Word: arroyos
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...President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo recently dipped a toe into these charged waters. In a speech she wrote for the 4th World Meeting of Families opening ceremony on Jan. 22, Arroyo asserted that poverty and the birthrate are indeed connected and that the government should promote "fertility-awareness education" using "modern technology" and "birth spacing." Her words seemed intentionally vague, but the church, hearing contraceptive allusions, snapped back. "I want the President to make clear what she means," said Teodoro Bacani, a bishop in Manila, adding that he was "hurt" by her remarks. Arroyo, herself a devout Catholic, quickly qualified...
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