Villar vows to continue opposing divorce bill

Sen. Cynthia Villar will not budge from her position against divorce even as her female colleagues in the Senate are pushing for it, according to the senator herself.

- MARC JAYSON CAYABYAB

Among the women in Congress’ upper chamber who are in favor of divorce are Senators Risa Hontiveros, Grace Poe, Pia Cayetano, Imee Marcos and Loren Legarda.

Sen. Nancy Binay has earlier expressed opposition to divorce.

One ground for divorce in the proposed measure is the violence inflicted on women and children in abusive relationships.

The pro-divorce women senators signed the committee report on the proposed “Dissolution of Marriage Act” that hurdled the Senate women, children, family relations and gender equality panel last year.