Candidates'
Stand On Issues

Sa tingin ko mabuti ito para makamit ng kababaihan ang tunay na kalayaan na magdikta para sa kanilang mga katawan at buhay. Marami pang ibang sitwasyon ang kababaihan kung saan sila ay maaaring mangailangan ng abortion at sa tingin ko nararapat na madala nila ito sa kanilang mga doktor na walang takot na makulong o mapahamak.

I think for very severe cases like you said, the most, the majority are the rape victims, I think that if it can be shown that they were raped and it was not consensual sex that got them pregnant, then they should have the choice to abort or not. The other is incest perhaps.

I don’t think I’m prepared to make a decision even as we speak now about that matter. We need to know the far-reaching implications on women who were raped and cannot undergo an abortion. We need to study this based on available data. We need to study this based on coordination, by consultation with experts.

When there is life already, nobody should take it away kasi pinagkaloob ng Diyos 'yun. Yung bata na 'yun walang kakayanan ipagtanggol ang sarili niya . . . It may have a bad effect on society, sa katatayuan ng ina, sa katatayuan ng bata but life is life.

I have always been against abortion. Pero ‘yung sa akin, para hindi tayo humantong sa extreme situations, kailangan natin na i-strengthen ‘yung local health [services].

Against ako sa abortion, kahit rape-related. Bakit? 'Pag abortion pinapatay mo 'yung baby. Kasalanan ba ng baby? Kasalanan ba ng bata para patayin mo s'ya?

I’m against abortion. Ayaw natin ng abortion. Wala namang kasalanan ‘yung bata, May healing pa naman eh. May pagbabago pa. I-counseling muna yung na-rape na hindi pa naman tapos ang lahat. Na may pag-asa pang magbago ang lahat na hindi naman mapunta agad sa abortion.