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UN: Philippines Needs a Reproductive Health Law
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines, where an average of 11 women a day die giving birth, could lower its high maternal death rate by having a reproductive health policy, a visiting United Nations delegation said on Friday. “The absence of …
Embattled Philippine Bishops against the United Nations, the Gov’t, Professors, Other Churches, and their Own Parishioners
An ocean of support for the RH Bill has broken across the news and blogs this congressional season, with the United Nations, Malacañang Palace, over 200 UP and Ateneo professors, most Protestant churches, and even Catholics themselves declaring their support …
UP and Ateneo Professors Call for Passage of the RH Bill
In a statement released March 22, over 200 faculty from the Ateneo de Manila University and the University of the Philippines expressed their support for HB 4244 more commonly known as the “Reproductive Health Bill”. They also called for its …
In 1965 Bishops Voted 9 to 3 that Artificial Contraception a Not a Sin
In 1965 a papal commission created by Pope John XXIII voted overwhelmingly to rescind the ban on artificial contraception, saying that it was not “intrinsically evil nor the popes’ previous teachings on it infallible. The commission argued that there was no good theological basis for …
Ayala Alabang Barangay Council Meeting: Curated Tweets
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Government Backs RH Bill
The Philippine Star is reporting that the government is now decidedly behind the reproductive health bill, as per Secretarty of Health Ona’s speech at the National Conference of Catholics for Reproductive Health, held last week. Here’s the story: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=667580&publicationSubCategoryId=63
Pope: “Conscience Must Come Even Before Church Authority”
Our current Pope, Benedict XVI, wrote in 1976 (as Josef Cardinal Ratzinger) that: Over the pope as the expression of the binding claim of ecclesiastical authority there still stands one’s own conscience, which must be obeyed before all else. If …
Elizabeth Angsioco Tweeting Live from Ayala Alabang Village
These tweets are from Elizabeth Angsioco, National Chair of the Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines. She is reporting on the Brgy. council meeting going on.
RH SUPPORTERS TO MARCH TO AYALA ALABANG VILLAGE TO DENOUNCE ANTI-RH ORDINANCE
Amid delays on the plenary deliberation of the much clamored Reproductive Health and Responsible Parenthood bill at the House of Representatives, a similar controversy is taking place at the posh Ayala-Alabang village. An ordinance restricting the sale and use of …
Secretary of Health Enrique T. Ona Addresses Catholics for Reproductive Health
“Advocating Reproductive Health in Government” Message of Honorable Secretary Enrique Ona, Department of Health during the National Conference of Catholics for Reproductive Health March 17, 2011 GT Toyota Center, UP, Diliman, Quezon City