reproductive health

“It is quiet unfortunate that the indie film ‘Bahay Bata’ has encountered some snags. I hope Ms. Diana Zubiri and filmmaker Eduardo Roy, Jr. find positive solutions so that the public gets to listen and learn more about the message of the film than about the controversies that surrounded its post-production phase,” commented Representative Emmi De Jesus of Gabriela Women’s Party following reports of a Zubirri no-show at the film’s press conference.  read more »

"As Congress closes for recess, I call on my fellow congressmen to go down to their constituency, and listen to marginalized women voice out their problems with access to comprehensive reproductive health care. With this simple act of opening up their minds and ears, maybe we can start working on a comprehensive health bill that will truly respond to their basic health needs," said Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Emmi De Jesus as she joined women in a forum in Marikina City.  read more »

In a press conference at the House of Representatives this morning, women’s group GABRIELA and Gabriela Women’s Partylist restated their support for the enactment of a law that will ensure as a matter of government policy women’s access to reproductive health services and information but said they will exhaust efforts to scrap a population control agenda from House Bill 4244, more popularly known as the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill.  read more »

Even as legislators mull a compromise in the controversial RH Bill, Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan today called on colleagues to help ensure that the RH Bill’s pro-poor provisions will not be sacrificed.

“We will fight tooth and nail for the provisions that will benefit marginalized women the most.”  read more »