R Umaima Ahmed globalvoices.org Pakistan’s government approved in-principle on November 24 tougher laws against sexual assault which will include chemical castration for repeat offenders. The laws, called the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Ordinance 2020 and the Penal Code (Amendment) Ordinance 2020, have been approved by Pakistan’s Federal
The government has announced that it is legalising pill testing services and it is about time. It should have been done last year. In fact, it should have been done the year before that and the year before that. […] Andrew Little announced on Tuesday that time-limited legislation will give legal
Freedom for Faith mercatornet.com The Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill 2020 will have a terrible chilling effect on the provision of counselling and support for vulnerable people wrestling with their sexuality In the most aggressive action ever taken by an Australian government to attack freedom of religion,
Barbara Kay mercatornet.com Barbara Kay studied English Literature – undergrad at U of Toronto and graduate studies at McGill. For many years she taught literature and composition part-time at various Quebec Cegeps. She was also… More by Barbara Kay A Canadian bill would ban ‘conversion therapy’ for gays, while parents
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Imaginative barristers continue to entertain with their arguments on behalf of clients facing off-beat, usually sexual offences. The latest such quirky defence episode related to an Israeli-born GP practising in Kapiti, who felt compelled to examine women’s breasts when they (the women that is,
righttolife.org.uk Abortion doctors in Ireland have described late-term abortion as “‘brutal’, ‘awful’ and ‘emotionally difficult’, referring to it as ‘stabbing the baby in the heart’, and held themselves responsible for the death of the baby”. A recent study based on interviews with ten doctors who perform abortions in
As we await the Royal Commission report into the unfortunate massacre at Christchurch, some others have been digging into why, precisely, the massacre occurred. Those in the firearms community have known for a very long time that the massacre could have been avoided if Police had done even the most
With Australia and New Zealand resuming travel between our countries, it may be timely to remind visiting Kiwis of some of Australia’s more obscure road rules. In fact, it wouldn’t hurt Australians to learn them – some of these I’d never heard of, either. But you can be
There is something exceedingly whiffy about all this. The Royal Commission has decided to hide all the evidence, particularly that given by ministers and civil servants: The Royal Commission into the March 15 terror attack has stamped 30-year-long suppressions on evidence given by ministers and senior public servants raising concerns
Dave Pellowe goodsauce.news The Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion policy research organisation, this week tweeted their criticism of a federal court’s decision to allow a Tennessee law prohibiting abortions based on reasons of either Down syndrome diagnosis, sex or race of the child. Exposed. The abortion industry, like 19th
Below are the two complaints filed by Sidney Powell AKA the Kraken on behalf of Georgia and Michigan. Complaint Cj Pearson v. Kemp 11.25.2020 by Juana Atkins on Scribd Michigan Complaint by Juana Atkins on Scribd Attorney Sidney Powell filed a federal lawsuit late Wednesday alleging “massive election
The Labour Party may be useless at most things they do but one thing they are excellent at is acting like arrogant third-termers. It’s kind of weird to see people like Woods, Twyford et al behaving like entitled prats from just their first few days in the job. But
I always tell anyone who asks that the battle for equal opportunity was won in the 1970s. By then, employers had no right to fail to employ anyone on the basis of gender, religion, race or colour. These rules have existed in the Western world for decades; in New Zealand,
righttolife.org.uk UK political satire series Spitting Image has featured a critical take on New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s support for the country’s new euthanasia law. Episode seven of the series, which has returned after a 24-year hiatus, included a sketch of Jacinda Ardern as Mary
Our media may be ignoring it, but there’s other big news coming from the US that is not the US election. The War on Drugs is coming to an end. In the long term, this news may be of more significance than whether Trump or Biden wins. In Oregon
Carolyn Moynihan mercatornet.com Carolyn Moynihan is the former deputy editor of MercatorNet In referenda run alongside parliamentary elections last month, two-thirds of New Zealanders voted to legalise euthanasia, while a small majority voted against legalising marijuana. Results from a further 480,000 special votes, to be published on November
