I respect and appreciate the opinions of Jake, Fred, gWaPito, Terpe, and Jamesey on this issue . However, it’s still to be hoped that a majority of Filipinos have less conservative views than the Catholic Church would have us believe, and are broadly “ in favour “ of the law.
This is my take on it Doc..
The views of the poor massa are developed at home and within their communities.. Many of their parents are not educated in the ways of family planning at school..They are educated on Sundays in church and their kids that may or may not be at school are educated by their Catholic teachers or within their communities that have always been taught their whole life`s to fear God and abide by his scripture..
We have Bishops here on local TV explaining why the R.P has a healthy economy.. They say its because they have an abundance of Filipino OFW`s that work abroad sending back hard currency that is utilized here..The use of condoms of course would deplete that resource in the medium to long term. They tell their congregation that their faith is a blessing from God for which they will be rewarded.. Blah blah blah.. Here in Tagbilaran you cannot have a passenger tricycle registered without a painted/printed verse from the bible to be displayed clearly on the rear.
This scripture has been ingrained into their way of life for hundreds of years!!
I think that eventually these laws will begin to take effect as the R.P slowly attempts to take on the Bishops and modernize..
This will take decades to achieve IMO..
I hope I`m wrong.