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Date Posted: 23:08:28 08/05/12 Sun
Author: IMRD
Subject: August 4-6, 2012 news

Aug 6
http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=TopStory&title=Business-groups-urge-approval-of-Reproductive-Health-bill&id=56300

Business groups urge approval of Reproductive Health bill


IMMEDIATE passage of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill was urged yesterday by business groups, ahead of a House of Representatives vote tomorrow on ending protracted debates on the controversial priority measure.
A MOTHER carrying her child stands in front of an advertisement for condoms in this photo taken in Manila yesterday. -- AFP
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The Employers Confederation of the Philippines, Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines, Makati Business Club (MBC), Management Association of the Philippines and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry reiterated their support for universal access to family planning methods as a way to alleviate poverty and improve maternal and child health care.

"[W]e call on both houses of Congress to pass into law without further delay the Responsible Parenthood, Reproductive Health and Population and Development Act of 2011, as embodied in House Bill 4244 and Senate Bill 2865," the business groups said in a joint statement.

"We believe such a focused policy of family planning must provide lowest-cost access for the very poor to the services and materials to implement their free and informed choice."

The release of the statement followed a protest rally on Saturday by opponents of the RH measure. Tomorrow’s House vote, which aims to end over a year of plenary discussions and allow for possible second and third reading approval of the bill, is seen by observers as a litmus test.

"We are hoping [that lawmakers] will consider the strong support of the business community," MBC Executive Director Peter V. Perfecto yesterday said.

Also yesterday, House Majority Leader Neptali M. Gonzales II said in a radio interview that President Benigno S. C. Aquino III would be meeting lawmakers today to "share his view on the RH bill".

"All the House members, including the majority and the minority, were invited to a meeting in Malacañang at 11:0 a.m.," Mr. Gonzales said in the vernacular.

Mr. Aquino has been vocal about his support for the measure, mentioning it in his State of the Nation Address last July 23.

HB 4244 has been discussed on the floor since Feb. 8 last year. Previous versions have not prospered given the strong objection of the Catholic Church, which rejects provisions promoting the use of contraceptives.

SB 2865, meanwhile, is pending second reading approval. -- N. M. Gonzales
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UN weighs in on debate over birth control
THE UNITED NATIONS yesterday warned that failure to pass a controversial birth control law in the Philippines could reverse gains in development goals amid stiff opposition from the powerful Catholic Church.

The measure seeks to make it mandatory for the government to provide free contraceptives in a country where more than 80% of the population is Catholic and which has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Southeast Asia.

Ugochi Daniels, country representative from the UN Population Fund, said she remained "cautiously optimistic" that President Benigno S. C. Aquino III’s allies who dominate the House of Representatives could muster the numbers to pass the bill after 14 years of often divisive debate.

"What is important now is to highlight the urgency of the bill," Ms. Daniels said.

The UN, in a separate statement, said the Philippines was unlikely to achieve its millennium development goal of reducing maternal deaths by three-quarters and providing universal access to reproductive health by 2015.

The body said it had "extensively studied" the proposed law which once passed could "vastly improve health and quality of life" in a country where a third of the population live on less than a dollar a day.

A rise in unwanted pregnancies could swell the number of people in poverty, and lead to an explosion in urban slum populations, the UN said.

And while the country has been enjoying economic expansion of more than 5% in recent years, the gains could be reversed, it warned.

"Hopes of future prosperity could turn to dust if the country is not able to deal with the population growth," the UN said.

Ms. Daniels said maternal deaths would continue to rise with more and more women getting pregnant at a young age without the proper health care and access to key reproductive information.

Between 2006 and 2010, the maternal mortality rate rose by 36% to 221 deaths per 100,000 live births, from 162 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2000 to 2005, according to the government’s 2011 Family Health Survey.

And many of those giving birth were girls between 15 and 19 years old, the UN said.

"I think we’ve gone from 11 (maternal deaths) a day to between 14 and 15 a day now. And unfortunately, most of these are poor women," Ms. Daniels said.

The UN Population Fund was "very concerned" about the rising number of deaths, she said, noting that even in war-torn Afghanistan the trend was downwards.

