Legislative Watch (Anti-Family Bills)

The 14th Congress commenced on July 23, 2007 with 237 Congressmen/Congresswomen and 23 Senators.

Our watch list has been active since July 1 when our legislators began introducing their bills. The authors have changed, but the culture-of-death mentality remains the same: population control and contraception in the guise of reproductive health, women's rights, and responsible parenthood; euthanasia and assisted suicide included among patients' rights; and creation of homosexual rights to promote homosexual unions.

Here is the list of Anti-Life/Anti-Family Bills introduced by Congress, to the best of our knowledge, as of Aug. 31, 2007. Let us be vigilant so that none of these Bills will ever prosper.

• 14th Congress: Status of Anti-Family Bills in Congress (Lower House)
• 14th Congress: Status of Anti-Family Bills in Senate (Higher House)
• ALFI’s Position Paper on the Magna Carta for Women
• Comparative Matrix of the 3 Bills filed on the Magna Carta

Watch for our Position Papers on these Bills. Meanwhile, you may view our Position Papers and views on the Bills filed in the previous 13th Congress of 2004-2007, since most of these Bills are merely the same ones introduced by other authors before. For any specific inquiries, email us at allianceforthefamily@gmail.com

New Pro-Family Bills Introduced
Status Report, Feb. 21, 2007

3 Anti-Family Bills successfully blocked at Plenary, 1 Bill slips through House
Pro-life and pro-family Congressmen of the 13th Congress sustained the effective opposition against the three major anti-family House Bills (HB) in Plenary all throughout the three Regular Sessions of the 13th Congress from 2004-2007, including the Special Session convened on Feb. 19-20, 2007. Congress is now on recess and will convene only on June 4-8 after the May congressional elections.

• Dec 20, '06: Year-End 2006 Status of Bills Proposed at the Lower House

• June 9, '06:13th Congress: Update on Pending Bills as of June 9, '06

• April 7, '06: 13th Congress Update on Family-Related Bills

Last June 29, 2006, the Senate Committee on Health and Demography led by Senator Pia Cayetano conducted a hearing on 21 selected Senate Bills. ALFI opposed 6 of them in our Position Paper of June 29, 2006. We also opposed Senate Bill 1769 on Mandatory HIV Testing for Pregnant Mothers and Infants. On the other hand, we supported 3 other legislative proposals, Senate Bills 118, 1661 and 2016.

We also requested that 10 other Bills, including one pro-family Bill, be separated from what ALFI refers to as the “Cayetano 21 Initiative” since they are part of basic health care.

6 Senate Bills on Reproductive Health Opposed by ALFI

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10 Senate Bills on Basic Health Care Should Not Be Considered as “Reproductive Health” Bills

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SB 1769 on Mandatory HIV Testing for Pregnant Mothers and Infants Opposed by ALFI

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ALFI Supports SB 118 and SB 1661 “Women and Children’s Resources Act” (An Act To Establish a National Program That Will Provide Pregnant Women with Alternatives to Abortion)

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ALFI Supports SB 2016 “Bantay Buntis” and Suggests Consolidation with SB 2111 “Pregnant Women’s Welfare Act”

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Contact your congressmen at
www.congress.gov.ph/members

or download our list of congressmen in MS-Excel format here.

House Bill (HB) 5012 and HB 1023 join ALFI’s legislative watch because of the potential dangers of the Bill in supporting HB 3773’s objectives.

Substitute Bill to HB 3766

Get a copy of HB 5285

Get a copy of ALFI's Letter to Congress on HB 5285

An Executive Summary for Pro-Life, Pro-Family Congressmen

House Bill 5285 is up for approval at Congress. The Bill was approved at the Committee on Women but pro-family organizations were not invited to the public hearings. Read why this seemingly good bill is a subterfuge for a feminist-led, gender-obliteration and pro-population control movement that will destroy the strength of the traditional Filipino family.

CONGRESS WATCH : Bills against Marriage

Status: Public Hearings have not been scheduled at the Committee on Revision of Laws.

ALFI's Comment: Our position paper will be posted online when a hearing is called at the Committee. Contact us directly for any assistance you may require.

HB 3773 is the Substitute Bill that consolidates the four Bills on Reproductive Health originally proposed by various authors in the 13th Congress. These 4 Bills were HB 2029 (Providing for Reproductive Health Structures), HB 16 (Creating a Reproductive Health and Population Management Council for the Implementation of an integrated Policy on Reproductive Health Relative to Sustainable Development and Population Management, and for Other Purposes), HB 2042 (Promulgating a Comprehensive Policy on Birth Control and Creating a Bureau of Population Management under the Dept. of Health and renaming the Dept. of Health as the Dept. of Health and Population Management) and HB 2550 (Promoting Responsible Parenthood by Providing Incentives to Couples/Individuals Who Practice Surgical Family Planning Methods and for Other Purposes).

Know more about HB 3773

We attach our reasons for objecting to same-sex unions, these being opposed to our culture and our dignity, being anti-marriage and anti-family. In addition, if this provision is passed, persons with a homosexual orientation would be granted additional legal rights and thus compose a protected class.


Know more about HB 634

We oppose House Bill 3422 and any other Substitute Bill/s because it is redundant, degrades the concepts of family life and responsible parenthood, unconstitutional, and ultimately anti-family.

Know more about HB 3422

HB 1808 a redundant bill: Population not contrary to development

Know more about HB 1808

House Bill (HB) 1021 and HB 1023 join ALFI’s legislative watch because of the potential dangers of the Bill in supporting HB 3773’s objectives.