Church

Divorce and the status quo

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Philippine Daily Inquirer online

A lawyer-friend once remarked that divorce in the Philippines is a matter of great concern only to the middle class, since it hardly matters to the very rich and to the very poor.  read more »

Women’s rights party list group, positibong maisusulong ang Divorce Bill matapos ang legalisasyon nito sa bansang Malta

Source: 
RMN News online

KUMBINSIDO ang Gabriela Women’s Party List group na mailulusot rin nila sa Kongreso ang panukalang batas hinggil sa “divorce.”Ang reakyson ay kasunod na rin ng pagkilala sa Pilipinas bilang katangi-tanging bansa sa buong mundo na walang legal provision sa “divorce” matapos maisabatas sa Catholic State na Malta ang panukala tungkol dito, kamakalawa.  read more »

Pro-Poor Church Encouraged to Engage in Dialogue and Sober Debates on Pro-Poor RH Bill

Gabriela Representative Luz Ilagan today called on leaders of the Catholic Church to engage instead in healthy debates on the RH Bill. She encouraged the Catholic community to take a deeper look at the proposed measure, open their doors to dialogue instead of hurling accusations and baseless statements against its proponents.

“A genuinely pro-poor church ought to see the merits of the bill, read its provisions and realize its potential to help and uplift women and children from the poorest communities.”  read more »

Palace to Church: Cool it / Tension over reproductive health bill escalates

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Philippine Daily Inquirer print
MANILA, Philippines---Appealing for sobriety, Malacañang on Sunday sought to heal a widening rift between Church and State over the controversial parenthood bill that last week saw prelates threatening civil disobedience and President Benigno Aquino III warning he would jail them.“We have different positions here, but probably we should explain our positions within the means of the law. That is what the President is saying.  read more »

Church running out of argument on birth control issue, says solon

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Inquirer.net

DAVAO CITY, Philippines—The Catholic Church’s declaration of an all-out war against the passage of the Reproductive Health Bill was “a symptom of scarcity of arguments,” a party-list lawmaker said.

"Bankruptcy of reasons... resorting to threats and name-calling are the recourse of those who have become bankrupt of arguments. They ran out of reasons and have resorted to emotional tantrums," Gabriela Representative Luz Ilagan told the Inquirer on Thursday.  read more »

Women Speak in Support of Reproductive Health Bill

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Bulatlat.com

“We urge the Catholic community to actively participate in crafting a national policy on women’s reproductive health on the framework that full access to healthcare services is a universally recognized right and that population control is never to blame for and should not be a panacea to the country’s worsening poverty.” Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan.

MANILA – Editha Balolong is just 28 years old and yet she already has six children. She gave birth to her sixth child at Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital last May 3.  read more »

Proponents maintain support for RH bill despite Church opposition

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www.gmanews.tv

Proponents of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill on Monday said they are standing by the controversial measure despite top bishops' call for Catholics not to vote for the bill's supporters.  read more »

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