Intersectional and ethical assessment of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (Republic act no. 10354) and the proposed Anti-Discrimination Act (Senate bill no. 1271) via personal narratives of selected LGBT activists

• Main Author: Manauat, Natividad Dominique G.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Reproductive rights—Moral and ethical aspects—Philippines; Sexual rights—Moral and ethical aspects—Philippines; Sexual minorities—Legal status, laws, etc.—Philippines; Applied ethics; Applied Ethics; Civil Rights and Discrimination; Family Law
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_doctoral/1425; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2487&context=etd_doctoral
• Institution: De La Salle University

The study is a philosophical analysis on identity politics and policy ethics, with special focus on two key pieces of legislation in the Philippines: the Reproductive Health Bill (RHB), signed as the “Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012” (Republic Act No. 10354) and the Anti-Discrimination Bill (ADB) or the “Proposed Anti-Discrimination Act (Senate Bill No. 1271)” using an intersectional approach in theorizing the concepts of lived identities (such as sex, gender, sexual orientation, among others) and the contextual practice of LGBT activists in their LGBT (Human) Rights advocacy work. By utilizing the key informant interviews and presenting the personal narratives of key informants, the study displayed the lived experience of advocacy work in lobbying for the two bills that are framed in human rights discourse in the interlocking areas of bioethics, reproductive and sexual rights, equality and anti-discrimination, and policy ethics. Intersectional theory and practice is evidenced and strengthens the human rights framework but although intersectionality in the Philippine context (balandra) is enhanced by the ethics of care, the study finds and refines various modes of caring among activists (pangangalaga, pakikialam, pag-aaruga). The study fills the gap in local scholarship on the LGBT movement, policy ethics, and its applications in care ethics.