Alfredo R. Melgar

Crossing Streets and Maternal Death Risks

Crossing a busy street and testing one's agility against vehicles has inherent risks. To minimize these risks, we create structures...

Lying for a Cause (part 2)

The article "Lying for a Cause" generated a response from the creator of the anti-RH video, the core paragraphs of which...

Lying for a Cause

A video entitled "RH BILL - Filipinos For Life Oppose the RH Bill!" uploaded by www.filipinosforlife.com on YouTube made a hilarious...

Fudging Numbers

Anti-RH groups will hold what they call the "grandmother of all rallies" against the RH bill. I hope the attendance...

Taxes for RH: Public Funding for a Public Good

Imagine if advocates of laissez-faire capitalism say to Congress, "Our taxes pay for government agencies that regulate our businesses and...

Women’s Day: 11 more women will die today

A hundred years after the first International Women's Day, Filipinas still do not have power over events only women face—risks...

Do Bishops Care?

An open letter to the CBCP delivered by more than a thousand women and their supporters had this simple message: "Eleven...

Talking to Death

The common sexist notion is that women talk too much. But on the issue of reproductive health, a bachelors' club and...

Ten Good Reasons to Pass the RH Bill Now

Just a few years ago, say “RH” in ordinary talks and you’ll get blank looks. Now, most Filipinos know that...

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