The Philippines' Baby Factory

The Philippines' Baby Factory: They call it the "baby factory". At the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in the Philippines' capital, Manila, an infant is born every 12 minutes. Many of the new mothers are teenagers, some just 13. This devoutly Catholic nation, where abortion is illegal, is the...

26 min - Health & the Body - Al Jazeera English

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