Funds earmarked by Benigno Aquino scrapped despite law mandating state provision of birth control to the poorThe legislature in the mainly Catholic Philippines has axed the government’s budget for contraceptives,despite a law mandating that the state should provide them to the destitute. The health secretary, Janette Garin, and confirmed on Wednesday that the department’s 2016 budget for contraceptives had been scrapped when it passed through congress. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com