She urged Philippine lawmakers to quickly pass the bill and "stop failing our young", adding: "this is now the time."

The UN’s call came as Catholic priests and nuns led thousands in a protest rally in Manila Saturday to urge lawmakers to scrap the bill.

Besides free contraception, it would also give the poor preferential access to family planning services in state hospitals, while lessons on family planning and sex education would become compulsory in schools and for couples applying for a marriage license.

The UN has said a lack of education and access to condoms has led to an explosion of HIV infections in the Philippines, which it said is now one of seven countries in the world where cases have risen by 25% or more since 2001.

Mr. Aquino has signaled his backing for the bill ahead a Tuesday vote in the House of Representatives. -- AFP


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http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=835104&publicationSubCategoryId=63

Noy rallies pro-RH congressmen at Palace
By Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star) Updated August 06, 2012 12:00 AM Comments (129)



MANILA, Philippines - A day ahead of the crucial vote to end plenary debates on the Reproductive Health (RH) bill, President Aquino is trying to woo at least 150 members of the 285-man House of Representatives to vote in favor of the controversial measure.
A lawmaker, who is not a member of the ruling Liberal Party but is allied with the administration coalition, revealed the move in a text message sent by a Malacañang official on Friday, inviting them to a luncheon at Malacañang today.
A senior Church leader also confirmed that Aquino is going to meet with “anti-RH” lawmakers today in the effort to convince them to change their position on the proposed measure.
“He is set to meet with lawmakers on Monday around lunch time. P-Noy (Aquino) will try to convince them. I hope they don’t get convinced,” Lipa City Archbishop Ramon Arguelles said.
He said they have received information that Aquino is set to discuss with the lawmakers the Responsible Parenthood (RP) bill, Malacañang’s version of the RH bill.
Another source from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said they received the information through a text message from a “pro-life” lawmaker.
“We received a text message from a pro-life lawmaker that they were being asked to go to Malacañang on Monday, lunch time, because P-Noy will explain his position on responsible parenthood,” the source said.
Arguelles expressed confidence that House members under his diocese in Batangas will not be swayed by the President.
“All of our lawmakers are pro-life. I don’t think they will be dissuaded,” said Arguelles, referring to Batangas Reps. Tomas Apacible (first district), Hermilando Mandanas (second district), Nelson Collantes (third district), and Mark Mendoza (fourth district).
About 150 congressmen have so far reportedly confirmed attendance to the presidential invitation. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte, however, was apparently unaware of the invitation to all of Aquino’s allies in Congress.
She said this was just limited to members of the ruling party who will hold a caucus.“The invitation is not for House leaders. The Liberal Party will be having its caucus at 1 p.m.,” Valte said.
“So we do not know the agenda since I am not a member of the Liberal Party. Presumably, they would discuss what concerns the party,” she said.
The House is set to take a crucial vote tomorrow whether to terminate the period of debates on House Bill 4244, or the proposed Responsible Parenthood, Reproductive Health and Population and Development Act of 2011.
Aquino is expected to explain his stand and logically seek the support of the House leadership, led by Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., in marshaling the lawmakers into voting in favor of the RH bill, of which Aquino’s RP measure is included.
Meanwhile, Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs Ronald Llamas criticized the Catholic Church in its moves in opposing the measure.
While they respect the rights of the Catholic bishops to oppose the measure, Llamas it was unfair for the Church to be spreading lies like contraception is corruption.
“It’s unfair but not unexpected. From the start the anti-RH campaign has been characterized by false claims and misinformation,” Llamas said.
“And while we respect the right of bishops, as ordinary citizens, to express their opinions, when they use their ecclesiastical office to mislead the public and to bully elected representatives, it crosses the line into impropriety,” he added.
Llamas said Malacañang remains confident that the proponents of the RH bill retain sufficient support in the House.
“The President, of course, maintains his firm support for the measure, as he made clear in his SONA (State of the Nation Address),” he said.
Gearing up
Lawmakers, on the other hand, engaged in a word war yesterday in gearing up for the crucial vote on the RH bill.
Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, the bill’s principal author, accused certain members of the clergy and their “lay allies” of allegedly spreading “black propaganda” and resorting to “political intimidation.”
Congressmen opposed to the proposed RH law, on the other hand, claimed the measure would only benefit foreign companies manufacturing condoms and other contraceptives.
Amid the raging war of words, six militant House members announced they are supporting the RH bill and would vote for closing plenary debates on it tomorrow.They are Reps. Teddy Casiño and Neri Colmenares of Bayan Muna, Luzviminda Ilagan and Emmi de Jesus of Gabriela, Rafael Mariano of Anakpawis, Raymond Palatino of Kabataan, and Antonio Tinio of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers.
Casiño said they are for the passage of the RH bill because the proposed law would help “curb maternal and child mortality and give greater support and funding for reproductive health.”
De Jesus said, “The urgency of the bill is in the fact that a growing number of poor mothers and children are being deprived of health services. As a result, the maternal mortality rate continues to rise and an increase in fetal deaths has been recorded in at least three regions in 2010.”
Lagman urged his colleagues in Congress to “legislate for the general welfare based on verifiable realities, unperturbed by fear of hellfire or reprisals at the polls.”
“While the freedom of expression guarantees the Catholic hierarchy and its lay supporters to express their differing views on any pending legislation, propagating falsehoods and intimidating legislators constitute license not covered by the mantle of free speech. Play of words purveying misinformation, falsities and deceit is not protected by the Constitution and statutes,” he said.
Lagman said Church leaders, in opposing the RH bill, overlook the connection between population and poverty, scientific and medical data on the safety of non-abortive contraceptives, and surveys showing that majority of the people support the proposed law.
“Contrary to the Church’s statement that contraception is corruption, it is the denial to women of access to medically safe, legal and effective contraception which corrupts their inalienable right to health and which could lead to maternal death” Lagman said.
“How can contraceptives harm the impervious soul when they do not even inflict any serious harm on women’s bodies?” he asked.
Bill is anti-abortion
Lagman argued the RH bill does not promote abortion.
“In fact, the bill is anti-abortion not only because it repeatedly provides that abortion is illegal, punishable and not a method of family planning, but it has also been established that regular and correct non-abortive contraception by choice reduces the abortion rate by 85 percent,” he said.
Lagman said the RH bill cannot be labeled as “anti-life” because it is intended to promote “quality life, prevent maternal and infant mortality and enhance the attainment of sustainable human development.”
Lagman added that it was wrong for bishops to claim that reproductive health and sexuality education will result in irresponsible behavior among the young.
“Because the contrary has been established by years of research and study by the United Nations and countries which have institutionalized sexuality education,” he said.
Opponents of the RH bill, on the other hand, urged Congress to use the money that they claimed would benefit condom producers for job generation. “The duty of Congress should be to protect the dignity of human life, not prevent life. So instead of population control, let us advance our greatest resource, our people, by using taxpayers’ money to generate more jobs and livelihood.” Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles said.
“Let us not waste taxpayers’ money buying imported contraceptives,” he said.
Nograles said he is not against people resorting to family planning but that the government should let them decide what’s good for them.Cebu Rep. Rachel del Mar said the country’s huge population, instead of being blamed for its economic woes, should be credited for its success in surviving the series of financial firestorms that swept the globe since 1997.
Leyte Rep. Lucy Torres Gomez said the country’s population is already on a decline even without the proposed RH law.“Our population growth rate is at 1.9 percent, based on 2010 census of the National Statistics Office. This is a lot lower that our 2.09 percent population growth rate in 2007,” she said.Gomez said the proposed funding for contraceptives would be “completely unnecessary and a complete waste of government resources.”
In a statement over the weekend, the Human Development and Poverty Reduction (HDPR) Cabinet Cluster – which consists of 20 government agencies dealing with poverty and development – strongly endorsed Aquino’s pro-RH position. – With Helen Flores, Jess Diaz


http://www.tribune.net.ph/index.php/headlines/item/2553-noynoy-calls-house-caucus-to-assure-rh-bill-passage

