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CEDAW Recommendation to Decriminalize Abortion vs Senate deferment of CHR budget

Sarryna Gesite - November 15, 2023

As early as 2006, the CEDAW Committee has recommended for the Philippines to remove the punitive provisions on abortion. In its 2023 Concluding Observations, over 17 years later since its initial 2006 recommendation, the Committee...

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Women’s Rights Advocates Say No to Anti-Women, Anti-People Electoral Candidates

kristinetanchan - September 10, 2021 0

Women’s Rights Advocates Say No to Anti-Women, Anti-People Electoral Candidates, Urge to Support the Decriminalization of Abortion Quezon City, September 10, 2021 - “Last September...

Why we need to decriminalize abortion

kristinetanchan - October 3, 2020 0

Atty. Clara Rita Padilla, PINSAN Spokesperson, shares the reasons why we need to decriminalize abortion in the Philippines. Read the full article via this...

Decriminalize Abortion, Save Women’s Lives — Women’s Rights Advocates Urge Congress to Pass Proposed Bill into Law

kristinetanchan - October 3, 2020 0

Read PINSAN's statement urging Congress to pass the proposed bill to decriminalize abortion and why this bill will save hundreds of thousands of Filipino...

SRHR and Women’s Rights Advocates Urge Law Makers to Junk Anti-Choice Bill

kristinetanchan - July 21, 2021 0

We, as a community and civil society organizations working on women’s rights and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all, urge legislators...

Right to Safe and Legal Abortion Glaringly Absent in PDu30 SONA

kristinetanchan - July 27, 2021 0

Human Rights Advocates Call on Congress to Junk Anti-Choice House Bill No. 8354 and to Support Decriminalization of Abortion Quezon City, July 26, 2021 –...