{"id":3202,"date":"2013-07-24T04:28:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T04:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3202"},"modified":"2013-07-25T04:43:43","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T04:43:43","slug":"philippines-supreme-court-hearings-on-the-reproductive-health-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3202","title":{"rendered":"Philippines Supreme Court hearings on the Reproductive Health Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court of the Philippines has resumed a hearing into the constitutionality of the controversial Reproductive Health law (the <em>Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012<\/em>) .\u00a0 The operation of the law was suspended by the Court pending the outcome of litigation against it.\u00a0 Luisito Liban,\u00a0a lawyer representing some of those opposed to the bill, told the court that his clients were &#8220;speaking on behalf of true Catholics&#8221; who do not use contraceptives.\u00a0\u00a0 He also criticized the section of the law that requires objecting physicians to refer patients for morally contested services. 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