23 health care professional organizations representing over a quarter of a million health care workers, including the Philippine Medical Association, held a press conference at the Philippine General Hospital urging the passage of the Reproductive Health Bill. [Philippines Inquirer] The bill is strongly opposed by those opposed to provisions in the bill that require the dissemination of contraceptives.
In its original forms – there have been several – the bill included provisions adverse to freedom of conscience for health care workers. More recently circulated versions of the bill are said to have modified some or all of these provisions. (See The RH Bill: The Shape of Things to Come?)