Noynoy Aquino Seeks to Restart Birth Control

Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III appears to be attempting to bypass the powerful Catholic Church by allocating P500 million (US$12.01 million) to the Department of Health "family planning commodities and supplies” -- birth control devices such as condoms, intra-uterine devices (IUDs) and birth control pills for large-scale distribution to comm…