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By David Dizon, ABS-CBNnews.com

Posted at 12/17/2012 6:56 PM | Updated as of 12/17/2012 6:56 PM

Married women have a right to safe, satisfying sex, say Miriam, Pia, Loren

MANILA, Philippines â€" Women senators on Monday chided Sen. Tito Sotto for moving to strike out the phrase "safe and satisfying sex" in the Reproductive Health (RH) bill.

During the period of amendments, Sotto said he will no longer ask that the Senate remove the entire phrase but only the words "and satisfying."

“The reason why I wanted to remove the whole phrase originally is that I believe Reproductive Health in the context of a true Filipina does not pertain to safe and satisfying sex. When a true Filipina speaks of reproductive health, she means family, marriage, responsible parenthood, nurturing and rearing her children and the mother,” he said, causing a commotion in the Senate gallery.

Sotto said there are some phrases that are just not acceptable to Filipino culture.

“For the sake of the law, dahil mas magandang pakinggan at mas katanggap-tanggap sa ating mga kababayan, alisin na antin yung satisfying, Anyway it's subjective,” he said.

"It is the right of every woman to have a safe and satisfying sex life but do you have to place that in the law? Pweede namang sex life, o. Ang ganda ring pakinggan e," he added.

Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, a co-sponsor of the RH bill, said the phrase is included in the final document of a United Nations conference and may be considered as ripened into international law.

She added: “I am a Filipina by birth and by training at the UP College of Law and by inclination. I am also a married woman and I insist that whoever is married to me should give me safe and satisfying sex.”

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