Another organization, Catholic Vote Philippines, which was formed in December in reaction to the new law, is compiling a database of locally elected candidates, including members of the House of Representatives, and listing how their positions align with Catholic beliefs, said Dr. Ricardo B. Boncan, the group's executive director.
In the 1960s, in reaction to the Thalidomide tragedy, further laws were passed requiring safety testing on pregnant animals before a drug can be sold.
Even if the law is struck down entirely -- which could happen if the court decides that the other provisions are too intertwined with the mandate -- many experts say that some changes the law has already set in motion will continue, probably more slowly, but possibly at a more urgent pace in reaction to the elimination of the federal law.
Cooke said that the Democratic lawmakers who passed the laws this year in Colorado are "uninformed" and are passing "knee-jerk reaction" laws in reaction to the Aurora theater shooting in Colorado and the Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut, both in 2012.
Instead, the justices considered a federal law enacted in reaction to the first ruling that called for the government to transfer the acre of land on which the cross sits to private hands.
It was created largely in reaction to the DPP's overwhelming focus on immigration law – and very little else – according to its founder.
In reaction to the scandal, California passed some of the strictest laws in the country governing medical data privacy.
"There has been a lot more talk than action," Latif said, pointing to a relatively muted reaction to the law in Uganda's exchange rate.
China is worried about the negative reaction to the law not only in Taiwan and America (where it was predictable) but in Europe.
