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Radio NZ news 30 July 2021 The government’s ban on conversion therapy will cover religious groups, but they will still be able to freely express their beliefs. Legislation banning the practice will be detailed today, with a focus on people aged 18 and under. The Justice Minister Kris Faafoi has previously signalled his desire to […]

“That is not cool with me” – Kris Faafoi, Minister of Justice Media Release – 30 July 2021 Family First NZ says that if parents aren’t concerned about the conversion therapy bill introduced by the Government today, all they need to do is listen to the Minister of Justice explain the effect of the bill,

Media Release 30 July 2021 Family First NZ says that the proposed ‘conversion therapy’ ban will be yet another attack on parents’ rights, is fundamentally flawed and unfair, and has been opposed by the Ministry of Health, a government select committee, and by the general public. A ban would criminalise parents who wish to protect

TVNZ One News 21 June 2021 The controversial use of electroshock treatment on children is at the centre of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Lake Alice’s child and adolescent unit. If used properly, the treatment can be a life-saving option in a small number of cases, according to psychiatrist Richard Porter. “People with depression

Daily Mail 21 June 2021 The NHS‘s only children’s gender transition clinic is currently running ‘conversion therapy for gay kids’ in a bid to persuade them that they are really trans, a gay psychologist who worked there has claimed. Dr Matt Bristow said he feared that the Tavistock and Portman NHS trust was ignoring the

NZ Herald 14 June 2021 New guidelines from the World Health Organisation calling for an end to compulsory and “coercive” treatment for mental illness should be a wake-up call for New Zealand, mental health experts say. A senior lecturer at Otago University, Sarah Gordon, who specialises in legal coercion and human rights, said the new

Stuff co.nz 5 June 2021 – CECILE MEIER Vulnerable young children are being locked in small rooms in mental health hospitals for days at a time, a practice that has drawn condemnation from experts. Between the ages of 15 and 17, Jane, who suffered PTSD, anxiety and depression after she was sexually assaulted and lost

PJ Media 11 August 2020 Last year, a groundbreaking study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP) claimed to prove that transgender surgery improves the mental health of people suffering from gender dysphoria (the persistent and painful identification with the gender opposite one’s biological sex). Earlier this month, however, AJP issued a “correction” that acknowledged key flaws in

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 year’s Queen’s speech, but also to protect those seeking spiritual support.   In reality, those two things are not mutually exclusive, but delivering both objectives will

The Australian 4 May 2021 Gender clinicians are under increasing pressure to enable “conveyor belt” medicalisation of children who arrive already convinced that hormonal drugs are the only solution to their distress, according to a landmark study. The first paper from Australian gender clinicians to tap into international concerns about the “gender affirmative” medicalised treatment model for