PHILIPPINES: High court challenge to condom ban

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Updated February 18, 2008 22:03:03

Twenty Filippino citizens are hoping to overturn a government ban on access to free contraception and family planning services.

Presenter: Bo Hill
Speakers: Elizabeth Pangalangan, attorney and director, ReproCen, University of Philippines; Alfredo Lim, mayor of City of Manila; Aya Fujimura-Fanselow, legal advisor for international litigation and advocacy, Center for Reproductive Rights

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