Abortion pill death sparked warning
The Australian 19 March 2012 AUSTRALIA has had its first death of a woman using the abortion pill to terminate her pregnancy at home. Health regulator the Therapeutic Goods Administration issued a notice to doctors and clinics to review their follow-up care in light of the “bedroom abortion” gone wrong. The woman, unnamed by authorities, [...]
Gay ‘marriage’ not a right, prohibiting gay adoption not ‘discrimination’
LifeSite News 16 March 2012 The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the prohibition of adoption to non-married couples is not discriminatory, because it applies to both heterosexual and homosexual couples equally. It has also ruled that homosexual “marriage” is not a right under the European Convention on Human Rights. The decision effectively [...]
Bride Marries Herself. More solo weddings?
Yahoo Shine 16 March 2012 Here comes the single bride. Last week, Nadine Schweigert married herself in a symbolic wedding ceremony. The 36-year-old divorced mom of three wore blue satin and clutched a bouquet of white roses as she walked down the aisle before a gathering of 45 friends and family members in Fargo, North [...]
UK same-sex reforms see ‘husband & wife’ removed
Daily Mail 16 March 2012 Reforms to allow same-sex marriage in the UK will see the words husband and wife removed from official forms. Tax and benefits guidance and immigration documents must be rewritten so they no longer assume a married couple is a man and a woman. And private companies will be told to [...]
Girl at nude bike ride angers
Bay of Plenty Times 15 March 2012 A mother’s choice to let her 8-year-old daughter take part in a naked beach bike ride has been labelled “tantamount to abuse” by an organisation that prevents the sexual exploitation of children. The 8-year-old girl, who wore bikini bottoms, was one of eight bikers who took part in [...]
Editorial: Nothing but truth for HIV Lovers
Dominion Post 15 March 2012 OPINION: The Aids Foundation supports the right of HIV-positive patients to conceal their condition from their sexual partners provided they use proper protection. It could not be more wrong. Everybody who enters into a sexual relationship has a fundamental right to be fully informed about any risk they might be [...]
What are we doing for leisure? We’re online
NZ Herald 15 March 2012 New Zealanders are doing less of just about every leisure activity other than sitting at a computer. A “state of the nation” report issued today by pollsters Roy Morgan says 83 per cent of us used a computer at home in the past month, up from 60 per cent a [...]
Civil detention planned
Otago Daily Times 15 March 2012 The Government will introduce tough new measures this year aimed at keeping at-risk offenders from the community, after calls from concerned groups yesterday. The imminent release of a Dunedin recidivist child abuser prompted groups to ask whether Justice Minister Judith Collins would honour her pledge to detain those offenders [...]
More of the same no use
Otago Daily Times 14 March 2012 Government attempts to take over the roles of family and genuine community are doomed to failure, writes Tani Newton, of Oamaru. There’s a quote I’ve heard several times recently: “Don’t keep doing the same thing and expect different results”. That would be my one-sentence response to the Government’s green [...]
Marriage is best for raising children, Government says
Telegraph (UK) 13 March 2012 Iain Duncan Smith will make the Coalition’s most explicit official statement in favour of parents marrying and staying together. He will say that children from such homes are most likely to end up with a good education and a job…Marriage is particularly good for children, the paper says. The Government [...]
