"Finally, after 14 years of debate and delay, lawmakers [in the Philippines] passed a bill that will provide free or subsidized birth control to poor people as well as require sex education in schools and mandate training in family planning for community health workers," a Los Angeles Times editorial states. "For too long in the Philippine Congress, the priorities of the Roman Catholic Church took precedence over what most Filipinos wanted -- and needed," the editorial states. "The Philippines has one of the fastest-growing populations in Asia, and is also one of the most densely populated countries," the editorial notes, adding, "It cannot produce enough food to feed its 96 million people."