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Forum Summaries

Ten summaries of mutlimedia forum discussions, held in major cities in the Philippines, on several health and religious issues that affect women's well being.

Each booklet features forum topic overview, panelists' speeches, and open forum discussion documentation.

Also available in CDROM (requires Adobe Reader) format for only PhP 370.

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ABORTION
Illegal but Real

"Pregnancy and abortion exact a toll on the health of women - not just physically but mentally and emotionally too. Without the proper health services, women are always in danger of having unwanted pregnancies that could lead to dangerous abortion procedures."

MEDIA & RELIGION
In Covering Women's Health, Are the Media Afraid of the Church?

"In the eyes of the church, words like gender, family, contraception, reproductive rights and reproductive health are questionable words. Limiting the meaning of these words also limits the lives of women."

REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Babies at Any Cost?

"Will new reproductive health technologies create a hybrid human or monsters? Will women be reduced to baby makers, with their wombs for rent, eggs for sale? What about our sould? Will women have to worry if they can go to heaven if they die giving birth to, say, quintuplets because they resorted to in vitro fertilization?"