Senate, House pass RH bill

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The Senate and the House of Representatives passed on third and final reading the Reproductive Health bill on Monday, December 17. In a historic move, both houses voted on the measure certified urgent by President Benigno Aquino III. The House voted 133 for the RH bill, while 79 voted against it. Seven members of the House chose to abstain. In the Senate, 13 senators voted for the bill, 8 against. All it needed was 11 votes to pass the bill. Monday’s vote is the conclusion of a heated and emotional debate which drew a sharp line between supporters and critics of a highly divisive measure in Congress. It took 14 long years before the bill finally made it through the legislative grinder, thereby facilitating access to natural and modern family planning methods. The two versions will be reconciled in a bicameral conference committee expected to meet later this week, if not Tuesday, December 18.

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