I know that we are all tired about the constant debate of lawyers and senators about the RH bill. But it is still gratifying to become aware of the issue so that we can air our opinions and become a vigilant citizen. After all, we are still the ones who are going to be affected by this bill, if this may be pursued in the future. So what is really RH BILL? Okay. Let us start.
In the house of representative and in the Senate today, there are six bills pertaining to reproductive health that have been filed and the most controversial of these bills is House Bill No. 96 authored by Rep. Edcel Lagman. This house bill is also known as the "Reproductive Health and Population and Development Act of 2010”.
Several people especially the pro-life, pro-family and pro-God groups, regardless of creed or religion are airing their discontentment about the bill. The Roman Catholic Church also had expressed its opposition against it, most especially the distribution of family planning supplies like the condoms in jeepneys all over Metro Manila. Also, the Catholic Church are in disagreement of the Bill on the account for women taking oral contraceptives (OCs) or using intrauterine devices (IUD), post-fertilization. According to scientists and other medicinal findings, the effect of this is to prevent women from getting pregnant.
Pro-life groups and many medical professionals are now saying to understand and respect the beliefs of women who want to bear a child in her womb. “Women should be liberated and have the right to choose”, they say.
However, the position of the Catholic Church and the pro-life groups does not mean that they despised birth in any family. But the sexual act that should after marriage should be properly exercised within marriage only. If there are reasonable reasons for disowning pregnancy, such really serious medical conditions in the mother, poverty reasons, then the Catholic Church teaches that married couples may take advantage of the natural cycles of the reproductive system and use their marriage precisely use the natural family planning.
Other aspects of the bill being presented are the questionable safety of the family planning supplies given by the government. And instead of the pursuing money on these supplies, the government should give allotments in pursuing health programs that targets communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria.
The very point of the RH Bill debate is the right to life. The Philippine Constitution says that the State "shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception. If artificial contraceptives are medically proven to induce abortion as one of their mechanisms of action, then using the contraceptives is clearly unconstitutional and illegal.
Pro-life groups and many medical professionals are now saying to understand and respect the beliefs of women who want to bear a child in her womb. “Women should be liberated and have the right to choose”, they say.
However, the position of the Catholic Church and the pro-life groups does not mean that they despised birth in any family. But the sexual act that should after marriage should be properly exercised within marriage only. If there are reasonable reasons for disowning pregnancy, such really serious medical conditions in the mother, poverty reasons, then the Catholic Church teaches that married couples may take advantage of the natural cycles of the reproductive system and use their marriage precisely use the natural family planning.
Other aspects of the bill being presented are the questionable safety of the family planning supplies given by the government. And instead of the pursuing money on these supplies, the government should give allotments in pursuing health programs that targets communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria.
The very point of the RH Bill debate is the right to life. The Philippine Constitution says that the State "shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception. If artificial contraceptives are medically proven to induce abortion as one of their mechanisms of action, then using the contraceptives is clearly unconstitutional and illegal.
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