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James M. Imbong, et al. Vs. Hon. Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr., et al. [Concurring Opinion, J. Abad]

G.R. No. 204819 -- James M. Imbong, and Lovely-Ann C. lmbong, for themselves and in behalf of their minor children, Lucia Carlo Imbong and Bernadette Carlos Imbong and Magnificat Child Development Center, Inc., Petitioners vs. Hon. Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr., Executive Secretary, et al., Respondents. G.R. No. 204934 -- Alliance for the Family Foundation Philippines, Inc. [ALFI], represented by its President Maria Concepcion S. Noche, et al., Petitioners vs. Paquito N. Ochoa, Executive Secretary, et al., Respondents. G.R. No. 204957 Task Force for Family and Life Visayas, Inc. and Valeriano S. Avila, Petitioners vs. Hon. Paquito N. Ochoa, Executive Secretary, et al., Respondents. G.R. No. 204988 -- Serve Life Cagayan de Oro City, Inc. represented by Dr. Nestor B. Lumicao, M.D., as President and his capacity, et al., Petitioners vs Office of the President, et al., Respondents. G.R. No. 205003 Expedito A. Bugarin, Jr., Petitioner vs. Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines, et al., Respondents. G.R. No. 205043 --· Eduardo B~ Olaguer and the Catholic Xyberspace Apostolate of the Philippines, Petitioners vs. DOH Secretary Enrique T. Ona, FDA Director Suzette H. Lazo, DBM Secretary Florencio B. Abad, DILG Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II and DECS Secretary Armin A. Luistro, Respondents. G.R. No. 205138 -- Philippine Alliance of XSeminarians, Inc. [PAX], et al., Petitioners vs. Hon. Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr., Executive Secretary, et al., Respondent'). G.R. No. 205478 -- Reynaldo J . Echavez, M.D., et al., Petitioners vs. Hon. Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr., Executive Secretary, et al., Respondents. G.R. No. 205491 Sps. Francisco S. Tatad and Maria Fenny C. Ta tad, et al., Petitioners vs. Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines, Respondent. G.R. No. 205720 -- Pro-Life Philippines Foundation, Inc., et al., Petitioners vs. Office of the President, et al., Respondent. G.R. No. 206355 -- Millennium Saint Foundation, Inc., Atty. RamonPedrosa,- Atty. Cita Borromeo-Garcia, Stella Acedera, and Atty. Berteni Cataluiia Causing, Petitioners vs. Office of the President (OP), Office of the Executive Secretary (OES), Department of Health (DOH), and Department of Education (DEPED), Respondents. G.R. No. 207111 -- John Walter B. Juat, et al., Petitioners vs. Hon. Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr., et al., Respondent. G.R. No. 207172 -- Couples for Christ Foundation, Inc., et al., Petitioners vs. Hon. Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr., et al., Respondent. G.R. No. 207563 -- Almarim Centi Tillah and Abdulhussein M. Kashim, Petitioners vs. Exec. Sec. Paquito N. Ochoa, Sec. Enrique T. Ona of the Department of Health and Secretary Armin A. Luistro of the Department of Education, Respondents. [Concurring Opinion, J. Abad]

G.R. Nos. 204819, 204934, 204957, 204988, 205003, 205043, 205138, 205478, 205491, 205720, 206355, 207111, 207172 & 207563 | 2014-04-08

EN BANC

 

CONCURRING OPINION


ABAD, J.:

 

I concur with the majority.


Remarkably, Republic Act 10354 or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, the RH Law for short, repeatedly extols the principles of gender equality, sustainable human development, health, education, information, the sanctity of human life and the family, improved quality of life, freedom of rel igious convictions, ethics, and cultural beliefs, freedom from poverty, and other ennobled principles. But these are already part of existing laws and no one can object to them. What they do is apparently embellish what...