A Cautionary Word for the Mother and Child's Bill

The government and the DPR should not be in a hurry to ratify the Mother and Child Welfare Bill. It needs further study for effective application.

 

Tempo

June 27, 2022

DESPITE giving a sense of being progressive, some parts of the Mother and Child Welfare Bill still need careful scrutiny. It would be untoward for a regulation that aims to guarantee the maternity rights of women and their offspring to instead perpetuate women’s domestication and be only a toothless law in application.

The Mother and Child Welfare Bill to be ratified as a House of Representatives (DPR) initiative bill on Tuesday, June

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