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Philippine Supreme Court Delays Birth Control Law

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Mar 20, 2013
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The Philippine Supreme Court, on a 10-5 vote, today delayed the implementation of the country's historic reproductive health law for four months until oral arguments can be heard on the law's constitutionality.

The controversial family planning bill was passed in December after a 14-year no-holds-barred campaign by the Catholic Church to keep it from bec…

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