フィリピン最高裁は無料避妊を支持
El Tribunal Supremo de Filipinas avala los anticonceptivos gratuitos
El fallo supone una derrota de la Iglesia católica, que batalla contra la ley de salud reproductiva
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Naiara Galarraga Madrid 8 ABR 2014 - 17:41 CET
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The Philippine Supreme Court endorses free contraceptives
The ruling is a defeat of the Catholic Church, which battle against reproductive health law
CHART The conquest of a right in the world
Galarraga naiara Madrid 8 ABR 2014 - 17:41 CET
Distribute free condoms and the pill or forcing schools to provide sex education does not violate the Philippine Constitution , according to the decision announced Tuesday by the Supreme Court of this Catholic country in Asia. The decision , adopted unanimously by a court under very strong pressure and that is actionable in 15 days, is crucial in the battle waged for 15 years supporters of the reproductive health law and the powerful Catholic Church. The UN had criticized the slowness with which this standard has advanced his supporters defend as a tool for combating poverty and rapid population growth . Philippines allows the marketing of contraceptives but are sold at prohibitive prices for much of the population.
" This monumental decision maintains the separation of church and state and asserts the supremacy of the government in secular matters ," said Efe Edcel Lagman , one of the promoters of this law that 14 organizations related to the Church appealed to the court. The judges put on hold the implementation of the standard, approved by the House and ratified by President Benigno Aquino III in December 2012 , during the nearly year and a half that have lasted deliberations . Aquino was threatened with excommunication.
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" The reproductive health law is not unconstitutional ," he said a spokesman for the Supreme Court to a jubilant crowd in the city of Baguio , home court. Judges and support the rule that guarantees free access to contraceptives in one of the Asian countries where the population increases rapidly , with more than three children per woman ; in just over two decades, the population has increased more than 50 % to the current 99 million. The law also requires that workers receive health services training in family planning and ensures health care for women suffering fallout from an illegal abortion .
" Although incomplete , it is nevertheless a historic victory. While the State is required to implement reproductive health programs have won " , told Reuters the principal author of the law , the leftist Kaka Bag -ao .
The Catholic hierarchy has regretted the decision and reiterated that "the Church will continue to defend the sanctity of human life ," said the Episcopal Conference in a note added: "We encourage the Catholic faithful to maintain respect and esteem for the Supreme Court. "
The controversial law , which the ecclesiastical authorities halted for three decades in offices and legislative chambers, considered illegal and punishable abortion , some even referred to in the Constitution of this country where 80% of the population is Catholic .
However, the Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional several sections of the Act officially called Responsible Parenthood , Reproductive Health , Population and Development including providing for sanctions for health care workers who refuse to disseminate information on the standard or the programs contemplated.
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