I would like to share the song "One Day" by Matisyahu to end this blog roll.
sometimes I lay
under the moon
and thank God I'm breathing
then I pray
don't take me soon
cause I am here for a reason
sometimes in my tears I drown
but I never let it get me down
so when negativity surrounds
I know some day it'll all turn around
because
all my life I've been waiting for
I've been praying for
for the people to say
that we don't wanna fight no more
they'll be no more wars
and our children will play
one day x6
it's not about
win or lose cause
we all lose
when they feed on the souls of the innocent
blood drenched pavement
keep on moving though the waters stay raging
in this maze you can lose your way (your way)
it might drive you crazy but don't let it faze you no way (no way)
sometimes in my tears I drown
but I never let it get me down
so when negativity surrounds
I know some day it'll all turn around
because
all my life I've been waiting for
I've been praying for
for the people to say
that we don't wanna fight no more
they'll be no more wars
and our children will play
one day x6
one day this all will change
treat people the same
stop with the violence
down with the hate
one day we'll all be free
and proud to be
under the same sun
singing songs of freedom like
one day x4
all my life I've been waiting for
I've been praying for
for the people to say
that we don't wanna fight no more
they'll be no more wars
and our children will play
one day x6
ooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRmBChQjZPs
Sunday, July 17, 2011
WHAT LEI THINKS...
The stand of my good friend Lei on the RH Bill.
"I find this 7-week blog about the RH Bill very knowledge-, reality- and factual-based. And upon accummulated research, I will not say I am a pro or an anti; I will not take sides. I have learned that until our nation is divided by this, we will not be able to uplift each other’s lives. In one networking company, their vision is to uplift one million lives at a time. But how do they do that? They simply extend a hand to members or employees who needs help. They do not leave the ‘losers’ or the less fortunate behind. The millionaires or the well-off always look back to where they came from and that makes them humble and down to earth. And I ask myself, why can we not be like that? We are so full of words; we always want to talk and talk without walking it. We do not realize that if we prolong this fight, we are delaying the help we could give to other people. Why does the word ‘cooperate’ and ‘compromise’ does not exist in us? Why do we always have to fight for things we know we would benefit in the future? Ask yourselves why. We are becoming close-minded to everything that is happening. We are wasting the opportunity that the Senate or the House is giving us – the opportunity to help amend the laws. We are always invited to listen to the hearing of laws but what we always do is insist what we want to happen. We always fight for the wrong reasons. Why not think about building a stable future – not only for us, but also for the next generations? We, Filipinos, are known for preserving our values. But why do those people who fight for it does not seem like good models? Yes, maybe I am pertaining to the Church; but it is true, right? They are known to be God’s instruments but why do they have the guts to bash people around, to threaten them? Where is the love they should be sharing? Come on guys think. We are not in the right state to fight for this bill. Why don’t the anti tell straight to the Congress to throw that bill and amend existing laws instead. This is no time for experimentation right. We are losing lives here. We should act quick! Meanwhile, the pros should be open to this suggestion, the pros should be the one to open a good and positive dialogue about this issue for I know they have all the means to explain the bill. We should know that initiative is the key. Let’s stop insisting on each other’s principles. We are all different people, we cannot change that. We just have to keep adjusting and cope with whatever’s here right now."
My classmate Lei and I have the same stand on the RH Bill. I think that she presented facts and arguments well about her side and was able to send out the message clearly.
"I find this 7-week blog about the RH Bill very knowledge-, reality- and factual-based. And upon accummulated research, I will not say I am a pro or an anti; I will not take sides. I have learned that until our nation is divided by this, we will not be able to uplift each other’s lives. In one networking company, their vision is to uplift one million lives at a time. But how do they do that? They simply extend a hand to members or employees who needs help. They do not leave the ‘losers’ or the less fortunate behind. The millionaires or the well-off always look back to where they came from and that makes them humble and down to earth. And I ask myself, why can we not be like that? We are so full of words; we always want to talk and talk without walking it. We do not realize that if we prolong this fight, we are delaying the help we could give to other people. Why does the word ‘cooperate’ and ‘compromise’ does not exist in us? Why do we always have to fight for things we know we would benefit in the future? Ask yourselves why. We are becoming close-minded to everything that is happening. We are wasting the opportunity that the Senate or the House is giving us – the opportunity to help amend the laws. We are always invited to listen to the hearing of laws but what we always do is insist what we want to happen. We always fight for the wrong reasons. Why not think about building a stable future – not only for us, but also for the next generations? We, Filipinos, are known for preserving our values. But why do those people who fight for it does not seem like good models? Yes, maybe I am pertaining to the Church; but it is true, right? They are known to be God’s instruments but why do they have the guts to bash people around, to threaten them? Where is the love they should be sharing? Come on guys think. We are not in the right state to fight for this bill. Why don’t the anti tell straight to the Congress to throw that bill and amend existing laws instead. This is no time for experimentation right. We are losing lives here. We should act quick! Meanwhile, the pros should be open to this suggestion, the pros should be the one to open a good and positive dialogue about this issue for I know they have all the means to explain the bill. We should know that initiative is the key. Let’s stop insisting on each other’s principles. We are all different people, we cannot change that. We just have to keep adjusting and cope with whatever’s here right now."
My classmate Lei and I have the same stand on the RH Bill. I think that she presented facts and arguments well about her side and was able to send out the message clearly.
FOR STEPHEN SI....
A fellow classmates point of view, Mr. Stephen Si. He is one of the people is who is for the RH Bill. A neutral stand he has when it comes on the topic of believing in God. He argued that people who do believe in our creator could sometimes be very confusing. I guess it would most probably be when someone takes the bible literally that would really cause plenty of doubt and confusion towards many people. I believe that the bible should not be taken literally because that it would lose the point and true meaning of anything that the it says there.
God asks us to think more deeply with his words so that we could fully understand his word. Much like when the bible says, (any versions: whether it is King James, New international version, NLT and etc) "be fruitful and multiply and increase your number" you cannot just go ahead having kids incessantly, without thinking further its responsibilities, the ones they will go through once they have a child. They ought to make sure that they are able to provide basic things for them their shelter, education and food. The fact that there are plenty of kids wandering around the streets show that our beloved country is not able to make parents more aware of their responsibilities.
“God gave us free will, so why not use that free will to decide for ourselves?”, he added. I will quote his one strong opinion about the Church’s beliefs.
“Another thing I’d like to seriously point out about the beliefs of the church is that most of the time, their own beliefs clash with one another. It doesn’t even make sense sometimes. Let’s give a hypothetical situation. Let’s say there is a family in poverty and they live in a slum area. They already have three kids which obviously more than they can afford. When asked, they prefer not to have another child. So how does that work? They’re married so they obviously have the right to have sexual intercourse. If they no longer want children they’re not allowed to have sex anymore? Doesn’t that also contradict their beliefs that married couples should be allowed to have sex as a symbol of their love?”
"“It’s not as simple as saying that just because we’re not overpopulated doesn’t mean people won’t starve.”
“Ang stupid talaga, sana wag nalang tayo magbulagbulagan sa reality eh. We really need that bill if not, people are not going to be disciplined. They would not have any information or guide on how they could survive their poor lives. Pag walang RH Bill, para narin natin tinanggalan ng chance makabawi sa life yung mga tao. God did not die for us to suffer more. His death saved us just like the crappy Church is teaching. Then why are we stopping the RH Bill. Sana dina madelay to. Come on people think! Wake up, this is reality. We are screwed up anyway why not face its consequences?"
God asks us to think more deeply with his words so that we could fully understand his word. Much like when the bible says, (any versions: whether it is King James, New international version, NLT and etc) "be fruitful and multiply and increase your number" you cannot just go ahead having kids incessantly, without thinking further its responsibilities, the ones they will go through once they have a child. They ought to make sure that they are able to provide basic things for them their shelter, education and food. The fact that there are plenty of kids wandering around the streets show that our beloved country is not able to make parents more aware of their responsibilities.
“God gave us free will, so why not use that free will to decide for ourselves?”, he added. I will quote his one strong opinion about the Church’s beliefs.
“Another thing I’d like to seriously point out about the beliefs of the church is that most of the time, their own beliefs clash with one another. It doesn’t even make sense sometimes. Let’s give a hypothetical situation. Let’s say there is a family in poverty and they live in a slum area. They already have three kids which obviously more than they can afford. When asked, they prefer not to have another child. So how does that work? They’re married so they obviously have the right to have sexual intercourse. If they no longer want children they’re not allowed to have sex anymore? Doesn’t that also contradict their beliefs that married couples should be allowed to have sex as a symbol of their love?”
"“It’s not as simple as saying that just because we’re not overpopulated doesn’t mean people won’t starve.”
“Ang stupid talaga, sana wag nalang tayo magbulagbulagan sa reality eh. We really need that bill if not, people are not going to be disciplined. They would not have any information or guide on how they could survive their poor lives. Pag walang RH Bill, para narin natin tinanggalan ng chance makabawi sa life yung mga tao. God did not die for us to suffer more. His death saved us just like the crappy Church is teaching. Then why are we stopping the RH Bill. Sana dina madelay to. Come on people think! Wake up, this is reality. We are screwed up anyway why not face its consequences?"
Saturday, July 16, 2011
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF THE RH BILL IS PASSED. WHO KNOWS??
Patricia Natividad:
For me, the idea of RH bill is acceptable, provided there should still be balance and acceptance from both parties. If we are to say that the implementation of the RH Bill is to suppress or alleviate the growing population of our country, the Republic of the Philippines, then we might be missing the point. The RH Bill may be of help to this but I do not think that this is the answer or the solution to the prevailing and on going problem.
I think that the most rightful thing to do is to educate. Educate people from all walks of life, from all levels of education and all fields of the industry. Regardless if you can or cannot sustain or simply feed one family member. We should instill awareness in the minds of the Filipino people to start “family planning” especially, without any biases, to the illiterates or the uneducated for the very obvious reason that they do not know and because they do not know and they are not aware, they would not care. On another note, people from the middle to the higher classes do not give them any access to by pass and over look the system too, otherwise, they are also not being of any help to the program. In connection to that, since the lower classes do not have the sense of “responsibility”, if I may put that in quotation, they keep procreating, which is not a wrong thing to do, but they are not careful to what is ahead of them and these are the consequences to further poverty as more and more children are being added to their families, with a low paying job, sometimes even not so decent jobs just to try to sustain the family which leads to a growing population.
