Without fanfare, President Benigno Aquino III signed the reproductive health (RH) bill into law last Dec. 21. It was signed together with the Anti-Enforced Disappearance Act. The highly contentious RH law provides “universal access” to reproductive health services and supplies such as contraceptives.
The suspense over the House of Representatives’ third and final reading on the controversial reproductive health bill is expected to be shorter this time around.
President Benigno Aquino III on Monday aired a fresh call to lawmakers during a crucial caucus on the reproductive health bill in Malacañang: Vote on it according to your conscience, but do it soon.
Despite meeting with lawmakers on Monday, some members of the House of Representatives said it was unlikely that President Benigno Aquino III would certify the Reproductive Health Bill as urgent.
Monday’s “make or break” meeting between President Benigno Aquino III and members of the House of Representatives should determine the fate of the controversial reproductive health (RH) bill in the 15th Congress.
House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II on Tuesday said the “parliamentary momentum” had shifted to the lawmakers who favor the passage of the substitute reproductive health (RH) bill that was formally accepted by the plenary on Monday.
If amendments will be pushed for the Cybercrime Law, it should be done as soon as possible with the limited time left for the 15th Congress, House majority leader Neptali Gonzales II said on Tuesday.
The Senate has removed controversial provisions that purportedly promote abortion and the use of birth control devices in a bid to break a deadlock in its version of the reproductive health (RH) bill.
Lawmakers on Friday urged critics of newly appointed Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno to give her some “breathing space” and time to undertake reforms in the judiciary.
Transportation and Communications Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas fits the “same mold of integrity” that the late Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo embodied, a leader at the House of Representatives said Friday.
House majority leader Neptali Gonzales II is pushing for a nominal voting on the controversial Reproductive Health bill.
There is no better time than now to push for Charter change because the President and the leaders of Congress enjoy the trust of the people, House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II said Thursday.
It’s not lack of time but lack of political will that is blocking the passage of the much-needed reproductive health bill, Albay Representative Edcel Lagman said Wednesday.
