SC asked to reject cases vs RH law

Former Akbayan Representative Risa Hontiveros. CDN FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines – Partylist Representative Risa Hontiveros on Monday asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the petitions assailing the constitutionality of the Reproductive Health Law.

In her motion to intervene, Hontiveros said the high court should “protect the lives of Filipino mothers and children and to remove all the impediments to the full implementation of the new law.”

“To ask these issues again betrays a desire to perpetuate misconceptions about reproductive health, contraceptives and family planning and prolong the delay in the implementation of the RH law,” Hontiveros said.

“There is already a vast array of medical evidence proving the efficacy of legal and FDA-approved contraceptives,” she added.