In conclusion, there really is nothing wrong in pro-creation, it was even commanded to us in the Holy Bible, “Go, therefore and multiply” but I also believe that the Lord commanded this within reasons and that is the reason why we have leaders and people in position to have these “reasons” be implemented.
I believe that my good friend Patricia presented really valid and concrete reasons too as to why the prolong reproductive health bill should be passed. Aside from being a firm believer too, it is actually the future of the coming generations that our leaders should be more aware of. If the cycle continues, the reproductive health bill being passed over and over again and nothing’s being considered as a solution for this problem then we would have a generation that will just get worse or remain the same. No change at all and as a third world country that is awfully tragic to settle for. Our country should aim high, this is one of the ways to solve the problem of poverty, lack of education, better health and finding jobs that will suffice for a good lifestyle. IMPLEMENT THE RH BILL NOW AND LET’S TAKE IT FORM THERE.
For me, the idea of RH bill is acceptable, provided there should still be balance and acceptance from both parties. If we are to say that the implementation of the RH Bill is to suppress or alleviate the growing population of our country, the Republic of the Philippines, then we might be missing the point. The RH Bill may be of help to this but I do not think that this is the answer or the solution to the prevailing and on going problem.
I think that the most rightful thing to do is to educate. Educate people from all walks of life, from all levels of education and all fields of the industry. Regardless if you can or cannot sustain or simply feed one family member. We should instill awareness in the minds of the Filipino people to start “family planning” especially, without any biases, to the illiterates or the uneducated for the very obvious reason that they do not know and because they do not know and they are not aware, they would not care. On another note, people from the middle to the higher classes do not give them any access to by pass and over look the system too, otherwise, they are also not being of any help to the program. In connection to that, since the lower classes do not have the sense of “responsibility”, if I may put that in quotation, they keep procreating, which is not a wrong thing to do, but they are not careful to what is ahead of them and these are the consequences to further poverty as more and more children are being added to their families, with a low paying job, sometimes even not so decent jobs just to try to sustain the family which leads to a growing population.
In conclusion, there really is nothing wrong in pro-creation, it was even commanded to us in the Holy Bible, “Go, therefore and multiply” but I also believe that the Lord commanded this within reasons and that is the reason why we have leaders and people in position to have these “reasons” be implemented.
I believe that my good friend Patricia presented really valid and concrete reasons too as to why the prolong reproductive health bill should be passed. Aside from being a firm believer too, it is actually the future of the coming generations that our leaders should be more aware of. If the cycle continues, the reproductive health bill being passed over and over again and nothing’s being considered as a solution for this problem then we would have a generation that will just get worse or remain the same. No change at all and as a third world country that is awfully tragic to settle for. Our country should aim high, this is one of the ways to solve the problem of poverty, lack of education, better health and finding jobs that will suffice for a good lifestyle. IMPLEMENT THE RH BILL NOW AND LET’S TAKE IT FORM THERE.
MEJ- ALL ABOUT THE RH BILL!
My sister Mej Del Rosario is all about the Reproductive Health Bill. In my interview with her she said that she was all about EDUCATION. She is one of the people who believe that the root of this problem is the lack of education. In reality, there are plenty of thirteen-year-old girls who get pregnant. These girls do not know that if they engage into sexual activities they would get pregnant. Hence, they do not know how difficult it would be and how life is.
“The thing is fine fine, overpopulation but what happens to the kind of kid they raise?”
Men and women who are in poverty are not very well privilege to get into good schools and have quality education hence the reason why they are not able to get jobs that pay well or enough. This has been the propelling system and cycle. She has also mentioned that it is true that the reproductive health bill targets the “youngsters” since their parents do not know well about sex education too! And the thing is, the reproductive health bill would not be presented in manner of making it a joke. It would be presented in the classroom just like any other science class they take. It is absolutely not going to be disgusting, provocative and informal. It would be explained like “this is the sperm and then when it meets the egg this happens” and that it is painful. Sex is part of the human body, it is but just right to be able to study things about it in school as well, much like the eye. Our country is so conservative to the point that it is very hard to distinguish what is sincere and not anymore.
However, she also says that she is not about the contraceptives (abortafficient), just take these kinds of contraceptives and put the education then that’s it! The only reason why it is taking this long is because they are talking so much about it, they arguments and reasons are becoming like a cycle- they just keep repeating the same old issues. They have also reached the point where in they have threatened the president of the country Noynoy Aquino to be excommunicated for the reason of him supporting this bill as well.
See if one would take the bible literally it going to be very difficult however, if you think critically about it when god said multiply he also meant that parents should be responsible for taking care of their child’s fundamental needs and holistic being. They ought to make sure that they are able to send their children to school, provide food and shelter for them and most especially raise them well as good citizens of their country. They cannot just go on having kids and let them wander off the streets because this is what is specifically happening in our country. Kids who belong to a poor family are starting to learn how to work, wash their clothes, carry boiling water for food and etc. THAT IS CHILD ABUSE! These kids should be playing around in a safe place and learning in school not working.
“The thing is fine fine, overpopulation but what happens to the kind of kid they raise?”
Men and women who are in poverty are not very well privilege to get into good schools and have quality education hence the reason why they are not able to get jobs that pay well or enough. This has been the propelling system and cycle. She has also mentioned that it is true that the reproductive health bill targets the “youngsters” since their parents do not know well about sex education too! And the thing is, the reproductive health bill would not be presented in manner of making it a joke. It would be presented in the classroom just like any other science class they take. It is absolutely not going to be disgusting, provocative and informal. It would be explained like “this is the sperm and then when it meets the egg this happens” and that it is painful. Sex is part of the human body, it is but just right to be able to study things about it in school as well, much like the eye. Our country is so conservative to the point that it is very hard to distinguish what is sincere and not anymore.
However, she also says that she is not about the contraceptives (abortafficient), just take these kinds of contraceptives and put the education then that’s it! The only reason why it is taking this long is because they are talking so much about it, they arguments and reasons are becoming like a cycle- they just keep repeating the same old issues. They have also reached the point where in they have threatened the president of the country Noynoy Aquino to be excommunicated for the reason of him supporting this bill as well.
See if one would take the bible literally it going to be very difficult however, if you think critically about it when god said multiply he also meant that parents should be responsible for taking care of their child’s fundamental needs and holistic being. They ought to make sure that they are able to send their children to school, provide food and shelter for them and most especially raise them well as good citizens of their country. They cannot just go on having kids and let them wander off the streets because this is what is specifically happening in our country. Kids who belong to a poor family are starting to learn how to work, wash their clothes, carry boiling water for food and etc. THAT IS CHILD ABUSE! These kids should be playing around in a safe place and learning in school not working.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
It is certain that the Reproductive health Bill is currently in Congress and has gone through plenty of discussions, debates and has been prolonged for the longest time. The Members of the BCBP and other concerned people in the country have decided to point out the this proposed bill has yet to be more known for others and realize its effects on the lifestlye of people, their faith, families, children and their future.
CONSPIRACY AGAINST LIFE is the main arguement of the bill. that is also the example of it. This is becoming subtly incessant on the value of sancitity of people's lives in this very generation. It seems as if there is a conspiracy going on that is in that is evolved in a "culture of death". This does not just damage our personal, family and community relations, but does distort our relationship with peoples and nations. This is considered a direct opposition to the culture of life.
THE FOLLOWING IS A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE BCPB OUGHT TO MAKE KNOWN...
"For a more detailed discussion of the various aspects of the Culture of Life, the Culture of Death, and other burning issues of the times (contraception, abortion, euthanasia, bioethics, health care, and sexuality concerns), read Evangelizing Presence: Caring for Life, a BCBP publication, authored by Nancy Russell Catan (BCBP Portal Editor), Fr. Pasquale T. Giordano, SJ, and Mitos Rivera. It is available at the BCBP National Office. Some of the salient features of the Culture of Death vs the Culture of Life are summarized in the following paragraphs.
The basic feature of this Culture of Death is the noticeable absence of God in a growing secular lifestyle, influenced by a flood of distorted and hedonistic values where pleasure is maximized and pain is minimized. Having and hoarding become more important than “being”. Sexuality is depersonalized and exploited. The so-called right of women to decide whether or not to kill their unborn child due to various reasons usually in support of their personal life-style is highlighted and the right of the unborn to its God-given life is being ignored.
This is the modern tragedy: the eclipse of the sense of God and man, and the resulting distortions wherein society refuses to accept and care for any life – the sick, the aged, the dysfunctional, the weak – that interferes with its “progress”. We are gradually but inexorably losing the sense of the sacred in our society.
Life as designed by God is always “a good”. It is the seed of an existence that transcends the very limits of time, for God himself has planted eternity in the human heart. Human life has always been sacred to God, and to proclaim Christianity is to proclaim life.
Therefore as a “people for life” we need to view life in its deeper meaning, and to look for God’s living image in every person, in the unborn person as well as in the birthed. By seeing Christ in every person we meet, we can experience a God-given, everyday – or we could say, an every-person – epiphany! This is the Culture of Life.
It is this Culture of Life that promotes and enables us and others to live in dignity and fullness of life. It is in embracing the Culture of Life that helps us build our families as the basic life unit of community and society. It is in strengthening this Culture of Life in our families that the integrity and sanctity of the family as the domestic church, the basic unit of Christian life and cornerstone of society, is truly realized.
Let us ask ourselves and answer sincerely and honestly from our hearts: Who am I, who are we, to arrogate ourselves equal to God by legislating whether a God-created, God-given life should live or die? The future of our society depends on the rediscovery of the innate human and moral values that promote and strengthen the Culture of Life. At the same time we need to fight against those values that promote the influence of the Culture of Death.
We urge you to familiarize yourselves with the various aspects and concerns surrounding the Reproductive Health Bill by reviewing and re-reading the ten news articles and two videos that have been posted on this website since September 2010."
Source:
http://www.bcbp-phil.com/?p=4737
CONSPIRACY AGAINST LIFE is the main arguement of the bill. that is also the example of it. This is becoming subtly incessant on the value of sancitity of people's lives in this very generation. It seems as if there is a conspiracy going on that is in that is evolved in a "culture of death". This does not just damage our personal, family and community relations, but does distort our relationship with peoples and nations. This is considered a direct opposition to the culture of life.