Noynoy calls House caucus to assure RH bill passage
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WORRIED OVER ABSENCES OF ALLIES AFTER CHURCH RALLY
Apparently wanting to assure the passage of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill two days after the Catholic Church made a grand reminder to legislators about its still potent political clout, President Aquino called a caucus among Liberal Party (LP) members in the House of Representatives at Malacañang on the eve of the voting for the bill.
Some House members expressed fears that several legislators may resort to disappearing acts during the day of the vote to prevent being targeted by the Church during next year’s elections.
In a text message sent by the Office of Communications Assistant Secretary Renato Marfil, the caucus is scheduled at 1 p.m. today. However, there wasn’t any agenda indicated in the text advisory regularly sent to Palace reporters for reference. Even Aquino’s deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte confirmed the caucus but did not give further details about the event.
“(It is a) caucus with the LP, 1 p.m.,” disclosed Valte on government radio.
A check by this reporter showed that the caucus would be held at the Heroes Hall, the biggest function facility in Malacanang. The area, Tribune learned, was being prepared for an audience of no less than 200 persons.
A highly placed source confirmed that the President would be talking to members of the House of Representatives and share his thoughts on the controversial reproductive health bill the fate of which they would be deciding at the plenary session of the lower house tomorrow.
Of the 240 congressmen who were previously invited, 151 congressmen have confirmed attendance. The source however was unable to give the details of the list because it was a no-work day when this reporter sought for clarifications, but the LP only has 88 members at the House.
The source further hinted that all members of the House were invited to attend the “LP caucus” originally scheduled 11:30 a.m. but moved to 1:30 p.m.
The passage of the controversial RH bill appeared certain, according to Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) chief Manuel Mamba in an interview with Palace reporters over the weekend.
Ata radio press briefing, Mamba however admitted facing one last hurdle of compelling the political allies of Malacanang, to show up and vote for the passage of the bill.
“Well, for us the congressmen have long decided about it (RH bill). What is important for us today is that they show up. The way I see it, this is a matter of stressing, not stir their mind, and from many instances of our dialogues, most of them seemed supporting the bill. That is why, we wish debates would be put to an end and we go into voting to allow time for amendments and then ultimately reach the second reading for it to be approved,” Mamba said.
He likewise accused anti-RH advocates of desperately trying to stall its enactment “because they knew well it’s headed towards passage.”
“What they’re doing is to stall it until it comes close to the election, pinning their last hope on the wrong impression that politicians would re-consider for fear of losing votes. On the contrary though, we have had several communications with the same congressmen who claimed to stand by what they have earlier stood for, averred Mamba who cited the close of the 10-year old debate.
“It’s been almost ten years since the time I was in Congress even at a point that the anti-RH would still try to ventilate question moments before congressmen gets to vote. And it is more of stalling and not taking into consideration the merits of the bill,” Aquino’s errand to the Lower House lamented.
Mamba expressed confidence that Tuesday was the day congressmen would finally be able to end the decade-long legislative stand-off
The Malacanang liaison officer to Congress said the Church could only get to influence a few to disagree on the bill, even as he identified Church strongholds as far from where the actual battle was, apparently referring to the remote barangays where government information campaign hardly gets to reach.
