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Critics of Philippines population control bill could be jailed

Filipino legislators are on the verge of voting on a population control bill that would impose abortifacient contraceptives on private medical facilities and that critics say could silence opponents for speaking out against the law, reports LifeSiteNews.com.

A scheduled vote in the nation’s House of Representatives was canceled on Tuesday due to failures in the building’s air conditioning system, but is expected to be taken up again shortly.

The act, which is called House Bill 4244, penalizes those who “knowingly withhold information or restrict the dissemination” of information about “reproductive health,” which includes contraceptive measures that can cause abortions, especially the contraceptive “pill.”

Although the act claims that “conscientious objection of a health care service provider based on his/her ethical or religious beliefs shall be respected” it goes on to require such doctors to refer the patient to another doctor who will provide the service.

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[03/03/2011]

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