Reproductive Health bill, changes to anti-money laundering law top Senate agenda | Sun.Star.

May 6, 2012

MANILA — Discussions on the controversial Reproductive Health bill will commence in the Senate anytime this week, months after it was stalled in the plenary to give way for pressing matters such as the national budget and impeachment trial.

Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile, a critic of the bill, assured that deliberations on Senate Bill 2865 will go on despite the chamber’s divided attention due to the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, which resumes on Monday.

Since the impeachment trial began last January 16, the Senate likewise had to rearrange its schedule such that legislative sessions are conducted twice a week.

As a result, plenary sessions are done every Tuesday and Wednesday even as Enrile promised to pass “urgent and priority bills” before President Benigno Aquino III delivers his State of the Nation Address (Sona) in July.

Supporters of the RH bill earlier saw no reason why it will not be enacted this year on the back of “huge” public support and the President’s bias for the measure.

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