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Hate Crimes: Definitions and a Call to Action

Over the past few months, the Philippine LGBT Hate Crime Watch has compiled records and reports of the violent deaths of...

Abortifacients and the RH Bill: The Real Relationship

One of the issues delaying the passage of the RH Bill is the question of when life begins, or more importantly,...

Crossing Streets and Maternal Death Risks (part 2)

Of around 3.37 M pregnancies that occurred in 2008, 17% led to induced abortions and 14% to unwanted births—more than...

Sweet Silence

Let me begin by alienating the vast majority of potential readers with a Doctor Who reference. The antagonists of the latest...

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...

You’re objecting to the Pill, not the Bill

One of the secular arguments against the RH Bill is that it is unconstitutional based on the premise that certain oral...

The Psychology of Moral Certainty

It has happened again. Someone begins a debate with me on my statements on the reproductive health bill, and then just...

CBCP trademarks the term “Catholic”

Manila, Philippines -- In response to the existence of Catholics™ for RH (C4RH), the Catholic™ Bishops Conference of the Philippines have...

Forum: The Struggle for LGBT Equality in the U.S. – 27 May 2011

LGBT forum - 27 May 2011The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines hosted a dinner forum with LGBT advocacy groups on The Struggle for LGBT Equality in the U.S. on Friday, May 27, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. in the Botero Dali Room, Sulo Riviera Hotel, Quezon City. The speaker for the event was Ms. Christine Sun, former senior counsel, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation.

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