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Made in the Philippines: every 15 seconds, 1 baby is born; every minute, there are 4 new Filipinos. That makes more than 3 million babies born every year in Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation. It’s a statistic that has social, political and economic repercussions that’s forcing legislators to take a stance. The House of Representatives will vote on August 7 on the Reproductive Health Bill, which mandates government support for sex education and birth control methods. If it goes to the period of amendments, as it has in the Senate, there’s a slim chance this controversial bill may pass the 15th Congress. President Aquino campaigned to push it but only gave a slight reference to it in his State of the Nation address this week. The Catholic Church opposes it.
Read more about sex in the city and the upcoming vote – all on Rappler.
Read more about sex in the city and the upcoming vote – all on Rappler.
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