b. Law prohibiting Filipino mail-order brides
Republic Act No. 6955 has the title "An Act to Declare Unlawful the Practice of Matching Filipino Women for Marriage to Foreign Nationals on Mail-Order Basis and other Similar Practices, Including the Advertisement, Publication, Printing or Distribution of Brochures, Fliers and Other Propaganda Materials in Furtherance Thereof and Providing Penalty Therefor". As the title indicates, the law aims to protect Filipino women by declaring as unlawful the practice of matching Filipino women with foreign nationals on mail-order basis. Stated otherwise human trafficking of Filipino mail-order brides is what the law aims to prohibit. Filipino mail-order brides entering into marriage with foreign men they have never previously met may be subjected to physical and/or emotional and/or financial violence once they arrive abroad.