By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld In response to the Bacolod diocese’s hanging up a streamer urging voters to reject those candidates for the Senate whom it referred to as “Team Patay” (The Death Team) for voting for the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10354), or the…
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Non-Catholic groups recognize value of RH bill to maternal health
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Not all religious leaders are against the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill. A leader of the Protestant Church in Davao City has said that the RH Bill is not evil because it aims to do good for the Filipino people. Bishop Modesto Villasanta of the United Church…
Glaring statistics prove need for urgently passing RH Bill
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – The House of Representatives and the Senate is set to take a recess this week for the Holy Week break. Sessions will resume on May 7. There are speculations that if the impeachment process has been completed by then, the Congress will finally vote on the controversial…
RH Bill Proponents to Push For Passage of Bill Despite Malacañang’s Retreat
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan expressed disappointment after Malacañang reently announced that it is excluding the Reproductive Health Bill from the list of priority bills for 2011 because it does not fall under the category of disasters. Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda on February 7 said Malacañang…
Benjie Oliveros | Reproductive Health, A Simple Yet Complicated Issue
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com Every now and then, the debate over the proposed reproductive health bill heats up. The most recent salvo was when Catholic bishops declared, with dramatic flair, their determination to fight the bill even if it becomes a law, saying that they are willing to “go to prison” for refusing to…
Aquino Statement a Go-Signal for Congress to Tackle RH Bill Now
Press Release Sept. 28, 2010 GABRIELA Women’s Partylist Representative Luz Ilagan today said President Noynoy Aquino’s statement acknowledging the government’s obligation to inform citizens of their choices and to provide those who would like to employ certain methods of family planning with assistance is a positive move towards recognizing the rights of women to adequate…
Abortion Nation: Dire Human-Rights Crisis in Face of Increasing Acceptance
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
and MARYA SALAMAT
A study on abortion in the Philippines argues that the government has committed violations of human rights by criminalizing abortion regardless of circumstance. Another study, done by Gabriela, finds that abortion is increasingly becoming acceptable to Filipinos.
Pro-RH Network Launched in Cebu
Cebu residents are for reproductive health (RH), unlike what opponents of the cause say. This was the message of the newly-formed Reproductive Health Advocacy Network (RHAN)-Cebu chapter as they vowed to intensify the tri-media information campaign about the importance of passing the controversial bill. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent Bulatlat Cebu residents are for reproductive…
Advocates Positive Reproductive Health Bill will be Passed
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Despite the controversies surrounding the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill pending in Congress, the Reproductive Health Action Network (RHAN), an alliance of non-governmental organizations, is confident it will be passed. The RHAN said they will secure one more signature to the 103 legislators who have expressed support for the bill. House Bill…