The Church, the State and Womens Bodies in the context of Religious

Fundamentalism in the Philippines

Philippines
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Dominated by Roman Catholic

Power separation of church and government regarding with Reproductive

Health
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Laws are not implemented because we are dominated by Roman

Catholic

People are more in favour of Cathlolic Tradition than to Reproductive

Health Law

Sexual education in Philippines (more about awareness, but

should be about safe sex, use of contraceptives, pills, condoms,
& injected formulas)

Comparing to other countries

Giving away contraceptives

Still follow Canon Law (Spanish colonial Rule)

Family planning using contraceptives but banned the imoort, pending

legis House Bill 4110

Law about Rape unless you were able to prove that you put up fight
against

Abortion Bill

Before born: known Abnormal, or being raped should give right

for women to abort (but blocked because of Catholic belief)

Fundamentals of Catholicism
Fundamentalist- Christiam movement against modernity most conservative
Bruce Lawrence fundamentalism as the affirmation of religious authority as
holistic and absolute, admitting of neither criticism nor reduction; legally enforced.
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Worldwide phenomenon with specific form of religious ideology which is antimodern, but not anti-modernist

President Arroyo
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2002 against modern family planning metho

8 March 2003 focus on natural family planning

Church interests dominate the state

Standards of morality immoral living with a man who was not her husband and
having a child by him. Violated her religious freedom.