In her bid to convince lawmakers to legalise divorce, Filipina fruit vendor Avelina Anuran has publicly testified about the abuse she said she regularly endured at the hands of her husband. But the mother of two-turned-activist has got no closer to ending her marriage. The Philippines is one of just two countries -- along with Vatican City -- where divorce remains illegal.
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00:24Medical legal.
00:27This is where I grew up.
00:31They put me over here.
00:34Now I have bruises on my arm.
00:38There are acupostasies over here.
00:41It can be very frustrating because we see how difficult it is for our clients to get
01:10an annulment, even if it is so evident, so the evidence is there. It takes so long.
01:33They make comments and they don't read the bill. And then they make, and they say the
01:38bill will be like this, like this, like this. No, that's not true. Read the bill and you
01:44will see how the sanctity of marriage is being safeguarded, the welfare of the children is
01:53provided for, and the issue of support and custody is preserved.
02:00It's not a question of liberality or rights, I think.
02:15The Catholic Church is against divorce because it is against our teaching. And we see that
02:21it's not going to be good for the family. We see that it is anti-family, anti-children,
02:27and anti-marriage.
02:51We see that it is anti-family. We see that it is anti-family.