“The Church still wields charisma in certain areas perhaps where Church people are very charismatic. But summing it up, even a majority of priests are also for the RH bill. I talked to a lot of friends who are priests and religious people and they are supportive of the bill but would not want to be dragged publicly — because the Church hierarchy is really anti-RH. But the truth is even the young priests, most of them are also supportive of the bill,” Mamba added.
Asked whether the presence of three prominent senators in the anti-RH rally on Saturday would affect the chances of the bill’s passage, Mamba said majority of the senators supported the bill.
“Given a situation that the RH bill gets to the second reading at the Lower House, the Senate will also be prodded to put it into a vote,” he said.
Aquino’s deputy spokesman Abigail Valte added that with or without the RH bill, the government would sustain efforts meant to address population control through the distribution of condoms.
Valte said the Church need not feel bad over what the Department of Health (DoH) has been doing for sometime even as she claimed that natural family planning would get an equal fund to espouse on theirs.
“This is… on the other hand you also have separate funding for natural family planning centers. So we can’t probably say the government has preference over the other because both methods — natural and contraceptive based, funds will be made available. We will not be the one choosing the method. We would not be imposing on the type of method. It will all still depend on the families, who would decide based on the options available for them,” Valte averred.
Likewise, Aquino, who has openly admitted pushing for a legislative bill on safe sex and population control, doesn’t seem fazed with an imminent break-up with Bishop Socrates Villegas, known to be a close friend of his family.
Valte, who declined to answer media queries seeking comment on an imminent crack between the President and his mom’s ‘confidante’, said matters of a personal nature should best be answered by the President himself.
“I cannot answer that question for the President. Perhaps you should ask him the next time that you get to talk to him. It’s quite personal, so I’m sorry. The only reason that I don’t want to answer that is because that’s a personal question for the President,” she said.
Asked whether the Palace shared the belief of some bishops that contraception was corruption, she cited the President as having stated his position: pro-life and pro-quality of life, while lamenting what she claimed as a Church depriving its followers of the required and complete information from where families can base their decision or position over the issue.
She further reiterated that the Palace had maintained a position which is against abortion.
The Catholic Church made a grand display of its opposition to the reproductive health bill during Saturday’s prayer rally at the Edsa Shrine by getting thousands to join amid bad weather.
During the rally, religious leaders and anti-RH bill advocates reminded the people of the repercussions of the RH bill.
“Corruption is the cancer of the Philippines that prevents us from growing. My dear youth, contraception is corruption. The use of government money, taxpayers’ money, to give out contraceptive pills is corruption,” Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said in a message read by former Ambassador to the Vatican Henrietta de Villa.
Reacting to Villegas’s statement as read by de Villa, Valte said, “when it comes to issues of national importance, we should focus on merits and demerits [to elevate] public discourse.”
The President in his State of the Nation Address (Sona), Aquino bragged of his optimism about the responsible parenthood bill.
Congressmen have filed a number of versions of the RH bill, all espousing on safe sex and population control using the contraceptives. These bills however differ on the volume and amount of purchase of contraceptives.