THE FOLLOWING IS A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE BCPB OUGHT TO MAKE KNOWN...
"For a more detailed discussion of the various aspects of the Culture of Life, the Culture of Death, and other burning issues of the times (contraception, abortion, euthanasia, bioethics, health care, and sexuality concerns), read Evangelizing Presence: Caring for Life, a BCBP publication, authored by Nancy Russell Catan (BCBP Portal Editor), Fr. Pasquale T. Giordano, SJ, and Mitos Rivera. It is available at the BCBP National Office. Some of the salient features of the Culture of Death vs the Culture of Life are summarized in the following paragraphs.
The basic feature of this Culture of Death is the noticeable absence of God in a growing secular lifestyle, influenced by a flood of distorted and hedonistic values where pleasure is maximized and pain is minimized. Having and hoarding become more important than “being”. Sexuality is depersonalized and exploited. The so-called right of women to decide whether or not to kill their unborn child due to various reasons usually in support of their personal life-style is highlighted and the right of the unborn to its God-given life is being ignored.
This is the modern tragedy: the eclipse of the sense of God and man, and the resulting distortions wherein society refuses to accept and care for any life – the sick, the aged, the dysfunctional, the weak – that interferes with its “progress”. We are gradually but inexorably losing the sense of the sacred in our society.
Life as designed by God is always “a good”. It is the seed of an existence that transcends the very limits of time, for God himself has planted eternity in the human heart. Human life has always been sacred to God, and to proclaim Christianity is to proclaim life.
Therefore as a “people for life” we need to view life in its deeper meaning, and to look for God’s living image in every person, in the unborn person as well as in the birthed. By seeing Christ in every person we meet, we can experience a God-given, everyday – or we could say, an every-person – epiphany! This is the Culture of Life.
It is this Culture of Life that promotes and enables us and others to live in dignity and fullness of life. It is in embracing the Culture of Life that helps us build our families as the basic life unit of community and society. It is in strengthening this Culture of Life in our families that the integrity and sanctity of the family as the domestic church, the basic unit of Christian life and cornerstone of society, is truly realized.
Let us ask ourselves and answer sincerely and honestly from our hearts: Who am I, who are we, to arrogate ourselves equal to God by legislating whether a God-created, God-given life should live or die? The future of our society depends on the rediscovery of the innate human and moral values that promote and strengthen the Culture of Life. At the same time we need to fight against those values that promote the influence of the Culture of Death.
We urge you to familiarize yourselves with the various aspects and concerns surrounding the Reproductive Health Bill by reviewing and re-reading the ten news articles and two videos that have been posted on this website since September 2010."
Source:
http://www.bcbp-phil.com/?p=4737
WHAT THE CBCP THINKS!
Let us all pause for awhile with all the stands of the different people around my circle and get an insight from a member of the CBCP community itself. The editor's blog goes...
"The Reproductive Health Bill now in Congress has been the subject of discussions, heated arguments and lengthy position papers for many months. As BCBP members and concerned citizens, we must make it a point to know more about this piece of proposed legislation and how it would affect our lives, our faith, our families, our children and their future.
This Bill is, in the view of our faith, is a prime example of the “conspiracy against life” that is subtly encroaching on the sanctity of life in today’s milieu. This conspiracy takes the form of a “culture of death” and damages us not only in our personal, family, and community relations, but also distorts relations between peoples and nations. It is in direct opposition to the Culture of Life.
For a more detailed discussion of the various aspects of the Culture of Life, the Culture of Death, and other burning issues of the times (contraception, abortion, euthanasia, bioethics, health care, and sexuality concerns), read Evangelizing Presence: Caring for Life, a BCBP publication, authored by Nancy Russell Catan (BCBP Portal Editor), Fr. Pasquale T. Giordano, SJ, and Mitos Rivera. It is available at the BCBP National Office. Some of the salient features of the Culture of Death vs the Culture of Life are summarized in the following paragraphs.
The basic feature of this Culture of Death is the noticeable absence of God in a growing secular lifestyle, influenced by a flood of distorted and hedonistic values where pleasure is maximized and pain is minimized. Having and hoarding become more important than “being”. Sexuality is depersonalized and exploited. The so-called right of women to decide whether or not to kill their unborn child due to various reasons usually in support of their personal life-style is highlighted and the right of the unborn to its God-given life is being ignored.
This is the modern tragedy: the eclipse of the sense of God and man, and the resulting distortions wherein society refuses to accept and care for any life – the sick, the aged, the dysfunctional, the weak – that interferes with its “progress”. We are gradually but inexorably losing the sense of the sacred in our society.
Life as designed by God is always “a good”. It is the seed of an existence that transcends the very limits of time, for God himself has planted eternity in the human heart. Human life has always been sacred to God, and to proclaim Christianity is to proclaim life.
Therefore as a “people for life” we need to view life in its deeper meaning, and to look for God’s living image in every person, in the unborn person as well as in the birthed. By seeing Christ in every person we meet, we can experience a God-given, everyday – or we could say, an every-person – epiphany! This is the Culture of Life.
It is this Culture of Life that promotes and enables us and others to live in dignity and fullness of life. It is in embracing the Culture of Life that helps us build our families as the basic life unit of community and society. It is in strengthening this Culture of Life in our families that the integrity and sanctity of the family as the domestic church, the basic unit of Christian life and cornerstone of society, is truly realized.
Let us ask ourselves and answer sincerely and honestly from our hearts: Who am I, who are we, to arrogate ourselves equal to God by legislating whether a God-created, God-given life should live or die? The future of our society depends on the rediscovery of the innate human and moral values that promote and strengthen the Culture of Life. At the same time we need to fight against those values that promote the influence of the Culture of Death."
Source:
http://fightrhbill.blogspot.com/search/label/Building%20a%20Culture%20of%20Life
"The Reproductive Health Bill now in Congress has been the subject of discussions, heated arguments and lengthy position papers for many months. As BCBP members and concerned citizens, we must make it a point to know more about this piece of proposed legislation and how it would affect our lives, our faith, our families, our children and their future.
This Bill is, in the view of our faith, is a prime example of the “conspiracy against life” that is subtly encroaching on the sanctity of life in today’s milieu. This conspiracy takes the form of a “culture of death” and damages us not only in our personal, family, and community relations, but also distorts relations between peoples and nations. It is in direct opposition to the Culture of Life.
For a more detailed discussion of the various aspects of the Culture of Life, the Culture of Death, and other burning issues of the times (contraception, abortion, euthanasia, bioethics, health care, and sexuality concerns), read Evangelizing Presence: Caring for Life, a BCBP publication, authored by Nancy Russell Catan (BCBP Portal Editor), Fr. Pasquale T. Giordano, SJ, and Mitos Rivera. It is available at the BCBP National Office. Some of the salient features of the Culture of Death vs the Culture of Life are summarized in the following paragraphs.
The basic feature of this Culture of Death is the noticeable absence of God in a growing secular lifestyle, influenced by a flood of distorted and hedonistic values where pleasure is maximized and pain is minimized. Having and hoarding become more important than “being”. Sexuality is depersonalized and exploited. The so-called right of women to decide whether or not to kill their unborn child due to various reasons usually in support of their personal life-style is highlighted and the right of the unborn to its God-given life is being ignored.
This is the modern tragedy: the eclipse of the sense of God and man, and the resulting distortions wherein society refuses to accept and care for any life – the sick, the aged, the dysfunctional, the weak – that interferes with its “progress”. We are gradually but inexorably losing the sense of the sacred in our society.
Life as designed by God is always “a good”. It is the seed of an existence that transcends the very limits of time, for God himself has planted eternity in the human heart. Human life has always been sacred to God, and to proclaim Christianity is to proclaim life.
Therefore as a “people for life” we need to view life in its deeper meaning, and to look for God’s living image in every person, in the unborn person as well as in the birthed. By seeing Christ in every person we meet, we can experience a God-given, everyday – or we could say, an every-person – epiphany! This is the Culture of Life.
It is this Culture of Life that promotes and enables us and others to live in dignity and fullness of life. It is in embracing the Culture of Life that helps us build our families as the basic life unit of community and society. It is in strengthening this Culture of Life in our families that the integrity and sanctity of the family as the domestic church, the basic unit of Christian life and cornerstone of society, is truly realized.
Let us ask ourselves and answer sincerely and honestly from our hearts: Who am I, who are we, to arrogate ourselves equal to God by legislating whether a God-created, God-given life should live or die? The future of our society depends on the rediscovery of the innate human and moral values that promote and strengthen the Culture of Life. At the same time we need to fight against those values that promote the influence of the Culture of Death."
Source:
http://fightrhbill.blogspot.com/search/label/Building%20a%20Culture%20of%20Life
Saturday, July 9, 2011
MORE REALIZATIONS!
More of the things I realized!
Part of the statements in the Reproductive Health Bill is that sex education will be implemented in the elementary and secondary (highschool) education. The church has a very strong notion against this idea because it does seem but just the inappropriate to teach kids regarding such topic. However, it says in the bill that if the parents are unable to explain these things about them, they have the option, let me say that again the option to sign a form and let the school teach this to them.
Further, the fact that with or without the Reproductive Health Bill intercourse between male and female would still exist. I think this is by far the strongest realization I have had. Hence, the purpose of the bill of being just an option for the families here in our country. The government would certainly not be able to control how couples might go about their marriages. That particular area is very personal and intimate. The government realizes that which is why this bill should be implemented so that people who might want to benefit from the ideas and advices of this bill could changed their lifestyle (if they want to).
We now live in a very modern world where in people are more liberal, critical and practical now. That change might be remorseful for some but one should face the reality. Not everybody is and will be Catholics and we should give that respect to someone regardless of their choice. This is the very sole purpose of having amendments that declares our freedom of speech, choice and press. The more this bill is prolonged the more the people will question the governments way of governance and the Churchs’ way of analogy and thinking about this particular issue.
However, one should realize it too that the reproductive health bill might encourage adversities like commitment issues but this could only happen when this bill will be abused. Hence, I think that once the bill is implemented the government should definitely be very strict about following what the bill says and does not say.
