Filipinos protest against contraceptives

Sunday 14 August 1994 23:02 BST

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MANILA (Reuter) - Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos rallied yesterday against a 'global dictatorship' swamping the Third World with contraceptives. Pro-lifers heeded the Roman Catholic church's call by gathering to oppose a government campaign to cut the impoverished country's high population growth. Cardinal Jaime Sin and former president Corazon Aquino led the protest by burning sex magazines and a document expected to be presented at next month's population forum in Cairo which the Church said would promote contraception and abortion.

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