I Support the RH Bill Because I Love the Filipino Family
I am a Catholic and I strongly support the Reproductive Health Bill or simply the RH Bill that has been once again the center of hot debates and protests between those who support them and the Catholic clergy and all their minions. This very important piece of legislation has been stalled for years because of the strong pressure and meddling of the Catholic clergy into the affairs of the state and politicians surrendering their sworn oath to serve the people for fear of political survival.
Before I go straight to my reasons why I support the RH Bill, I think people should first start to drop the term Catholic Church whenever they are referring to the Catholic clergy and all their minions who are against the RH Bill because,
…first, the Catholic clergy and their supporters are not the whole of the Catholic Church for the Church is the whole body of believers and not the magisterium or the religious bureaucracy;
…and second, because most Catholic faithful according to studies are for the RH Bill according to previous studies made and been reported on the media.
My reasons why I support the RH Bill are as follows:
1. Education is the key for well-informed decisions especially on the important issues that surround the family which affect individual health, family welfare and the future of the family and all its members. Without education, decisions as regards to the planning of the family may just be based on speculations, myths, impractical traditional beliefs, purely sexual impulses, and of course ignorance that obviously have negative consequences.
2. It is the duty of the state to educate its people as regards to the planning of the family and give them a wide array of choices in order to make a well-informed choice. Politicians who serve the State and the people have a sworn duty to protect the welfare of the Filipino family and not only of single religious denomination.
3. The Catholic Church nor any existing religious denominations have no affair of meddling into state policies more so into the dynamics of governance for first, such move defeats the very constitutional provision on the separation the Church and State; second, the Church can only teach its faithful for whatever dogma or belief systems it adhere to but leaves the matter of decision-making to individuals (in this case Catholic politicians); and third, their meddling into state policies to the extent of even floating the idea of excommunication and civil disobedience are tantamount to black-mailing and violating existing State laws for civil order.
4. I believe that the health of women should be protected by State by providing the necessary health services and education especially on matters of pregnancy and family planning.
5. I firmly believe that there is a direct connection between the ballooning population of the country and poverty with which the Catholic Church tries to downplay by pronouncing as baseless and a mere myth.
6. Based on the RH Bill filed in Congress, this piece of legislation does not legalize abortion nor singularly promotes contraceptives as what the Church tries to announce as its main battle of contention. The RH Bill especially that of Cong. Edcel Lagman is actually pro-life and will even try to reduce abortions, unwanted pregnancies and death of women due to pregnancy complications and abortion procedures from the hands of non-medical practitioners.
7. I think the RH Bill is already very much needed after a very long time of being stalled in Congress and there is no other way but for it to eventually be made into a law; be implemented and let the Filipino family most especially the poor be guided by reason and not by teachings of bishops who never experienced rearing a family, getting pregnant and all the concerns of being a “real parent” to children.
I think the Filipino family especially the poor has been made to suffer for a very long time the injustice of the Church leaders meddling into state affairs and the politician offering their political survival on the silver platter at the doorsteps of the Bishops. The Filipino family deserves a better life in terms of health care, education and other support and social services from the State that has been stolen from them for many decades.
I love the Filipino family that is why I am for the RH Bill.
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Very well said. I just had an FB post in relation to this (it was about Celdran’s case) and one atheist arrived with a big stick and started pounding on the church. I am not Catholic but if did quantitative research on the Catholics that are pro-RH bill, many would come up with the same answer as your post. In fact, I was shocked that my mom, a staunch Catholic, is pro-RH Bill.
Besides…Didn’t the pope tell the CBCP to lay off our politics? Hehe. It’s really just the CBCP, not the entire Catholic church.
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Do the bosses know about this?
I’m with you all the way bro.
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Have the Bishops, with all their educated status, define CONTRACEPTIVE vs ABORTION. Many things would clear along the way if they start with that.
Precisely, this issue is a a matter and concern of the state encompassing a single religion. They should stay out of this issue or maybe less confrontational and emotionally-charged wherein the faithful are misled by their baseless arguments and fortune-telling that this country will soon be nation of murderers.
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Wahahah! The bosses know about this wink Unless they too censure me, wahaha!
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Amen to that Sir. I’m also a pro-RH Bill. Our lawmakers should deliberate on it without consulting the CBCP – but of course, most of the politicians do because of their influence during election.
My Prof. in Social Science once said “The Roman Catholic is the prime movers of backward progress” – and I definitely agree with him.
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I just like the Facebook page. I also feel strongly about RH Bill. This should be implemented ASAP. Filipinos need a sustainable country, one that can support the needs of its citizen. This could only be achieved if we have a reasonable number of people.
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Most of the supporters of the RH Bill use POVERTY as a justification/an excuse to commit abortion with the use of these abortion-causing artificial contraceptives. They proudly state that once a decrease in population becomes present, our society will surely improve. However, poverty is not just about the growth in population; it is caused by many factors like corruption, inefficiency, and misuse of resources.
Moreover, no one has the right to decide on the existence of another person except God. As children of the Almighty God, we have the duty to protect the right to live of our brothers and sisters.
Let us be educated. Please read the bill and recognize its unworthiness especially the injustice it will bring to the Filipino Society.
2CA2, University of Santo Tomas
it’s not a bishop or a priest who hinders us to progress. it is you yourself who decide and think
imagine if RH bill becomes a law. all female pupil will submit themselves for vaccination. vaccination? yes, theh are to be injected with anti-fertility vaccine. at the age of 18, these all female pupils are all candidates for cancer….
population is not our problem. in fact, it is because of the no of filipinos that this country is still afloat!
…ofw remittances. if there was no corruption we would not see the poverty around us. imagine, the billions of pesos stolen by the likes of col. garcia and he is just one person! people are resource..and precious….period!
i really can’t find any logical reason why anyone would go against the RH bil…
At
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you can see interviews with Tito Sotto, the CBCP, Edsel Lagman and many more talking about the RH bill and why or why it should not pass.
Look at both sides of the coin. Form your own opinion. Do not miss out.
i just have some doubts….
is RH bill the covers birth control???
coz i’ve just noticed, all the people happens to favor birth control are already born.. heheh….odd~~~
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