Another thing is that, we should change that mindset that whenever there are some things that do not go very well like-the industries in our country, poverty rate, education and health. We cannot fully blame the government and their corruption through this. The change should start within each and everybody in and outside our country. To get a bigger picture of what I had just said, think about seeing street children begging for money. Initially we would normally thing that “wow. Why is the government not doing anything about this?” but in a more in-depth analysis why blame the government right away? Are they the parents of these kids wandering around? Is not it the jobs of the parents to take care of the personal level of wellness of their kids? I say stop prolonging the agony of these people and let change occur, right here right now! THE RH BILL PROMOTES SOLUTION NOT HARM!
Part of the statements in the Reproductive Health Bill is that sex education will be implemented in the elementary and secondary (highschool) education. The church has a very strong notion against this idea because it does seem but just the inappropriate to teach kids regarding such topic. However, it says in the bill that if the parents are unable to explain these things about them, they have the option, let me say that again the option to sign a form and let the school teach this to them.
Further, the fact that with or without the Reproductive Health Bill intercourse between male and female would still exist. I think this is by far the strongest realization I have had. Hence, the purpose of the bill of being just an option for the families here in our country. The government would certainly not be able to control how couples might go about their marriages. That particular area is very personal and intimate. The government realizes that which is why this bill should be implemented so that people who might want to benefit from the ideas and advices of this bill could changed their lifestyle (if they want to).
We now live in a very modern world where in people are more liberal, critical and practical now. That change might be remorseful for some but one should face the reality. Not everybody is and will be Catholics and we should give that respect to someone regardless of their choice. This is the very sole purpose of having amendments that declares our freedom of speech, choice and press. The more this bill is prolonged the more the people will question the governments way of governance and the Churchs’ way of analogy and thinking about this particular issue.
However, one should realize it too that the reproductive health bill might encourage adversities like commitment issues but this could only happen when this bill will be abused. Hence, I think that once the bill is implemented the government should definitely be very strict about following what the bill says and does not say.
Another thing is that, we should change that mindset that whenever there are some things that do not go very well like-the industries in our country, poverty rate, education and health. We cannot fully blame the government and their corruption through this. The change should start within each and everybody in and outside our country. To get a bigger picture of what I had just said, think about seeing street children begging for money. Initially we would normally thing that “wow. Why is the government not doing anything about this?” but in a more in-depth analysis why blame the government right away? Are they the parents of these kids wandering around? Is not it the jobs of the parents to take care of the personal level of wellness of their kids? I say stop prolonging the agony of these people and let change occur, right here right now! THE RH BILL PROMOTES SOLUTION NOT HARM!
I HAVE DECIDED!
I have decided! I am for the Reproductive Health Bill! Upon this venture of fully understand both sides of the controversial bill, before all these blog entries come to an end- I am a PRO. This especially when I came across this article on the internet that told the story of an incident that happened during a communion in church. Those who were in favor of the RH BILL was not given the chance to go about the process of communion. There were refused by the church to exercise this holy practice just because of their stand on the bill.
I find this awfully disappointing as they continue to show inappropriate behavior towards the reproductive health bill. The church’s actions to convince more people to go against the bill are manifested in a way that is unbecoming of them, that is disappointing in every level especially that they are (the bishops and priests) the people of God. I feel like the more they persuade people to do be against the reproductive health bill by their desperate ways of excommunicating the Catholics’ who do would result to an intense tension in their community.
It is already a fact that regardless of being a country that is predominantly catholic does not mean everybody is. With much understanding and research on this issue, the reasoning’s of the Church is becoming bothersome. It seems like as if they do not know what the word of God is truly saying. They defend themselves with verses that go “be fruitful and increase your number” in Genesis but only stops there. It further goes that God is saying multiply and increase your number, however make sure that you are able to prove the fundamental things your children will need. Meaning parents must be able to provide food, shelter and clothes for them.
With that let’s begin to ask ourselves, why are there so many street children? This is very evident that if you are in the Philippines one way or another you will definitely experience being asked for money by these poor children. Instead of going to school, playing around their respective homes and learning these kids are on the streets begging for money, sometimes even get drenched under the rain when the weather is on a rainy season and the parents do not do anything about it.
This is also why there are many cases of children who die or get into extreme accidents in and outside the house because at four years old they are taught how to cook for the family, carry boiling water in the house for cooking and other purposes. Where is the responsible parenthood enter the picture? More often than not, there would be parents too who would let their children provide the food on the table. These are just some of the extremes of the real problems in our country. I wish that more people especially the church will realize it that the reproductive health bill is not there to harm but PROTECT the welfare of the people in our country.
Source:
http://www.spot.ph/newsfeatures/47649/catholic-parish-prohibits-rh-bill-supporters-from-receiving-communion
I find this awfully disappointing as they continue to show inappropriate behavior towards the reproductive health bill. The church’s actions to convince more people to go against the bill are manifested in a way that is unbecoming of them, that is disappointing in every level especially that they are (the bishops and priests) the people of God. I feel like the more they persuade people to do be against the reproductive health bill by their desperate ways of excommunicating the Catholics’ who do would result to an intense tension in their community.
It is already a fact that regardless of being a country that is predominantly catholic does not mean everybody is. With much understanding and research on this issue, the reasoning’s of the Church is becoming bothersome. It seems like as if they do not know what the word of God is truly saying. They defend themselves with verses that go “be fruitful and increase your number” in Genesis but only stops there. It further goes that God is saying multiply and increase your number, however make sure that you are able to prove the fundamental things your children will need. Meaning parents must be able to provide food, shelter and clothes for them.
With that let’s begin to ask ourselves, why are there so many street children? This is very evident that if you are in the Philippines one way or another you will definitely experience being asked for money by these poor children. Instead of going to school, playing around their respective homes and learning these kids are on the streets begging for money, sometimes even get drenched under the rain when the weather is on a rainy season and the parents do not do anything about it.
This is also why there are many cases of children who die or get into extreme accidents in and outside the house because at four years old they are taught how to cook for the family, carry boiling water in the house for cooking and other purposes. Where is the responsible parenthood enter the picture? More often than not, there would be parents too who would let their children provide the food on the table. These are just some of the extremes of the real problems in our country. I wish that more people especially the church will realize it that the reproductive health bill is not there to harm but PROTECT the welfare of the people in our country.
Source:
http://www.spot.ph/newsfeatures/47649/catholic-parish-prohibits-rh-bill-supporters-from-receiving-communion
Sunday, July 3, 2011
To the church: NOT EVERYBODY IS CATHOLIC!
"The longer the RH Bill is being argued over, the more that we are distracted from the real problem and wasting time instead of saving lives and helping our fellowmen. Here are the plain truths. Sobering and painful, aren't they? Do you now see why we need the RH Bill? At the end of the day, the bill simply equips you with information. Be responsible for the choices you make." - Nix Nicholas
I firmly support what she had just mentioned. In my own understanding, the Reproductive Health Bill is there for a reason, for a purpose that could ultimately be beneficial most especially for the unfortunate families. That statement I had just said might have several fallacies but let me explain myself furthermore. One of the root causes of over population in the country as they say is the lack of education- the lack of awareness of poor parents to know when and when not to plan having yet another child. If we have the Reproductive Health Bill passed as a law, it will most certainly help a lot of them. They will be taught how to go about family planning, use of contraceptives and etc.
What many do not take into consideration is that, once the Reproductive Health Bill has been passed it would only serve as an option for the parents. It is not like the government will go to the houses of each family and start demanding an ample amount of their time just to listen to them lecture about family planning. It will be the choice of the parents whether or not they would like to visit the centers in which the family planning lectures are being held.
The government recognizes that they will have no absolute control over the people, especially when it is regarding matters or concerns like these, which are very personal. However, it is still part of their job description to provide aids and the means for the people in the country they serve to make their lives better. For me, the government also recognizes that sex will exist with or without this bill and therefore the use of contraceptives are for those people who are not disciplined or just cannot completely get a hold of themselves and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. The error enters the picture if the government tries to stop them from doing what they want to do because it will ultimately break the code of being in a democratic country.
Another thing is that, the church argue so much about this being a pro-abortion bill. But people should not just take a stand like that. Are they even aware that using condoms will prevent the sperm from meeting the egg? Because this is the case. They say that life starts once the sperm had met the egg however, with condoms this is prevented so that question is just thrown back to them. Sometimes, the church can just be very unreasonable regardless, they are still a good community however, I feel like now that I’m more on the pro-side of this issue the Church should acknowledge that NOT EVERYBODY IS A CATHOLIC!
Source:
http://storify.com/nixcnix/the-real-deal-facts-behind-rh-bill
I firmly support what she had just mentioned. In my own understanding, the Reproductive Health Bill is there for a reason, for a purpose that could ultimately be beneficial most especially for the unfortunate families. That statement I had just said might have several fallacies but let me explain myself furthermore. One of the root causes of over population in the country as they say is the lack of education- the lack of awareness of poor parents to know when and when not to plan having yet another child. If we have the Reproductive Health Bill passed as a law, it will most certainly help a lot of them. They will be taught how to go about family planning, use of contraceptives and etc.
What many do not take into consideration is that, once the Reproductive Health Bill has been passed it would only serve as an option for the parents. It is not like the government will go to the houses of each family and start demanding an ample amount of their time just to listen to them lecture about family planning. It will be the choice of the parents whether or not they would like to visit the centers in which the family planning lectures are being held.
The government recognizes that they will have no absolute control over the people, especially when it is regarding matters or concerns like these, which are very personal. However, it is still part of their job description to provide aids and the means for the people in the country they serve to make their lives better. For me, the government also recognizes that sex will exist with or without this bill and therefore the use of contraceptives are for those people who are not disciplined or just cannot completely get a hold of themselves and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. The error enters the picture if the government tries to stop them from doing what they want to do because it will ultimately break the code of being in a democratic country.
Another thing is that, the church argue so much about this being a pro-abortion bill. But people should not just take a stand like that. Are they even aware that using condoms will prevent the sperm from meeting the egg? Because this is the case. They say that life starts once the sperm had met the egg however, with condoms this is prevented so that question is just thrown back to them. Sometimes, the church can just be very unreasonable regardless, they are still a good community however, I feel like now that I’m more on the pro-side of this issue the Church should acknowledge that NOT EVERYBODY IS A CATHOLIC!
