Bruce Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 .SC stops implementation of RH law(philstar.com) | Updated March 19, 2013 - 2:06pm36 553googleplus2 0MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a status quo ante order on the Reproductive Health (RH) law signed by President Benigno Aquino III last December. Voting 10-5, the high court stopped the implementation of the RH law for four months or 120 days. Those who voted for the status quo ante order were Teresita de Castro, Arturo Brion, Lucas Bersamin, Diosdado Peralta, Presbitero Velasco Jr., Roberto Abad, Bienvenido Reyes, Jose Mendoza, Jose Perez and Martin Villarama Jr. Those who voted against the order were Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno, Antonio Carpio, Mariano del Castillo, Marvic Leonen and Estela Perlas-Bernabe. Oral arguments were set by the court on June 18 at 2 p.m. At least eight petitions were filed by several groups against the implementation of the RH law or the Republic Act 10354. Headlines ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 The eighth petition was filed by pro-life groups Doctors for Life and the Filipinos for Life. "What we are presenting here are medical and legal arguments against the RH law. We believe the Supreme Court will listen to us and correct this grave error imposed by the executive and legislative branches on faithful and freedom-loving Filipinos," Doctors for Life ad-hoc chairman Rey Echavez said in a statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted March 19, 2013 Author Posted March 19, 2013 My issue here is related to the protection under the new law to medical professionals who render care to a woman after abortion complications. Under the old set of laws, a woman with complications, including life and death situations, shows up at the hospital and IF the doc is willing to render care, they must either make no notes or admission on paper of the patient or lie in their notes to say it was a spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) or risk their licenses and jail time. Birth control pills have been available in Manila for years. Just not called birth control pills, but hormonal pills to treat a hormonal imbalance in the patient... true... but as a side effect... also stop pregnancies. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call me bubba Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 1 step forward, 5 steps backward, progress or true concern for the people??......(i post no further, forum has rules,,) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i am bob Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 Ah, yes... Election time! Once the election is over, the temporary RO on the Bill will be over and then everyone can vote it back into effect without big backlash from the Church and thus won't affect the election further. If my thinking is true, this is a very smart move and kind of produces a Check Mate to the naysayers opposed to the Bill. :thumbsup: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike S Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 A VERY big deal here at election time ..... in Bacolod the church had a huge banner hung outside the church building with the names of those candidates who supported the RH bill and told people not to vote for them ..... talk about a convict of interest ...... and they say the church and state is separated here in the Phils ...... yea right ...... :th_unfair: :cheersty: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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