The shadow of the A-word

Posted on 07. Sep, 2010 by in Safe (Sensible) Sex

by Rina Jimenez David, first published in the PDI
A FAVORITE tactic employed by those opposed to reproductive health and rights is to equate reproductive health with abortion, “tainting” the entire range of reproductive health services, including family planning, with the stigma attached to abortion.
To be sure, abortion is a loaded word, carrying with it concepts …more

What the youth think about abortion

Posted on 06. Sep, 2010 by in Sexual Reproductive Health

by SAS Youth Correspondent Nicai de Guzman
The Philippines is one of the remaining 6% countries in the world where abortion is categorically prohibited even in cases where it can  save a woman’s life.  But that has certainly not stopped women from getting  abortions, mostly in unsanitary backstreets from people who have little or no …more