Mandatory pregnancy test sa mga estudyante sa Baguio inalmahan

PUMALAG ang Gabriela Women’s Party sa ipinapatupad na mandatory pregnancy test sa mga estudyante sa isang eskuwelahan sa Baguio City.

Iginiit nina Representatives Emmi de Jesus at Arlene Brosas na discriminatory laban samga kababaihan ang polisiyang ito ng Pines City Colleges.

“This policy is discriminatory against women, violates the Magna Carta of Women, and perpetuates an old view and stigma that pregnancy is socially unacceptable and against the norm. This  also creates undue pressure and lays unreasonable blame to pregnant female students, as they will be sanctioned with dropping of the subjects and one-year delay,” saad ng joint statement ng dalawa.

Susulat ang Gabriela sa Pines City College upang ipaalam ang kanilang pagtutol sa polisiyang ito.”This policy glosses over the reality that women, especially female students, are vulnerable victims in a patriarchial society, and that unplanned pregnancy is never their fault.”