http://manilastandardtoday.com/2012/08/06/aquino-makes-final-push-for-rh-bill/

Aquino makes final push for RH bill
By Joyce Pangco Panares | Posted on August 06, 2012 | 12:09am | 932 views

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Solons troop to Palace for marching order
President Benigno Aquino III has invited lawmakers to the Palace today for a final push to win support for the reproductive health bill ahead of a crucial vote on Tuesday.
“The President wants to convey his thoughts on responsible parenthood. The President has been very clear and consistent on where he stands on the matter,” said Transport Secretary Manuel Roxas II, president of Mr. Aquino’s Liberal Party.
“The multi-party meeting has been scheduled to ensure that the President is not misinterpreted and his words are not misappropriated. We expect a very good turnout of about 200 lawmakers.”
Congress is set to decide on Tuesday if it will end the debates on the bill that have lasted for more than a year to move it closer to a final vote. The lawmakers who oppose the bill have sought to delay its passage by dragging out the debates, a tactic that succeeded in the previous Congresses.
The United Nations on Sunday called on Congress to pass the bill, noting that the time spent debating the proposal was measured by the lives of 15 women lost to maternal death daily.
Presidential political adviser Ronald Llamas accused Catholic bishops of bullying lawmakers into voting against the RH bill and saying contraception was a form of corruption.
“It’s unfair but not unexpected. From the start the anti-RH campaign has been characterized by false claims and misinformation,” Llamas said.
In its statement Sunday, the UN dismissed the concerns raised by the Catholic Church.
“The United Nations believes that apprehensions such as exposure of people to risks of contraceptive use, encouragement of sexual promiscuity and legalization of abortion have no basis,” the UN said.
“Instituting a reproductive health policy is consistent with the government’s duty under the Constitution to protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them.
“Reproductive health is not about population numbers. It is about ensuring a life of health and dignity…Time spent discussing these issues repeatedly is measured by the lives of the 15 women we lose to maternal deaths every day.”
The UN said lawmakers must not squander the opportunity given to them to finally pass the bill. The consolidated measure, repackaged as the responsible parenthood bill, was submitted to Congress in August, incorporating the views of the Catholics Bishop Conference in a series of talks with the Palace. The Church later pulled out of the talks but the original bill was watered down as a result of those sessions.
The final bill no longer identifies the ideal number of children per family and increases the age at which children will take sex education in schools.
The Palace also moved to amend a provision requiring all hospitals to carry a full-range of modern artificial family planning methods.
On Thursday, Mr. Aquino expressed hope that Congress would finally end the period of debates on Aug. 7.
“Perhaps the debates should end and Congress can decide, once and for all, on the responsible parenthood bill,” the President said.
House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II said Sunday some 150 lawmakers had already confirmed attendance at today’s 11:30 a.m. Luncheon meeting with the President at the Palace.
“All members of the House, majority and minority, were invited by the President to the Palace at 11:30 a.m. The President just wants to share his thoughts on the RH bill,” Gonzales said over dzBB radio.
Lawmakers were under pressure from the groups supporting and opposing the bill, with the Catholic Church mounting a prayer rally Saturday that drew 10,000 anti-RH advocates to the Edsa Shrine.
At 6 p.m. on Monday, women’s groups said they would hold candle lighting rallies simultaneously nationwide to dramatize their intention to enlighten the conscience of the lawmakers to vote for the long-delayed RH bill.
Gonzales brushed aside insinuations that the President wanted to counter the efforts made by the Catholic Church.
“The President only wants to share his thoughts with us. It is up to the members to accept it or not,” Gonzales said.
“I don’t expect the President will tell us how to vote.”
Gonzales ruled out any further compromise on the RH bill.
“That is a religious dogma. The Church cannot surrender that,” he said.
He said the House leadership would ask the members to make their votes known through nominal voting or by raising of the hands to record their vote on Tuesday.
“There will be nominal voting. I will push for it so it would be clear who voted and we would know where the Church’s pressure and intimidation were directed. We will respect each member’s decision but as far as we, or those who support the RH bill, are concerned, our position was very clear.”
On Sunday, National Anti-Poverty Commission Undersecretary Florencia Cassanova-Dorotan said the lack of a reproductive health law were victimizing mostly the poor women and their families.
She said maternal deaths and teenage pregnancies were happening because women, young and old, had no access to the right information about family planning and responsible parenthood. They also did not have the freedom to choose the most appropriate method of family planning.
Some lay leaders urged the Catholic Church to listen to the voice of the majority who had long waited for the bill to be enacted into law.
“Be a listening Church,” said Mary Racelis, a professor at the Ateneo de Manila University, a Catholic school.
Racelis, who spent years working with non-government organizations and community groups, appealed to the bishops to “listen to the laity who understand what the families and the women from the grassroots are going through.”
She cited the Family Health Survey that showed that the maternal deaths rose from 162 per 100,000 live births in 2006 to 221 per 100,000 live births in 2011.
Sylvia Estrada-Claudio, director of the University of the Philippines’ Center for Women’s Studies, said the candlelight vigil aimed to “counteract the deplorable campaign of misinformation around the RH bill.”
Senator Pia Cayetano, the author of the RH bill in the Senate, said she remained hopeful that her colleagues who were opposed to the bill would have a change of heart.
She said she was saddened, however, that the Senate did not have the same political will to support the RH bill because its two top leaders, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III, both opposed it.
She also questioned the propriety of Enrile’s plan to extend the debates on the bill in the Senate.
“This seems wrong… I’ve endured the questions which have been repeatedly asked,” she said.
Even her brother, Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano, has not maintained a strong position on the bill, citing the need to see it in its final form.
But Senator Panfilo Lacson said he would not backtrack in his support for the bill and that he hoped his colleagues would enact it into law over the objections of Enrile and Sotto.
He described the two senators as obstacles and expressed sympathy for Cayetano.
“I really pity her. It’s been such a long time. I think she has answered enough questions and issues pertaining to this bill, “ Lacson said.
In the Senate, only Cayetano, Lacson and Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago have openly supported the RH bill. Christine F. Herrera and Macon Ramos-Araneta

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