percent of females who had an abortion were found to be at an increased risk for mental health problems, including depression, alcohol abuse and suicidal behaviors. 

The study, “Abortion and Mental health: Quantitative Synthesis and Analysis of Research Published 1995-2009” by Priscilla Coleman, Ph.D., took into account 22 studies and over 877,000 participants over the 14-year period. The study also reveals that as many as ten percent of all mental health problems are directly attributable to abortion. 

“This confirms and is consistent with previous NZ research which showed that abortion harms women. Abortion harms women but poro-abortion groups refuse to acknowledge this, seeing the right to abortion more paramount than the long-term health and welfare of the women. We believe women have the right to the best independent information and advice before making a decision that could impact them later in life,” says Marina Young, Spokesperson for Family First NZ, who through her own abortion experience formed the Buttons Project. [Read more…]

Anti-Smacking Law Doco Attracts Huge Audience – says Family First NZ

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In its media release issued today, Family First NZ, a registered charity with the Charities Commission, states that approximately 100,000 NZ’ers have viewed the documentary”My Mummy’s A Criminal” on the anti-smacking law which profiles good families who have been victims of the law. Society members are encouraged to view this documentary for no other reason than to get better informed on this controversial debate that Family First NZ considers (1) highly relevant to the promotion and upholding of good community standards and (2) necessary in order to force politicians to consider amending the ‘anti-smacking law’ .

“We’ve had approximately 35,000 hits on the website www.protectgoodparents.org.nz which hosts the DVD and contains legal advice for parents, almost 10,000 copies of the DVD have been distributed to the public, and views on YouTube have just passed the 5,000 ‘views’ mark,” says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ. “Considering that this is a 30-minute documentary being hosted on YouTube, this is a very high number of views.” [Read more…]

Porn Parades Cost Taxpayer $20,000-plus

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In its recent media Family First NZ, a registered charity with the Charities Commission, has pointed out that the recent Boobs on Bikes parades in Auckland, Hamilton and Auckland have cost ratepayer at least $20,000 in police costs and local council traffic management, and the costs should be recovered from the organisers. “Boobs on Bikes” is a registered trade mark of CVC Group Ltd, a NZ-registered company which owns the hardcore porn company Eden Digital Ltd, which runs the 3-day porn promotion – Erotica Lifestyles Expo.

“The Boobs on Bikes parade is not a community event, a Christmas parade, or even a social or political issue. It is a blatant marketing tool for the pornography industry, and as such, the police and local councils should be actively recovering the costs of hosting the parades,” says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ.

Official Information Act requests to the Auckland police show that in Auckland alone, 48 police staff were deployed using 10 vehicles at a cost to the taxpayer of more that $6,000.

“When you combine the Auckland cost with the costs of the police time in Tauranga and Hamilton, and then add on the local council costs, the taxpayer and ratepayer is effectively paying $20,000-plus for the porn industry to push their product on our main streets.”

“The police say they are not seeking to recover these costs, but they should be, on behalf of the tax and ratepayer. Why should families have to fork out for an offensive parade which local councils are powerless to prevent, and politicians are refusing to strengthen the laws to protect families from,” says Mr McCoskrie. [Read more…]

Government must combat corruption, money laundering and white-collar crime

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In December 2009, the Society’s President, John Mills, on behalf of the Society, issued a call for Government enforcement agencies and legislators to more effectively combat money laundering, bribery, white-collar crime and corruption. Every MP and members of most NZ city councils, were issued with a copy of his statement, which pointed out that the internet and new developments in information technology, now provided crime investigators with very powerful new tools to assist with the detection and solving of white-collar crimes, corruption etc. The statement is quoted in part, below. It is a call to see the upholding and promotion of good community standards in a far broader context than a mere narrow focus on a traditional, conservative vision of what constitutes “moral welfare’.

“In the past 30 years technology has progressed to such an extent that [the identities of] people [living or deceased] can be tracked through DNA research coupled with numerous other technological [eg forensic science] advances. Cold case files have been solved through means that were once impossible. In the same way, the internet has enabled researchers to track the operations of individuals, property companies and plane flight paths, etc. by accessing extensive public electronic records. All of this was not previously possible to the ordinary researcher before the advent of the internet.

“Government officials and agencies are generally not funded to make extensive enquiries using this media, as there needs to be a provable substantial body of evidence and then consensus and approval from authorities higher up; before they will expend the time and effort pursuing such details. Furthermore, enquiries are rarely pursued based merely on suspicions of wrongdoing.

“The Society and its team of researchers have been engaged …. in looking into money trails behind the porn industry. Because we believe that pornography and its well-known associated elements such as prostitution are morally corrupting, we also believe that other forms of corruption may well be linked to it. ‘Where there is smoke there will likely be fire’.”

“These links are almost impossible to hide because all legal businesses and a vast amount of associated activities they engsage in, are by necessity on the public record…. The Society urges government officials to pursue [and stamp out] corruption in the course of their duties. [Read more…]

Crackdown on money-laundering, white-collar crime and corruption

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The Society for Promotion of Community Standards Inc. is applauding the announcement yesterday by Justice Minister Simon Collins and Police Minister Judith Collins, of a three-year plan to crackdown on international organised crime.

A Justice Ministry report estimates that 70 per cent of adults in New Zealand have been targets of some form of cyber crime. [Such activities include the posting of defamatorty, malicious and threatening content directed at individuals for the purpose of  extortion or coercion. The posting of hardcore pornography directed as a ‘weapon’ to malign innocent targeted individuals is an example of how pernicious cyber-bullying can escalate into more serious criminal offending].

An organised crime crackdown by Government would involve anti-money laundering measures, protections against identity theft and steps to prevent bribery and corruption. It would allow more information to be shared by domestic agencies and across borders.

[Overseas money-laundering across international borders and domestically has been linked to the very lucrative pornography industry, prostitution, illegal drugs and sex-trafficking]. [Read more…]