Senators were prodded to frontload passage of the divorce bill that Sen. Risa Hontiveros said is being awaited by “abused women.”
Hontiveros on Tuesday renewed her call for Congress to pass Senate Bill 147 or the Dissolution of Marriage Act.
The lawmaker lamented, “Some Filipino women have almost been killed by their own husbands,” but added “most of them cannot leave their marriages because of the prohibitive costs of filing for an annulment.”“Bigyan na natin ang ating mga kababaihan ng pagkakataong makalaya sa masalimuot at abusadong pagsasama. Bigyan natin sila ng oportunidad na mahalin at magmahal muli.
“Let us give the Filipino family a chance, a way out that is straightforward and no fault,” the senator stressed, adding: “Once you realized you made a mistake, the way out should not be traumatizing to the average married Filipino—financially, psychologically, and socially.
At the same time, she also recalled a 2017 Social Weather Station survey, revealing that 53 percent agreed to legalize divorce. Another survey, run by the Catholic Radio Veritas in 2018, showed that 52 percent “strongly agree” or “somewhat agree” to the measure.
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