Manila women fight contraception ban (BBC)

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By Philippa Fogarty
BBC News

Twenty of Manila's poorest residents have filed a legal challenge against what they say is a ban on contraception.

The group - 16 women and four of their husbands - are fighting a policy which they say denies them access to condoms, to the pill and other effective forms of family planning.

This has had a devastating effect on their lives, they argue, causing unwanted pregnancies, pushing them further into poverty and harming their health and wellbeing.

The case has sparked debate in the Philippines where, says Professor Michael Tan, chair of the anthropology department at the University of the Philippines, there is no national policy on family planning.

More than 80% of Filipinos are Roman Catholics and the Church is hugely influential. Abortion is banned and President Gloria Arroyo openly backs the Church's anti-contraception stance.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7234291.stm

So ... you don't see the problem with separation of Church and State yet? :banghead::banghead::banghead:

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1. Why can't they understand that less contrapception

means more need for abortion? :crazy: