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Opinion

For the health of its families, the Philippines needs a divorce law

Current system deprives non-Muslim women of equal choice

| Philippines
A counselor arranges chairs inside a family counseling room at the Center for Family Ministries in Quezon City: Dissolving a Philippine marriage is a complex, discouraging process.   © AP

AJ Alfafara is co-founder of the Divorce Pilipinas Coalition.

My beloved country, the Philippines, is the last country in the world, save for Vatican City, to forbid most citizens from getting divorced.

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