Senator參議員 Vincente Sotto's speech initially最初 made headlines for very different reasons. He was speaking out against公然反對 a bill promoting促進 free birth control - a divisive subject分裂的主體 in this strictly嚴格 Catholic country. Shedding掉 tears, he said he believed that his baby son had died three decades ago because his wife had been pregnant while taking the contraceptive pill.避孕藥
Pictures of his emotional address made the front pages of most newspapers. But soon after Mr Sotto gave his speech, a pro-birth control researcher discovered that a large chunk塊 of it - the part where the senator gave evidence to back up支持 his claim說法 - came from a blog called the Healthy Home Economist.
The blogger, an American woman called Sarah Pope, who has no medical training, says she doesn't agree with Senator Sotto's position and claims that he twisted her words扭曲. The senator has responded to the growing online attacks against him by saying he's a victim of cyber-bullying(網路欺凌).
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