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Pregnant women pray before the start of a medical mission by a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Negros Oriental, central Philippines January 19, 2012. Philippine President Benigno Aquino on August 6, 2012 successfully threw his weight behind a health bill promoting state-funded contraception, stepping out of his late mother Corazon's shadow as he pushes reforms widely opposed by the Roman Catholic Church. The bill, as it stands, requires governments down to the village level to provide free or low-cost reproductive health services. The law will not promote abortion, which is illegal. Picture taken January 19, 2012. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH)