CATHOLIC CHURCH VS. Reproductive health for Filipino women

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Church and State in Manila by PHILIP Bowring Published: 21 October 2010 HONG KONG - In principle, the mostly Christian Philippines is a secular republic as its predominantly Muslim and Malay similar neighbor, Indonesia. In practice, however, the Roman Catholic Church holds more power over legislation than any Muslim organization in Manila, Jakarta. Divorce in the Philippines there is not - other than for those married under Islamic rites. Government support for family planning is minimal, theat least partially explains the fact that the Philippines has the highest birth rates in Asia east of Pakistan. The current rate of 2.8 children per woman compared with 2.5 in India, for example, 2.3 to 2.1 in Bangladesh and Indonesia. So a fight in Manila on reproductive health bill can be not only a boost for more readily available contraception - which to reduce poverty and often fatal, illegal abortions - but a clash between local bishops and an increasingly secular society.President Benigno Aquino was killed in conflict with the church to support a bill in principle and prevention in general. It is uncertain whether the bill, a broad range of state responsibilities for the support of family planning and other maternal and child health includes questions will be passed on as the unwillingness to oppose many legislators of the church, even though they most voters know their favor easier access to contraception. Previous efforts have failed to adopt such laws areand Health ...

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