Source:
http://storify.com/nixcnix/the-real-deal-facts-behind-rh-bill
STRAIGHT TO THE POINT by: Mark Lian, fellow blogger.
For Mark Lian, a fellow blogger about the Reproductive Health Bill he presented reasons and facts about going straight to the point of the RH Bill. He’s idea’s are the following:
Let us go straight away to what, for me, is the most significant means presented by the bill to attain its end, significant from the point of view of understanding the presuppositions of the bill especially with regards to human dignity and human actions. What is this means or, let say for our present context, “provisions”? We are presented an option to choose between the natural method of birth control and the “modern” or artificial method, and these methods are to be made available by the State. (Liam, 2011)
Three things can be observed here: (1) the options are presented as if they exist on the same line of value, that both options advance economics and health; (2) the options are presented as if they are a matter of individual personal choice only, that a woman can procure ligation even without the consent of the husband; (3) the options are presented as if the sexual act is simply a pleasurable act, that discipline is not absolutely necessary in it (since one may use contraceptives and thereby may not exercise continence) to make it a truly human act. (Liam, 2011)
On the same line of value-- it seems to me that RHBP is trying to tell us that the artificial method is as effective a means as the natural method in advancing economic prosperity to this country and good health to its citizens. Three essential points should be made here: first, while it is true that both methods have effects to economics and health, economics and health are not the only areas of human life that can be affected by these methods unless we are prepared to say that human beings are reducible to being only material bodies with more complex desires than the brutes; what I mean here is that the bill stands on a materialist conception of man. Second point, if indeed man is more than an economic living being, meaning that there exists in him ‘spirituality’ that defines the humanness of his humanity, this humanness of his humanity must be the source and end of his activities, including sexual activities. Third point, if our activities do not have this humanness of our humanity as their source and end, then these activities-- in the final analysis-- destroy themselves along with their effects, their supposed to be ‘good’ effects. (Liam, 2011)
On Individual Personal Choice—We are being told that a method of birth control can be procured without spousal consent. Again, we are seeing here the same materialist interpretation of human relations, especially that of marriage. If ‘having children’ is a mutual and joint decision of the couple, why is ‘not having them’ an individual separate choice? This way of thinking is understandable from the point of view of the one who separates the conjugal act itself from its natural fecundity, who separates the conjugal act from human love, and human love from the person. What is missing here is the understanding that the profoundest, the deepest, and the highest dimension, the only dimension worthy of the person as a person is that of love, which is the giving of one’s self as a free gift to another self, a gift that calls for mutual self-giving as well as mutual acceptance. (Liam, 2011)
On Discipline is not Absolutely Necessary—The one who separates procreation from the conjugal act, the conjugal act from human love, and human love from the exigency of personhood, is also the one who cannot understand the need for discipline in human love. Discipline, however, is necessary for self-control or self-mastery, without which one cannot hold himself and give himself to another person, one cannot love. Moreover, we cannot imagine a peaceful and orderly State with citizens who are unable to control themselves—a certain amount of virtue is necessary for a true society of persons. (Liam, 2011)
The spirit of the bill, in my opinion, can be stated briefly this way: that man is only a material being who lives only for himself in the context of his uncontrollable passions. (Liam, 2011)
Source:
http://fightrhbill.blogspot.com/2011/06/spirit-of-rh-bill.html
Let us go straight away to what, for me, is the most significant means presented by the bill to attain its end, significant from the point of view of understanding the presuppositions of the bill especially with regards to human dignity and human actions. What is this means or, let say for our present context, “provisions”? We are presented an option to choose between the natural method of birth control and the “modern” or artificial method, and these methods are to be made available by the State. (Liam, 2011)
Three things can be observed here: (1) the options are presented as if they exist on the same line of value, that both options advance economics and health; (2) the options are presented as if they are a matter of individual personal choice only, that a woman can procure ligation even without the consent of the husband; (3) the options are presented as if the sexual act is simply a pleasurable act, that discipline is not absolutely necessary in it (since one may use contraceptives and thereby may not exercise continence) to make it a truly human act. (Liam, 2011)
On the same line of value-- it seems to me that RHBP is trying to tell us that the artificial method is as effective a means as the natural method in advancing economic prosperity to this country and good health to its citizens. Three essential points should be made here: first, while it is true that both methods have effects to economics and health, economics and health are not the only areas of human life that can be affected by these methods unless we are prepared to say that human beings are reducible to being only material bodies with more complex desires than the brutes; what I mean here is that the bill stands on a materialist conception of man. Second point, if indeed man is more than an economic living being, meaning that there exists in him ‘spirituality’ that defines the humanness of his humanity, this humanness of his humanity must be the source and end of his activities, including sexual activities. Third point, if our activities do not have this humanness of our humanity as their source and end, then these activities-- in the final analysis-- destroy themselves along with their effects, their supposed to be ‘good’ effects. (Liam, 2011)
On Individual Personal Choice—We are being told that a method of birth control can be procured without spousal consent. Again, we are seeing here the same materialist interpretation of human relations, especially that of marriage. If ‘having children’ is a mutual and joint decision of the couple, why is ‘not having them’ an individual separate choice? This way of thinking is understandable from the point of view of the one who separates the conjugal act itself from its natural fecundity, who separates the conjugal act from human love, and human love from the person. What is missing here is the understanding that the profoundest, the deepest, and the highest dimension, the only dimension worthy of the person as a person is that of love, which is the giving of one’s self as a free gift to another self, a gift that calls for mutual self-giving as well as mutual acceptance. (Liam, 2011)
On Discipline is not Absolutely Necessary—The one who separates procreation from the conjugal act, the conjugal act from human love, and human love from the exigency of personhood, is also the one who cannot understand the need for discipline in human love. Discipline, however, is necessary for self-control or self-mastery, without which one cannot hold himself and give himself to another person, one cannot love. Moreover, we cannot imagine a peaceful and orderly State with citizens who are unable to control themselves—a certain amount of virtue is necessary for a true society of persons. (Liam, 2011)
The spirit of the bill, in my opinion, can be stated briefly this way: that man is only a material being who lives only for himself in the context of his uncontrollable passions. (Liam, 2011)
Source:
http://fightrhbill.blogspot.com/2011/06/spirit-of-rh-bill.html
Saturday, July 2, 2011
WHAT DOES OUR PRESIDENT SAY ABOUT RH BILL?
It was initially presented on the news that President Noynoy Aquino was very fickle minded about his stand on the controversial issue of the Reproductive Health Bill which he likes to call the “Responsible Parenthood”. This was very much evident when the term “sa pula sa puti” was broadcasted by the media that came from his previous interviews about his stand on the bill.
During the Presidential Youth Forum that was honorably held in our school, De La Salle University the President had to give an answer, his final answer on whether he is genuinely for the reproductive health bill or against it. He uttered that he values that the people in our country would know important information on different kinds of family planning methods-Regardless, if it is the modern or the natural way. This in the sense that people of a democratic country would still be able to choose or utilize their free will. That statement he let go off made him become a pro on the Reproductive Health Bill, however he mentioned that there are still some areas in the bill that needs revisions which makes it a little confusing whether he is for it or against it. He further says that,
“There are provisions that I cannot support. I was mistakenly labeled as co-author of the bill. Actually I am listed as interpellator, and I am waiting for my opportunity. But having said that, I still think that this is a problem that we cannot bury our heads in the sand. Kailangan natin tugunan. Habang hindi inaasikaso ang problema, tuloy lalaki ang problema at tuloy ang pasakit sa taongbayan.”
In my understanding, PNoy as a catholic believer is torn a part. However, as a president of this country there are certain things that he ought to do for the best interest of the people that is why despite the big possibility that he might get excommunicated in his church, he still believes that the intentions of the reproductive health bill is a good solution and law for our country.
“Responsible parenthood basically says each parent should be reminded, ‘May dinala kayong anak sa mundong ito. Meron kayong obligasyon na sila’y paaralin, pakainin, patirahin ng maayos, damitan, at iba pa.’ Ano ang solusyon diyan? Meron po tayong educational campaign na ipapatupad.”
With these things that he said about the Reproductive Health Bill, he certainly was able to give an affirmative effect to the people listening to him in and outside the area. The people who are for the bill were very much encouraged however, he still felt distressed by the Catholic Church. He ends his speech by saying:
“I don’t care if the Catholic Church will abandon me because of my support for the RH Bill. I cannot allow a church-run state. The church teaches me that I will follow my conscience. My conscience tells me that we have an overpopulation problem. I have to address it; we need to control the population. We must ensure ful availability of contraceptives.”
source:
http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?t=426276
RH BILL PROMOTES ORDER, it is a solution not pro ABORTION!
According to my sister, Violy Alipio RH BILL PROMOTES ORDER and therefore shall be passed on as a law.
Morally wrong because of the views of bishops, priests, and question? not everybody is catholic. Then how do we do about it? What about the non-Catholics? Therefore, the Catholics who are for it excommunicate them but they don't want this because they will lose their people in the church. Before the sperm goes to the egg it wont be fertilized. but the thing is the question of IF enters the picture. The RH bill brings order, and it will also control the number of babies here in the Philippines. problem enters with how many children babies poor people have, malnourish kids, lack of education, street children will be less.
If they are a lot how they would be given good nutrition, education and good welfare? we have so many problems without any solution but the RH bill is a solution! or a good effect on the lifestyle of the people in the coming generations. we're not overpopulated we just have a lot of poor kids coming from a poor family. if you are rich, like Henry sy 15 kids. Question will they be given good eduation? then he she is not a problem. poor people/families are the problem. then if rh bill is the way for them. rich family don't need governemnt to help them however, poor families do but then the government cannot help them. kailangan mga anak mo naalagaan mo according to the bible. issue of moral: who takes care of your kids? you don't take care of them? give them medicine? wait food on the streets? isn't that morally incorrect when you give birth to kids and then just let other people take care of them?? and the bible said "supilin" lumaki ng matino, respectable mutiply and supilin ito. grow up responsible but is this what we see with poor families who have many kids? YOU ARE ALREADY COMMITTING A MORAL SIN! sin is not by the numbers, irresponsible parents are. bring this back to them. moral issue where does it start? is when they started to have kids? or when they started to plan their families??
