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Legalizing Divorce in the Philippines by Azucarera Costa is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This position paper argues that divorce should be legalized in the Philippines for several reasons: 1) Not allowing divorce traps unhappy couples in marriages that have effectively ended, when allowing them to divorce could help both parties find happiness. 2) Banning divorce does not prevent marriage failure and takes away an "emergency exit" option that could help protect against domestic violence. 3) Legalizing divorce could help reduce domestic violence by removing the notion that a spouse is "prop

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Azucarera Costa

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