By Christine O. Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer
12:43 am | Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
On the first business day of the year, a couple filed in the Supreme Court a suit against the newly signed Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, which mandates the State to provide the poor with reproductive health (RH) services, including access to contraceptives, and sex education to schoolchildren.
Lawyers James Imbong and wife Lovely-Ann, who filed the suit on behalf of their two children and the Magnificat Child Development Center Inc., asked the high tribunal to stop the implementation of Republic Act No. 10354, saying it was unconstitutional.
The Imbongs claimed the law also “mocks the nation’s Filipino culture—noble and lofty in its values and holdings on life, motherhood and family.”
It was the first petition filed against the RH law barely two weeks after President Aquino quietly signed it into law following heated debates in Congress and protests by the Catholic Church.
Grounds for appeal
In a petition for certiorari and prohibition, the petitioners cited two grounds for their appeal: The RH law “introduces policies that negate and frustrate the foundational ideals and aspirations of the sovereign Filipino,” and it “cannot be implemented without exceeding the boundaries of government action, as established in the Constitution.”
Imbong was accompanied and assisted by his mother, lawyer Jo Aurea Imbong, in filing the petition in the high court. His mother, a lawyer of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), is the “collaborating counsel” in the case.
Read More
These are today's Suertres/Swertres Lotto tips; Yesterday's results are at the bottom
022
023
166*
236**
239
235
267*
226**
356**
368**
446*
558
----
025**
029**
012**
035
Yesterday's Philippine PCSO Draw Results
For January 02, 2013 Wednesday
EZ2 Lotto
Morning11am: 13-29
Afternoon 4pm: 23-01
Evening9pm: 31-12
Winning numbersin exact order
Php 4,000.00 per 10 peso play
Suertres Lotto Luzon Vis-Min
Morning11:00 am: 4-7-3
Afternoon 4:00 pm: 3-2-8
Evening9:00 pm: 9-2-6
Winning numbersin exact order
Php: 4,500 per 10 peso play
4Digit Luzon & Vismin
9pm: 8-8-9-9
Winning numbers in exact order
Mega 6/45 National Lottery
06-08-38-44-41-01
Current Jackpot:Php 4,500,000.00
(0)winner
Winning numbers in any order
Grand 6/55 Lotto
16-33-22-41-06-25
Current Jackpot: P85,745,952.00
(0)winner
Winning numbers in any order
For best results, it is suggested to always employ rumble on the tips above.
* = Hot Numbers
** = Very Hot Numbers
Social Plugin