Its not just giving out contraceptives, lumaki kids you don't know how to explain sex, rh bill states that parents can explain sex but if they can't institution enters the picture. they will explain this to them. if teachers not enough to explain this to kids then go first. It also promotes, kids to be responsible. tamad na ayaw mag withdaw, its for them. don't deprive them of this kind of discipline affect us because if they grow in number we're the ones who will get affected too. CHAIN REACTION, if they are a lot we're the ones being affected. inate in ourselves that we ought to help, but we know that these kids have parents that should take care of them! and where is the problem coming form? government or parents? why do the parents leave their children alone. government should not be to blam because they parents allow them to do this. The government gets ipit in the picture. It's always the parents first before anyone else.
The government enters the picture because this is a PROBLEM now when they see that there are so many parents being irresponsible. illiteracy, malnutrition, inadequate moral intelligence, shows that being irresponsible parents are okay all these towards the children growing. ABUSE of children, 5 years old takes care of her 2-year-old sibling. can't play because mom works (naglalaba). Child abuses in the family, kids hold fire to cook rice, not safe for them. No child safety!
Morally wrong because of the views of bishops, priests, and question? not everybody is catholic. Then how do we do about it? What about the non-Catholics? Therefore, the Catholics who are for it excommunicate them but they don't want this because they will lose their people in the church. Before the sperm goes to the egg it wont be fertilized. but the thing is the question of IF enters the picture. The RH bill brings order, and it will also control the number of babies here in the Philippines. problem enters with how many children babies poor people have, malnourish kids, lack of education, street children will be less.
If they are a lot how they would be given good nutrition, education and good welfare? we have so many problems without any solution but the RH bill is a solution! or a good effect on the lifestyle of the people in the coming generations. we're not overpopulated we just have a lot of poor kids coming from a poor family. if you are rich, like Henry sy 15 kids. Question will they be given good eduation? then he she is not a problem. poor people/families are the problem. then if rh bill is the way for them. rich family don't need governemnt to help them however, poor families do but then the government cannot help them. kailangan mga anak mo naalagaan mo according to the bible. issue of moral: who takes care of your kids? you don't take care of them? give them medicine? wait food on the streets? isn't that morally incorrect when you give birth to kids and then just let other people take care of them?? and the bible said "supilin" lumaki ng matino, respectable mutiply and supilin ito. grow up responsible but is this what we see with poor families who have many kids? YOU ARE ALREADY COMMITTING A MORAL SIN! sin is not by the numbers, irresponsible parents are. bring this back to them. moral issue where does it start? is when they started to have kids? or when they started to plan their families??
Its not just giving out contraceptives, lumaki kids you don't know how to explain sex, rh bill states that parents can explain sex but if they can't institution enters the picture. they will explain this to them. if teachers not enough to explain this to kids then go first. It also promotes, kids to be responsible. tamad na ayaw mag withdaw, its for them. don't deprive them of this kind of discipline affect us because if they grow in number we're the ones who will get affected too. CHAIN REACTION, if they are a lot we're the ones being affected. inate in ourselves that we ought to help, but we know that these kids have parents that should take care of them! and where is the problem coming form? government or parents? why do the parents leave their children alone. government should not be to blam because they parents allow them to do this. The government gets ipit in the picture. It's always the parents first before anyone else.
The government enters the picture because this is a PROBLEM now when they see that there are so many parents being irresponsible. illiteracy, malnutrition, inadequate moral intelligence, shows that being irresponsible parents are okay all these towards the children growing. ABUSE of children, 5 years old takes care of her 2-year-old sibling. can't play because mom works (naglalaba). Child abuses in the family, kids hold fire to cook rice, not safe for them. No child safety!
Monday, June 27, 2011
The stand of a fellow classmate: EJ ZOLETA
Here goes a stand of my fellow classmate who is studying organizational communication. Her testimony is as follows:
“After a series of random interviews with students and after hearing their meaningful insights, finally, I am going to unveil my stand about the RH Bill. *drum roll* I am a Catholic. Maybe the Catholic Church would excommunicate me for this and I might go to hell in the afterlife, but I am PRO RH Bill. I’m not against morality but I’m against ignorance. I guess that the church is just making a controversy out of something that shouldn’t be controversial at all. I don’t see why the morality issue should be included here when at least everyone should be looking at the brighter side and see what RH bill has to offer to our unstable society.
With morality issues set aside, being a pro-RH bill doesn’t make me a murderer and it doesn’t necessarily mean that I am against life. As a matter of fact, I value life more than anything. Yes, everyone has the right to live but would the “person” enjoy his/her existence if the state is in a condition like this? Don’t worry, I can see the fallacy in my statement. But then there’s nothing wrong with looking at the near future. First, we are over populated. Artificial contraceptives, on the other hand, may not be the best solution to it but at least it could lessen the problem. Second, this act of using contraceptives should be not regarded as abortion. Abortion is a different thing. Using contraceptives in my point of view is much more effective than natural family planning. Third, teenagers are getting pregnant. Sex education is a must for it will inform them a lot of things. They will also be guided. People should be well-informed about this so that they will be knowledgeable and responsible for their every action. Fourth, the rights of the women are being distorted; they should be able to do what they want because it’s their choice because it is their body, our body. And Fifth, I am pro because I have the right to say yes, to what I think is right and no, to what will lead me and my fellow citizens at risk.
I value life and I value others life’ as well. Maybe some could afford to buy condoms, pills etc., but some cannot afford to have one. Some have access to proper education, some are ignorant. I think we all need to see what’s happening around and not only consider what’s best for ourselves. If the Church fears that Christians might be extinct because population will be controlled and nobody will be on their side and give donations, they may have to re-consider things and put aside morality issues.
In my point of view, this act would be for the betterment of our country. For a healthy living lifestyle.
But then again, no one knows what the effect of this RH bill would be, if implemented. Would it really resolve the problems that our country is facing now? Or would it be just another neglected bill?
Let’s hope for the best.”
“After a series of random interviews with students and after hearing their meaningful insights, finally, I am going to unveil my stand about the RH Bill. *drum roll* I am a Catholic. Maybe the Catholic Church would excommunicate me for this and I might go to hell in the afterlife, but I am PRO RH Bill. I’m not against morality but I’m against ignorance. I guess that the church is just making a controversy out of something that shouldn’t be controversial at all. I don’t see why the morality issue should be included here when at least everyone should be looking at the brighter side and see what RH bill has to offer to our unstable society.
With morality issues set aside, being a pro-RH bill doesn’t make me a murderer and it doesn’t necessarily mean that I am against life. As a matter of fact, I value life more than anything. Yes, everyone has the right to live but would the “person” enjoy his/her existence if the state is in a condition like this? Don’t worry, I can see the fallacy in my statement. But then there’s nothing wrong with looking at the near future. First, we are over populated. Artificial contraceptives, on the other hand, may not be the best solution to it but at least it could lessen the problem. Second, this act of using contraceptives should be not regarded as abortion. Abortion is a different thing. Using contraceptives in my point of view is much more effective than natural family planning. Third, teenagers are getting pregnant. Sex education is a must for it will inform them a lot of things. They will also be guided. People should be well-informed about this so that they will be knowledgeable and responsible for their every action. Fourth, the rights of the women are being distorted; they should be able to do what they want because it’s their choice because it is their body, our body. And Fifth, I am pro because I have the right to say yes, to what I think is right and no, to what will lead me and my fellow citizens at risk.
I value life and I value others life’ as well. Maybe some could afford to buy condoms, pills etc., but some cannot afford to have one. Some have access to proper education, some are ignorant. I think we all need to see what’s happening around and not only consider what’s best for ourselves. If the Church fears that Christians might be extinct because population will be controlled and nobody will be on their side and give donations, they may have to re-consider things and put aside morality issues.
In my point of view, this act would be for the betterment of our country. For a healthy living lifestyle.
But then again, no one knows what the effect of this RH bill would be, if implemented. Would it really resolve the problems that our country is facing now? Or would it be just another neglected bill?
Let’s hope for the best.”
Sunday, June 26, 2011
GOVERNMENT SHOULD FOCUS ON THE BEST INTEREST OF ITS PEOPLE
To share more thoughts and opinions about the Reproductive Health Bill I have started gathering what my friends and their friends think about the Reproductive Health Bill. The first friend I have asked about this matter is the Bath valedictorian of his school Reedley International School (RIS). His name is Regis Andanar.
“The Philippines does not have a population problem/Overpopulation is not a problem. A well educated and skilled population is an asset to any country. Sadly a lot of poor couples have no means to educate their kids. An uneducated people is a liability and will stress social and police services. The RH bill tries to solve this by helping poor couples manage their family sizes so that they can provide the education and time for their children.
RH bill is against the law of God. Not all agree on this. If this was a universal belief then the bill would be rejected immediately. I believe that none of the provisions of the bill is immoral by itself. Many Filipinos agree and many Filipinos do not. But anti RH people should allow this bill to be passed but continue to live your own lives as to what your beliefs allow and let others live their life as to what their beliefs allow.” (Regis, 2010)
Many would say that their strongest argument for persuading more and more people to side with them on the pro side of the reproductive health bill is that, education must be put into priority. Just like what Regis said, it could be a great advantage of our country to have more and more educated people. However, since the reason is not a lot of people in our country are not well educated they are not able to get jobs that will satisfy or be enough for them to be able to send their kids to schools that have quality education.
Our public education is a good step, however the government has yet to take plenty of steps to improve it so that we may once and for all solve the problem of the overpopulation in our country. Moreover, we will be al better as people and as citizens of this country. This kind of drastic change cannot just be carried on the shoulders of people who are willing to but a sense of synergy as a country is a must.
If all will work together in making sure that education will be put as one of the top priorities of our government then that would be a very great accomplishment of our country. Doing this will demand that people would make sure government officials get rid of their hidden agendas-CORRUPTION! We will never develop as a country if corruption will be tolerated by almost everyone in our country especially those who are in the position of doing something about it. This is very unfortunate too because if our country remains like this then there will be only little opportunities for the Philippines to get better. INSTEAD OF HAVING OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL FOCUS ON THEIR HIDDEN AGENDAS AND MOTIVES, THEY SHOULD FOCUSE SOLELY ON THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE!”
