Date and Time: February 27, 2016, 15:30-18:00 Place: Tonan tei (Room No. 201), CSEAS, Inamori Foundation Memorial Building, Kyoto University Speaker: Dr. Marilen J. Danguilan Title: Overcoming Monkey Wrenches:The Passage and Implementation of the Reproductive Health Law in the Philippines Abstract: “Overcoming Monkey Wrenches:The Passage and Implementation of the Reproductive Health Law in the Philippines” The Reproductive Health Law’s implementation is a grueling uphill climb and its legislative history is a tortuous process. Its opponents in Congress have stalled and tried to block its passage for 14 years. The debates, acrimonious and often ridiculous, delved into the question of when life begins; the emergence of a “contraceptive mentality” that would […]