Forsaken Lives: Press Room

Requests for interviews:

Dionne Scott, Senior Press Officer (917) 637-3649 [email protected]

If you are a reporter working on deadline during non-business hours, please send an email including your telephone number to our Senior Press Officer at [email protected] and we will respond as soon as possible.

Press Release:

8.02.10 – New Report Links Philippines Abortion Law to Human Rights Abuses >,

 

Articles Mentioning Forsaken Lives

8.10.10 – Philippine Daily Inquirer: The shadow of the A word >,

8.09.10 – RH Reality Check: Roundup: Philippines Leaders and Church Fight Back Against Push For Safe Abortions >,

8.09.10 – MediLexicon News: Weekly Video Round Up >,

8.09.10 – The Philippine Star: Humane treatment  >,

8.09.10 – Philippine Daily Inquirer: Solons, others oppose legalizing abortion in RP >,

8.08.10 – All Headlines News: Rights Group Condemn Illegal Abortions In The Philippines >,

8.07.10 – Trade Union Congress of the Philippines: RH bill supporters reject proposal to decriminalize abortion >,

8.07.10 – Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation: Legalization of abortion rejected >,

8.07.10 – The Philippine Star: RH bill supporters reject proposal to decriminalize abortion >,

8.05.10 – Akimbo: Forsaken Lives: The Harmful Impact of the Philippine Criminal Abortion Ban >,

8.05.10 – Change.org: Philippines Abortion Ban: A “Human Rights Crisis” >,

8.04.10 – Agence France Presse: Abortion ban leading to crisis in Philippines: rights group >,

8.04.10 – GMA News: RH law will reduce abortion, women’s health advocates say >,

8.04.10 – Witness Blog: Video Report on Reproductive Rights in the Philippines >,

8.04.10 – Care2.com: The Deadly Impact of the Philippines Abortion Ban (Video) >,

8.04.10 – ABS-CBN News: When saying ‘no, to abortion can still kill >,

8.03.10 – RH Reality Check: The Forsaken Women of the Philippines: The Hardship, Humiliation, and Hypocrisy of Unsafe Abortion >,

8.03.10 – JURIST: Rights group calls Philippines abortion ban ‘human rights crisis’ >,

8.03.10 – Philippine Daily Inquirer: ‘Forsaken lives’ >,

8.03.10 – Philippine Daily Inquirer: Abortion deaths blamed on gov’t >,

8.03.10 – Aljazeera: Abortion agony in the Philippines >,

8.03.10 – GMA News TV: Women’s groups to Congress: Allow ‘safe and legal abortion’ >,

8.03.10 – Manila Standard Today: Breaking the Silence >,

8.03.10 – Manila Standard Today: Women’s advocate wants arbortion legalized >,

8.03.10 – Asia One: Abortion ban leading to crisis in Philippines >,

8.03.10 – All Voices: Women’s group bats for ‘safe and legal abortion’ in the Philippines >,

8.03.10 – Malaya: Legalize abortion, women’s group asks >,

8.02.10 – New York Times: Rights Group Denounces Illegality of Abortion in Philippines >,

8.02.10 – Associated Press: Rights group slams Philippine abortion ban >,

8.02.10 – Asian Correspondent: Forsaken Lives: Abortion Ban in Philiippines spawns human-rights abuses >,

8.02.10 – Yahoo! News Philippines: Women’s groups to Congress: Allow ‘safe and legal abortion’

8.02.10 – Earthtimes: Women groups call for legalization of abortion in Philippines

8.02.10 – Human Rights in the Philippines Blog: Forsaken Lives: The Harmful Impact of the Philippine Criminal Abortion Act

8.02.10 – SOS Children’s Villages: Women’s rights group calls for legal abortion in the Philippines

8.02.10 – National Partnership for Women &, Families: Center for Reproductive Rights Report Decries Illegality of Abortion in Philippines

 

Archive Philippines’ Press Releases:

01.28.2010 – Letter to CBS Regarding Focus on the Family Ad

01.28.2010 – Center for Reproductive Rights Raises Questions to CBS about Tebow Story, College Football Star Featured in Super Bowl Ad

 

Archive Philippines’ Articles:

6.21.2010 – Washington Post: Should church control health care?

3.25.10 – Philippines Must Act on Magna Carta of Women

01.29.10 – Salon: The truth behind Tebow’s tale

10.29.09 – Manila City’s Contraception Ban

10.27.09 – A Right to Contraception in the Philippines

07.08.09 – “The RH bill: Ending Manila City’s war on women”

08.01.08 – Case Challenging Manila Contraception Ban Dismissed

01.30.08 – Filipino Women and Men Sue Manila Mayor For Ban on Contraception

09.27.07- Legal Action Readied Against Ex-Mayor Atienza

 

Books &, Reports:

06.01.07 – Imposing Misery: The Impact of Manila’s Contraception Ban on Women and Families

 

Factsheets:

01.28.2010 – Facts on Abortion in the Philippines: Criminalization and a General Ban on Abortion

01.31.09 – Philippine Supreme Court Dismisses Plea to Revoke Contraception Ban

12.13.05 – Study Exposes Government Neglect Of Women’s Health In East And Southeast Asia

 

Cases:

Lourdes Osil v. Mayor of Manila

 

Shadow Letters:

12.09.08 – Shadow Letter: Philippines_CEDAW_2006_English

12.09.08 – Shadow Letter: Philippines_Human Rights Committee_2003_English