So-called pro-life group Buhay party-list, among those that the Commission on Elections proclaimed as eligible for seats at the House of Representatives, wil try to amend the Reproductive Health Law, one of its nominees said Friday.
“I’ll be truthful. If we see the numbers and we see the potential of it, we will definitely move for that,” Buhay member Lito Atienza said in a Radio DZMM report.
Although there has yet to be an official final tally, Buhay has at least 1.82 million votes so far, putting it at the top in the party-list elections meant to give marginalized sectors representation at the House. Atienza said this showed “our people, our electorate, identified themselves with our advocacies and what we explained during the campaign.”
The RH Law, which has provisions to give mothers information and access to artificial contraceptive methods, has been passed but has yet to be implemented. It is the subject of petitions at the Supreme Court questioning its constitutionality.
