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Women workers yesterday expressed support for the immediate passage of the absolute divorce bill, saying it would protect women and families from abuse.

The absolute divorce bill will be signed into law regardless of former Senate president Vicente Sotto III’s opposition and the May 2025 midterm elections, according to the measure’s principal author, Rep. Edcel Lagman.

Two members, who have been opposing the controversial divorce bill, have questioned the legitimacy of the measure’s passage on May 22, saying it was approved only by a “minority vote.”

The secretariat of the of the House of Representatives will hold transmitting House Bill 9349, or the Absolute Divorce Act, to the Senate pending the questions on how the votes of its members were counted.

Did your congressman vote for or against the absolute divorce bill? Here is a list of the yes, no and abstain votes for House Bill 9349.