In this Slate Plus episode, a listener named Ana P. Santos explains what it was like to free herself from an unhappy marriage in her home country of the Philippines, where divorce is technically ...

President Marcos has yet to take a definitive stance on the refiled Divorce Bill in the 20th Congress, Malacañang said Thursday, adding that the President ...

In books like “My Marriage Sabbatical,” “All Fours” and “Consider Yourself Kissed,” women carve out a place between marriage and divorce.

Divorce remains illegal in Catholic-majority Philippines, the only place outside the Vatican where it is outlawed, contrary to claims that surfaced on Facebook and TikTok in January 2025. The ...