Monday, August 24, 2009   
Teens’ Sexual Choices – Do Parents Matter?
Sexuality

Written by Peter Jon Mitchell, a researcher at the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada

“Remember, sex is about having a good time – be safe and enjoy.” So says Sexpress: the Toronto Teen Survey Report that received national media attention in June. The report’s authors enshrine this advice in the survey’s Youth Bill of Sexual Health Rights. They say teens want and need to learn about sexual pleasure. Similarly in the UK, the National Health Service in Sheffield made international headlines in July with a pamphlet for teens called Pleasure, in which they recommend teens seek sexual fulfilment twice a week as a measure of good health. The question is whether sex can be made safe, and if so, what does this advice assume about teens?
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Monday, August 24, 2009   
Hutterites lose religious freedom case
Religious Freedom

Two Hutterite communities in southern Alberta are weighing their options after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled last month not to support their bid to be exempted on religious grounds from having their images on driver’s licences, the Calgary Herald reported.

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Monday, August 24, 2009   
Lawmakers urged to ban teens from tanning salons
Health
The Ontario government is under growing pressure to pass a proposed law that would bar teenagers from using tanning salons, the Toronto Star reported.

A private member’s bill sponsored by Liberal MPP Khalil Ramal to regulate the tanning industry has been stalled at the committee stage since it passed second reading – or approval in principle – in June 2008.
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Monday, August 24, 2009   
Study cites benefits of involved fathers
Family

New American research has confirmed that children do better when their fathers get more involved in their lives, the Mercury News of southern California reported.

Sixty low- and middle-income families took part in the three-year study commissioned by California’s Office of Child Abuse Prevention. According to a news release, researchers found that when moms and dads took part in a 16-week parenting course together, “their children were much less likely to show signs of depression, anxiety and hyperactivity.”
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009   
Euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada
Life
Written by Derek Miedema, a researcher at the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada

Member of Parliament Francine Lalonde is currently engaged in her third attempt to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide. Her private member’s bill, Bill C-384, would see doctors fulfilling requests to die for those over age 18 who “appear lucid.”

Introducing her bill into the House of Commons on May 13, Ms. Lalonde began by saying:

“Mr. Speaker, the time has come for this Parliament to find a way to decriminalize medical assistance in dying, which is of such vital importance to those whose suffering can no longer be relieved except by this ultimate compassion”.
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