“The Philippines does not have a population problem/Overpopulation is not a problem. A well educated and skilled population is an asset to any country. Sadly a lot of poor couples have no means to educate their kids. An uneducated people is a liability and will stress social and police services. The RH bill tries to solve this by helping poor couples manage their family sizes so that they can provide the education and time for their children.
RH bill is against the law of God. Not all agree on this. If this was a universal belief then the bill would be rejected immediately. I believe that none of the provisions of the bill is immoral by itself. Many Filipinos agree and many Filipinos do not. But anti RH people should allow this bill to be passed but continue to live your own lives as to what your beliefs allow and let others live their life as to what their beliefs allow.” (Regis, 2010)
Many would say that their strongest argument for persuading more and more people to side with them on the pro side of the reproductive health bill is that, education must be put into priority. Just like what Regis said, it could be a great advantage of our country to have more and more educated people. However, since the reason is not a lot of people in our country are not well educated they are not able to get jobs that will satisfy or be enough for them to be able to send their kids to schools that have quality education.
Our public education is a good step, however the government has yet to take plenty of steps to improve it so that we may once and for all solve the problem of the overpopulation in our country. Moreover, we will be al better as people and as citizens of this country. This kind of drastic change cannot just be carried on the shoulders of people who are willing to but a sense of synergy as a country is a must.
If all will work together in making sure that education will be put as one of the top priorities of our government then that would be a very great accomplishment of our country. Doing this will demand that people would make sure government officials get rid of their hidden agendas-CORRUPTION! We will never develop as a country if corruption will be tolerated by almost everyone in our country especially those who are in the position of doing something about it. This is very unfortunate too because if our country remains like this then there will be only little opportunities for the Philippines to get better. INSTEAD OF HAVING OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL FOCUS ON THEIR HIDDEN AGENDAS AND MOTIVES, THEY SHOULD FOCUSE SOLELY ON THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE!”
WHY THE DELAY?!
Many people argue that the reason for the delay of the implementation of the reproductive health bill is due to its target audience-the poor people. The people who are not for the bill say that it only affects the marginalized ones. And this is true! A root cause of over population can also be recognized by the lack of education in our country. Aside from the lack of education, its poor system also contributes to the problem. All of the facilities in our public schools fail at the level of its conduciveness for learning.
Most public schools in our country accommodate about fifty students per teacher. For the lectures to be effective a ratio of 1 is to 25 or 20 is the most recommended. Truly, the Philippines fail to meet this effectiveness hence the need to improve the system.
Because the education system of the Philippines is very poor this results into citizens of the Philippines not knowing much anything about family planning. They are not aware of the cause and effects of continually having kids or not having kids in that matter. Which is very important, especially that this is done with much consideration of your background and financial standing.
I have attended a forum regarding the reproductive health bill in our school last year and they have presented very valid reasons of why the bill should be passed and why it should not be passed also. The people anti the reproductive bill argues that aside from the poor people being the target of this bill, it is very inappropriate for students in the elementary and high school be taught sex education. Doing so makes the elder allow them to be open to a world that should be entered by adults only.
The pro-side however will argue that there is no particular standard that we have to follow. Who says that kids cannot be taught and lectured about sex education? Yes, Moral will definitely enter the picture. However, everybody ought to understand that different people have different morals. Sex education will be taught so that kids would learn the reasons for people being engaged in sex. Aside from that, they will learn the various effects and responsibilities of doing so. It is not like teachers who will lecture the student’s sex education will encourage them to engage in sex. Definitely not, its main objective is to be able to make them aware of its pro’s and cons and encourage them to do this on the right time.
The bill has been going on for a very long time now and I firmly believe that the one of the reasons for the delay of a decision for this bill is just for the media to garner attention. They of course earn from this too, and it is a way for many politicians to get the people’s attention away from the more important matters and issues. Instead of focusing on the education system, this bill is brought up and so many more other issues. It is terrible that its been just a cycle argument.
Most public schools in our country accommodate about fifty students per teacher. For the lectures to be effective a ratio of 1 is to 25 or 20 is the most recommended. Truly, the Philippines fail to meet this effectiveness hence the need to improve the system.
Because the education system of the Philippines is very poor this results into citizens of the Philippines not knowing much anything about family planning. They are not aware of the cause and effects of continually having kids or not having kids in that matter. Which is very important, especially that this is done with much consideration of your background and financial standing.
I have attended a forum regarding the reproductive health bill in our school last year and they have presented very valid reasons of why the bill should be passed and why it should not be passed also. The people anti the reproductive bill argues that aside from the poor people being the target of this bill, it is very inappropriate for students in the elementary and high school be taught sex education. Doing so makes the elder allow them to be open to a world that should be entered by adults only.
The pro-side however will argue that there is no particular standard that we have to follow. Who says that kids cannot be taught and lectured about sex education? Yes, Moral will definitely enter the picture. However, everybody ought to understand that different people have different morals. Sex education will be taught so that kids would learn the reasons for people being engaged in sex. Aside from that, they will learn the various effects and responsibilities of doing so. It is not like teachers who will lecture the student’s sex education will encourage them to engage in sex. Definitely not, its main objective is to be able to make them aware of its pro’s and cons and encourage them to do this on the right time.
The bill has been going on for a very long time now and I firmly believe that the one of the reasons for the delay of a decision for this bill is just for the media to garner attention. They of course earn from this too, and it is a way for many politicians to get the people’s attention away from the more important matters and issues. Instead of focusing on the education system, this bill is brought up and so many more other issues. It is terrible that its been just a cycle argument.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Catholics support the RH BILL!!
Our President Noynoy Aquino have received yesterday (April 20,2011) the rising support of Catholics for the Reproductive Health Bill after the President have earned the ire of several Church leaders for his constant advocacy to approve the controversial issue in the Congress.
The spokesperson of the group of Catholics for the RH Bill (C4RH), Dr. Edelina de la Paz called the President “a good Catholic ad Christian.” However, the retired Lingayen-Dagupan Archibishp Oscar Cruz, said the President Noynoy Aquino is an “anti-Christian” for making it a challenge for the Church that he is alright to be excommunicated due to his strong stand on the issue of the Reproductive health bill.
“Bishop Oscar Cruz is out of line when he called our President anti-Christian. On the contrary, being pro-reproductive health and pro-quality of life makes him a good Catholic,” De la Paz said in a statement.
The group of Catholics for the Reproductive health Bill (C4RH) is a affiliated with the Filipino Catholics who have members coming from different areas of our country and are the ones pushing through with the cause and advocacy of the Reproductive health Bill.
Fr. Jerry Oblepias of Laguna also called the President “a bad Catholic.”
“I think that some Catholic leaders are abusing their religious authority by making irresponsible remarks that are embarrassing for me as a Catholic,” De la Paz said.
She has also said that despite all the lay believers of the Roman Catholic have the right to speak out what their minds think on matters like this, matters that affects all the people in our country and our beloved Church.
“Church law even states that at times it is even the duty of those who possess special knowledge or status to express opinions on matters that affect the church to our bishops and the rest of the faithful,” she said.
De la Paz is a medical doctor and faculty member of the UP College of Medicine. And says that, “It is our hope that the President’s next pronouncement is to certify the RH Bill as urgent,” she said.
The RH bill, which seeks to promote artificial family planning and sex education among others, is still being debated in plenary at the House of Representatives.
I have been posting blogs about catholics who are in favor of the Reproductive Health Bill because I would like to share and clear out if their particular stand is valid. This is a very interesting question for me too and a little hard to comprehend. I cannot help but wonder which stand should be stronger if one is a catholic but believes that the reproductive health bill should be implemented in our country. I can help but think if it is against God’s eyes if one will be supporting the RH Bill because it is clearly not stated in the bible that we cannot use contraceptives. But this idea has yet to be discussed in a different blog. I still find it very interesting though. Maybe I will try to interview some people about it and we will see what they think.
Source:
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=678644&publicationSubCategoryId=
The spokesperson of the group of Catholics for the RH Bill (C4RH), Dr. Edelina de la Paz called the President “a good Catholic ad Christian.” However, the retired Lingayen-Dagupan Archibishp Oscar Cruz, said the President Noynoy Aquino is an “anti-Christian” for making it a challenge for the Church that he is alright to be excommunicated due to his strong stand on the issue of the Reproductive health bill.
“Bishop Oscar Cruz is out of line when he called our President anti-Christian. On the contrary, being pro-reproductive health and pro-quality of life makes him a good Catholic,” De la Paz said in a statement.
The group of Catholics for the Reproductive health Bill (C4RH) is a affiliated with the Filipino Catholics who have members coming from different areas of our country and are the ones pushing through with the cause and advocacy of the Reproductive health Bill.
Fr. Jerry Oblepias of Laguna also called the President “a bad Catholic.”
“I think that some Catholic leaders are abusing their religious authority by making irresponsible remarks that are embarrassing for me as a Catholic,” De la Paz said.
She has also said that despite all the lay believers of the Roman Catholic have the right to speak out what their minds think on matters like this, matters that affects all the people in our country and our beloved Church.
“Church law even states that at times it is even the duty of those who possess special knowledge or status to express opinions on matters that affect the church to our bishops and the rest of the faithful,” she said.
De la Paz is a medical doctor and faculty member of the UP College of Medicine. And says that, “It is our hope that the President’s next pronouncement is to certify the RH Bill as urgent,” she said.
The RH bill, which seeks to promote artificial family planning and sex education among others, is still being debated in plenary at the House of Representatives.
I have been posting blogs about catholics who are in favor of the Reproductive Health Bill because I would like to share and clear out if their particular stand is valid. This is a very interesting question for me too and a little hard to comprehend. I cannot help but wonder which stand should be stronger if one is a catholic but believes that the reproductive health bill should be implemented in our country. I can help but think if it is against God’s eyes if one will be supporting the RH Bill because it is clearly not stated in the bible that we cannot use contraceptives. But this idea has yet to be discussed in a different blog. I still find it very interesting though. Maybe I will try to interview some people about it and we will see what they think.
Source:
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=678644&publicationSubCategoryId=
Catholics who support the RH bill are fake ones!
According to an article in Inquirer last May 2011, A bishop have announced that Catholics who are in favor of the reproductive health bill (RH) bill could not ever be considered as genuine Catholics.
