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Supreme Court (SC) Can a couple who converted to Islam and got married while the husband’s first marriage was still subsisting be both acquitted of bigamy charges? No, the Supreme Court (SC) said as it declared: “A party to a civil marriage who converts to Islam and contracts another marriage,
CONVERSION to Islam would not shield a party to a civil marriage from facing criminal liability for bigamy. The Supreme Court (SC) declared this in a 17-page decision penned by Associate Justice Marvic Leonen and released to the public on Monday, March 21, 2022. “A party to a civil marriage…
A pregnant woman at an evacuation centre in Datu Piang, Mindanao. Early marriage often results in early pregnancy, say health experts According to the 2008 National Health and Demographic Survey, the maternal mortality rate in ARMM is twice as high as the national average of 162 per 100,000 live births. ARMM has a high unmet need for family planning, with the lowest contraceptive prevalence rate for modern methods at 9.9 percent and traditional methods at 5.2 percent. On average, six out of 10 births take place at home under the supervision of a traditional birth attendant, but in ARMM, tha...