The absolute divorce bill in the Philippines is a proposed law that seeks to institute absolute divorce in the country. The bill was approved by a Senate panel in September 2023. The bill provides for absolute divorce based on various grounds, including five years of separation whether continuous or broken, and commission of the crime of rape before or after marriage. The Committee Report 124, prepared and submitted by the Senate committee on women, children, family relations, and gender equality, recommended the approval of Senate Bill 2443, which defined absolute divorce as the “legal termination of a marriage by a court in a legal proceeding” . Once divorce is granted, the status of both parties will be reverted to single for all legal intents and purposes, including the right to contract a subsequent marriage. The grounds for absolute divorce include physical violence or grossly abusive conduct, a final decree of absolute divorce validly obtained in a foreign jurisdiction by any Filipino citizen, and irreconcilable marital differences or irreparable breakdown of the marriage despite earnest efforts at reconciliation. The bill proposes harsh penalties for those who collude to secure a divorce decree or of one spouse coercing the other to file for divorce.