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A divided House of Representatives yesterday approved on third and final reading the absolute divorce bill that in nearly four decades only reached plenary debates in the halls of Congress.
BY a narrow margin of votes, the House of Representatives approved House Bill 9349 on Wednesday, aiming to establish absolute divorce as an alternative means of ending irreparably broken or dysfunctional marriages. The bill, which was voted on by 126 affirmative, 109 negative, and 20 abstentions, provides limited grounds and…
THE House of Representatives yesterday approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to legalize absolute divorce and allowing the dissolution of marr.