In-depth report?

Jeers to Newsbreak for its incomplete report on the contraceptive ban in Bataan where seven barangays in Bataan passed an ordinance which banned the sale of modern forms of contraception in their community.

The  report “Contraception ban in Bataan” (http://www.newsbreak.ph/2011/11/08/contraception-ban-in-bataan/) failed to give both sides of the story in the contraception ban in Puerto Rivas Itaas, Puerto Rivas Ibaba, Puerto Rivas Lote, Tortugas, Cupang Proper, Cupang West, and Tanato. Newsbreak interviewed a local resident who relied solely on the local health clinic for her contraception needs, a health worker, a member of a women’s rights group, and the mayor of a neighboring municipality.

A barangay official said that he signed the ordinance without really understanding what it was about while the mayor they interviewed said that the officials’ religious beliefs were factored into the drafting of ordinance.

Newsbreak failed to get the viewpoint of concerned government agencies like Department of Health, other government officials and advocate groups, and law experts to know if an ordinance driven by religious belief is lawful.