Philippine Catholic church leaders vowed on
Tuesday to overturn a birth control bill after lawmakers passed landmark
legislation to make sex education and birth control more widely
available.
The Senate and the House of Representatives approved the Reproductive
Health (RH) Bill late on Monday, putting it on course to be signed into
law by President Benigno Aquino within a week, after its final wording
has been decided.
Church leaders, however, pledged to continue their fight against the
controversial bill, with an appeal to the Supreme Court and a campaign
to oust its supporters in May's general election.
Bishop Gabriel Reyes said a group of Catholic lawyers was preparing
to challenge the legality of the bill in the Supreme Court as soon as it
is signed into law.