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Article: FAMILY PLANNING ALLOWED IN ARMM

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May 2, 2006
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MORE people in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) are becoming more aware of the religious teaching on family planning, which states that all methods of family planning are allowed as long as they are safe, legal and in accordance with the Islamic sharia.

The teaching (fatwa) on reproductive health and family planning was officially proclaimed by the Darul-Iftah (House of Islamic Opinion) of the Philippines only last March to change misconceptions that family planning was not allowed by Islam. The fatwa explains that family planning does not refer to birth control or abortion but rather to birth or child spacing.

Conducted by the research group TNS, the study revealed that 55 ...

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