WATCH: Book launch of 'The RH Bill Story: Contentions and Compromises'

In her book, Marilen Dañguilan writes a fascinating account of the long and stormy process behind the enactment of the reproductive health law

#PugadBaboy: Health Insurance

From EDSA to RH: Church clout weakens in PH

CBCP president Archbishop Socrates Villegas however tells Rappler that the Catholic Church ‘should not really have a political clout’

Reproductive health budget cut: A betrayal of women

This principle envisions individuals and communities who have been historically marginalized and rendered vulnerable to have the means to take care of themselves

Rappler Talk: PH liable for Manila's contraception ban - UN

What are the chances of lifting the criminalization of abortion in the Philippines?

#PugadBaboy: Religious nuts punchline 3

#PugadBaboy: Religious nuts punchline 2

#PugadBaboy: Religious nuts

The irresponsibility of rabbits

His is the smiling face under the dripping cowl of a yellow raincoat preaching mercy and compassion but little of either is shown for the women who are blamed for breeding like rabbits in a church that bans artificial contraception

SC: Comelec can't order removal of church's anti-RH tarps

The Supreme Court rules the Comelec violated the church s right to free speech expression and property in taking down the Team Patay tarpaulins

Palace: Church, gov’t don’t agree on everything

Malacañang makes the statement following Pope Francis latest pronouncement against the use of contraceptives which the government backed RH law promotes

'Push for divorce law needs RH-like support'

Advocates can sustain the campaign for a divorce law if public clamor and support build up the same way as in the Reproductive Health law debates

How do Filipino women view the choice to have an abortion?

In the US women subscribe to the our body our choice principle In the Philippines women who seek abortion rationalize the decision by painting a picture of a forgiving understanding God

#PugadBaboy: Daang milyong Pinoy

#PugadBaboy: Daang milyong Pinoy punchline 2

#PugadBaboy: Daang milyong Pinoy punchline 3

Iglesia ni Cristo, Corona, and the RH bill

Iglesia s political might may be tested when bills allowing divorce and the death penalty are pushed in Congress

[Dash of SAS] RH Law: In limbo

The fate of the RH Law rests on the Supreme Court

Why I am never having children, and that’s okay

Motherhood is amazing but it s not supposed to be mandatory

In faraway Patikul, mothers die

Who says there are no mothers dying from childbirth? Faraway hospitals lack of transportation are fatal factors in remote parts of the country

RH law now!

During times like Yolanda the need for much more intensive reproductive health services becomes painfully acute And it need not be We have the RH law

[DASH of SAS] Sex, intimacy and the RH law in the time of Yolanda

Survivors will continue to have sex in the time of Yolanda for a reason that the numbers won t tell you

The justice of paradise lost

He may bow before the altar of justice but Associate Justice Roberto Abad appears to worship a higher god

#SONA2013: Key issues Aquino will tackle

The peace process his firm stand against China spectacular economic numbers that need to be felt by the poor all these are expected to be in President Aquino s 4th State of the Nation Address on July 22

Tatad's Holocaust

Francisco Tatad may be willing to declare war on the world by calling the Reproductive Health law genocide but the law will continue to demonstrate that this is a battle for human rights

Children bearing children

On World Population Day the United Nations and women s advocates are focused on their vision: a world with no unwanted pregnancies

#PHvote with Risa Hontiveros

Rappler talks to Team PNoy senatorial bet Risa Hontiveros who finally makes it to the Magic 12 in poll surveys

Cebu local bets now part of ‘Team Buhay’

In Cebu anti RH crusaders bring their campaign to the gubernatorial and mayoral races

Batangas in 2013: Gearing up for Holy War

The Archdiocese of Lipa with an unquestionable influence in local elections wants to create a Catholic vote in the national level

Vitug Vlogs: Supreme Court - a spoiler, for now

Rapplers editor at large Marites Vitug asks will the Supreme Court be a force for change in the RH law?

Rappler Newscast | March 20, 2013

South Korea suspects a cyberattack by North Korea 8 Filipinos charged in Sabah RH advocates launch Purple Vote

Delaying RH bill puts women at risk - HRW

4 months is a long time for an interim order the human rights group says

RH Law: Signed, sealed, ready for implementation

Signing the IRR of the Reproductive Health Law in the urban poor community of Baseco is symbolic

2 Negros dioceses say no to 'Team Patay' tarps

San Carlos Kabankalan dioceses to focus on voter education instead

SC issues TRO vs Comelec on Bacolod church tarp

UPDATED The Comelec was set to file an election offense against the Bacolod diocese but the TRO would effectively prevent them from doing so

The Catholic vote, anyone?

Who is afraid of the Catholic vote? I am afraid of its impact on the Church whose servant I am

More 'Team Patay' tarps in Bacolod churches

Over 90 priests have agreed to hang similar tarpaulins in their parishes in a meeting with Bacolod Bishop Vicente Navarra

Oversized? Bacolod church slices RH poster into 2

The two smaller posters now each complies with the size prescribed by the elections commission

Candidates to Church: No name-calling

Administration candidates tagged by the Diocese of Bacolod as Team Patay are disappointed by the Church s strong criticism of their position on the RH law

Rappler Newscast | February 22, 2013

The diocese of Bacolod campaigns vs 7 senatorial candidates for supporting the RH law | 4 US Marine murder suspects post bail

The thing about condoms

Social stigma keeps condom use low in the Philippines

Celdran gets scolding from senatorial candidate

A debate gets heated when senatorial candidate Rizalito David scolds activist Carlos Celdran on Church teachings

Senate bets weigh in on divorce, marijuana

The candidates contrasting views highlight the wide spectrum of choices available for voters in May

Rappler Newscast | January 31, 2013

The Philippines exceeds forecasts and posts a 6 6 GDP growth in 2012 | President Aquino says the Philippines needs structural reforms to fight corruption | Reproductive health advocate Carlos Celdran answers charges he offended religious feelings

#TalkThursday: 'Offending religious feelings'

Charged with offending religious feelings RH advocate Carlos Celdran is not only willing to challenge institutions and ideas but the law itself

Did Jose Rizal die in vain?

Until we learn from our own history we are doomed to perpetuate the same cycle over and over

[Q and A] Celdran: 'I'm Catholic until it is taken away from me'

I was raised a Catholic It s just part of my wiring already So being Catholic is something that I am until it is taken away from me

Rappler Newscast | January 29, 2013

Catholic bishops say those who voted for the RH bill are unfit for public office | RH advocate Carlos Celdran will appeal his guilty verdict for offending religious feelings | A new photo of kidnapped Australian Warren Rodwell held by the Abu Sayyaf is posted on Facebook

Spiritually pro-RH

Humility demands that we know the limits of personal experiences and beliefs And it is cruel to use the death and suffering of people to argue for your political cause

Dissecting the vote on the RH bill

The results are striking given that the regions that may need this law the most at least according to the economic argument and evidence may actually have less solons supporting the bill