Tag: contraceptives

DOH all set to implement RH law after FDA finding that contraceptives do not cause abortion

  MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A long-awaited Philippine family planning law to provide free hormonal contraceptives is finally going ahead, health officials said Thursday, ending a two-year impasse in which the Supreme Court demanded proof that they did not cause abortions. The announcement marked a victory over the influential Catholic church which counts most of the Philippine population as followers and opposes all forms of artificial contraception. Health Secretary Francisco Duque said 51 types of […]

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Trump rolls back Obamacare provision for free birth control

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump’s administration annulled on Friday an Obamacare provision that obliged employer health plans to pay for contraception, potentially stripping free birth control from millions of women. The move extends to all commercial enterprises an exemption already given to religious institutions. Rights groups erupted in anger and the American Civil Liberties Union threatened a lawsuit, but the White House called it a matter of religious freedom. The […]

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