Sign on to the Letter Urging to Reinstate Justified Abortion in the Philippines!

On August 19 Department of Justice (DOJ) of the Philippines announced the completion of Book 2 of the Criminal Code, which did not contain any exceptions to the total ban of abortion, despite the appeal of EnGendeRights and the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) requesting the Department of Justice (DOJ) of the Philippines to reinstate the “justified abortions” in the DOJ Draft Criminal Code. Under the “justified abortion” clause abortion would be available in circumstances such as to save the life or protect the health of a pregnant woman, when pregnancy is a result of rape or incest, or in cases of fetal impairment.

In light of this EnGendeRights and the Center for Reproductive created a sign-on letter ( Sign-on-letter.docx ) expressing concern about the failure of the DOJ to include exceptions despite overwhelming evidence of human rights violations as a result of the total criminal ban.

WGNRR urges its members, partners and allies to support this letter. If you like to be a signatory, please e-mail JJacob@reprorights.org.