Manila women fight ban against contraception

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Twenty of Manila's poorest residents have filed a legal challenge against what they say is a ban on contraception.

The group - 16 women and four of their husbands - are fighting a policy which they say denies them access to condoms, to the pill and other effective forms of family planning.

It seems a policy touting "natural" family planning (you know, none) made sure that free contraception was removed from local health centers and that access was pretty much impossible.

Clearly, this policy is effecting low-income women disproportionately. Just horrible.