{"id":9561,"date":"2019-06-11T11:43:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T18:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9561"},"modified":"2019-09-21T11:48:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T18:48:03","slug":"duterte-blames-philippine-church-for-rapid-population-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9561","title":{"rendered":"Duterte blames Philippine Church for rapid population rise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Catholic opposition to family planning is main reason for high fertility rate, he says <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>UCA News<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\"> Joe Torres<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has blamed the Catholic Church for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucanews.com\/news\/philippines-struggles-to-keep-population-in-check\/85330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rapid growth in the country&#8217;s population<\/a> in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines is the 13th most populous country in the world, between Mexico and Ethiopia, with a growth rate of 1.72 percent between 2010 and 2015.\n        <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is the second most populous country in Southeast Asia behind Indonesia and has the highest population-growth rate in the region. . . 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