He is Bishop Jose Oliveros of Malolos who made this statedment and have considered it as a warning against Catholics who join the group of Catholics who are for the reproductive health bill or C4RH. He had said that those who will be joining the group and support their advocacy are “Catholic in name only.”
“Maybe they should examine their conscience… Are they still Catholic if they vote for RH? I don’t think so. They will be Catholics in name only,” Oliveros said.
“What will happen is a cafeteria mentality: I like this. I don’t like that. A true Catholic would always embrace every teaching of the Church,” he said.
“The Church has always been consistent. Our popes have been very consistent in saying that using artificial contraception is not in agreement with our faith. We cannot do that. Why can’t they see that?” he said.
The bishop also said that he cannot perceived the idea of Catholics who could support this bill, who will fund the allocation or distribution of these contraceptives in our country and allow sex education in elementary and highschool establishments, when “it is very clear that it’s opposed to the fundamental teaching of the Church.”
“If this were for the rights of women, then that is OK. We are also for the rights of women. But there is also the right of the unborn which we must also protect—the right to be born and the right to be conceived,” he said.
Our Church are the ones who maintains that life ought to begin at conception, proclaims that these use of artificial contraceptives are abortifacient.
Full harmony
“I can’t think of why there are Catholics who are said to be in favor of the RH bill,” Oliveros added.
The Bishops statement came a day later during the catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) which warned those who are faithful about the Reproductive Health Bill. The CBCP president and Tandag Bishop Nereo Odchimar mentioned that the group has been all out in the public proclaiming to be a Catholic associationg that will “bring Catholics into full harmony with their faith and realize that there is no dissonance with their being Catholic and simultaneously believing in the advocacy and goals of reproductive health and rights.”
“We wish to make it clear that the Church does not recognize this group to be an authentic Catholic association or group since it espouses and supports a stand contrary to the magisterial teachings of the Church,” Odchimar said.
Constant teaching
“The uncompromising stand of the Church to uphold the dignity of the person and to protect and respect life from conception to natural death has always been the constant teaching of the Church,” he said.
Odchimar said the public espousal of measures “that directly undermine these nonnegotiable principles of the Catholic faith” is “a sharp wedge that cuts the unity of the Church.”
“Let it be clarified that the Church does not recognize the Catholics for Reproductive Health as a genuine Catholic association or organization in accordance with Canon Law. Any Catholic who freely identifies himself or herself with this group gravely errs,” Odchimar said.
Source:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/7923/rh-bill-backers-catholics-in-name-only-says-bishop
He is Bishop Jose Oliveros of Malolos who made this statedment and have considered it as a warning against Catholics who join the group of Catholics who are for the reproductive health bill or C4RH. He had said that those who will be joining the group and support their advocacy are “Catholic in name only.”
“Maybe they should examine their conscience… Are they still Catholic if they vote for RH? I don’t think so. They will be Catholics in name only,” Oliveros said.
“What will happen is a cafeteria mentality: I like this. I don’t like that. A true Catholic would always embrace every teaching of the Church,” he said.
“The Church has always been consistent. Our popes have been very consistent in saying that using artificial contraception is not in agreement with our faith. We cannot do that. Why can’t they see that?” he said.
The bishop also said that he cannot perceived the idea of Catholics who could support this bill, who will fund the allocation or distribution of these contraceptives in our country and allow sex education in elementary and highschool establishments, when “it is very clear that it’s opposed to the fundamental teaching of the Church.”
“If this were for the rights of women, then that is OK. We are also for the rights of women. But there is also the right of the unborn which we must also protect—the right to be born and the right to be conceived,” he said.
Our Church are the ones who maintains that life ought to begin at conception, proclaims that these use of artificial contraceptives are abortifacient.
Full harmony
“I can’t think of why there are Catholics who are said to be in favor of the RH bill,” Oliveros added.
The Bishops statement came a day later during the catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) which warned those who are faithful about the Reproductive Health Bill. The CBCP president and Tandag Bishop Nereo Odchimar mentioned that the group has been all out in the public proclaiming to be a Catholic associationg that will “bring Catholics into full harmony with their faith and realize that there is no dissonance with their being Catholic and simultaneously believing in the advocacy and goals of reproductive health and rights.”
“We wish to make it clear that the Church does not recognize this group to be an authentic Catholic association or group since it espouses and supports a stand contrary to the magisterial teachings of the Church,” Odchimar said.
Constant teaching
“The uncompromising stand of the Church to uphold the dignity of the person and to protect and respect life from conception to natural death has always been the constant teaching of the Church,” he said.
Odchimar said the public espousal of measures “that directly undermine these nonnegotiable principles of the Catholic faith” is “a sharp wedge that cuts the unity of the Church.”
“Let it be clarified that the Church does not recognize the Catholics for Reproductive Health as a genuine Catholic association or organization in accordance with Canon Law. Any Catholic who freely identifies himself or herself with this group gravely errs,” Odchimar said.
Source:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/7923/rh-bill-backers-catholics-in-name-only-says-bishop
Friday, June 24, 2011
No celebrity endorsement for anti-RH bill campaign, says Church
There are has been so many articles and events where in celerbites like Lea Salonga, Jim Paredes, Mocha Uson, Ding Dong Dantes and so many more were able to share and announce their advocacy regarding the Reproductive Health Bill. And a lot of their advocacies now are actually being heard and known for. It is in fact true that celebrities have a great impact on many people which why they the church says no to celebrity endorsement for anti-rh bill in an article in the Philippine Star.
Manila’s Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales have said that despite the argument or debate regarding the controversial issue of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill, they would not be in search for celebrities who would endorse their cause.
Manny Pacquiao is one of the most influential people in the world who is anti the bill. He is with the stand of the church of promoting life. However, Cardinal Rosales uttered that he is not forced to ask the world class boxer to promote their side for them. “The lord does not need an endorsement, just join Him. You do not need to endorse,” said Archbishop Cardinal Rosales.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) was able to complete their nine-day vigil for life practice. The novena was purposely there to enrich the minds of the people in our country. “What is moral is based on the holiness of God. Morality is based on one’s goodness. Morality is not the people because people change,” said Archbishop Cardinal Rosales
He has also said the regardless if the Congress resumed the session they had and have restored the debates over the heated bill, it will certainly not be an easy fight for the people who are for the bill. We are still far from seeing the end of the RH bill. We still have far to go. This is not yet the end.” Said Archbishop Cardinal Rosales.
Reading this article made me realize that it is quite difficult to fully understood all the reasons of the church. Why they won’t just simply agree to it. I am not saying that I am for the RH bill yet, however throught my research about the RH bill and the stands of the government and the church it is a little hard to understand the side of the church. It is also starting to sound hypocritical for me because it seems like what ever the church feels like doing they would always have the reason to support what they believe in. I feel like some context of the bible verses they present are misused and misconstrued that is why this bill has been going on for a very long time. Further, with all the research I have done so far I do not think that the RH Bill is anti-life. They do no say that which why the church saying “WE ARE PRO TO LIFE” is quite bothersome for me because it seems like the church do not understand what the RH Bill is all about. They just simply assumed that it is anti life which is absolutely not.
source:
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?publicationSubCategoryId=63&articleId=684431
Manila’s Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales have said that despite the argument or debate regarding the controversial issue of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill, they would not be in search for celebrities who would endorse their cause.
Manny Pacquiao is one of the most influential people in the world who is anti the bill. He is with the stand of the church of promoting life. However, Cardinal Rosales uttered that he is not forced to ask the world class boxer to promote their side for them. “The lord does not need an endorsement, just join Him. You do not need to endorse,” said Archbishop Cardinal Rosales.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) was able to complete their nine-day vigil for life practice. The novena was purposely there to enrich the minds of the people in our country. “What is moral is based on the holiness of God. Morality is based on one’s goodness. Morality is not the people because people change,” said Archbishop Cardinal Rosales
He has also said the regardless if the Congress resumed the session they had and have restored the debates over the heated bill, it will certainly not be an easy fight for the people who are for the bill. We are still far from seeing the end of the RH bill. We still have far to go. This is not yet the end.” Said Archbishop Cardinal Rosales.
Reading this article made me realize that it is quite difficult to fully understood all the reasons of the church. Why they won’t just simply agree to it. I am not saying that I am for the RH bill yet, however throught my research about the RH bill and the stands of the government and the church it is a little hard to understand the side of the church. It is also starting to sound hypocritical for me because it seems like what ever the church feels like doing they would always have the reason to support what they believe in. I feel like some context of the bible verses they present are misused and misconstrued that is why this bill has been going on for a very long time. Further, with all the research I have done so far I do not think that the RH Bill is anti-life. They do no say that which why the church saying “WE ARE PRO TO LIFE” is quite bothersome for me because it seems like the church do not understand what the RH Bill is all about. They just simply assumed that it is anti life which is absolutely not.
source:
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?publicationSubCategoryId=63&articleId=684431
Friday, June 17, 2011
CHURCH and the GOVERNMENT FOR THE NTH TIME.
There are many injustices in the world. Jesus Christ – the prophet of liberation who announced the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth – knew that the biggest injustices required the boldest responses. I doubt Romans would have crucified him if his primary concerns involved censorship or the policing of the bedroom.
Unfortunately, Christ’s Church in the Philippines (by this, I do not mean the Iglesia ni Kristo which has shown remarkable dynamism in its endorsement of the RH bill) is more concerned with sex and women’s bodies than it is with anything else – a curious fact given their lack of experience in such matters. In this country, farmers are denied land, activists get murdered, politicians steal millions, children starve, families live on mountains of trash, etc. You get the picture—assuming you’re not a bishop of the dense order. Amidst this, the CBCP devotes its energies to preventing couples from choosing artificial contraception. The last time I was that obsessed with sex was when I first hit puberty. Seriously CBCP, it’s time to grow up too.
In the late 1950s, as with now, the Philippines was undergoing a period of reconstruction: the Huk rebellion had been crushed without the resolution of the tensions that caused it, and Magsaysay had to contend with the aftermath of Quirino’s corruption (a bit like Noynoy to GMA). Like today, the Church was more concerned with its pride than the betterment of society. In a blatant attempt to obscure the colonial sins of the friar orders, they mustered the power of the pulpit to prevent Filipino students from reading the two most important novels in Philippine history: Noli me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
Republic Act 1425 (Rizal Law), which mandated the teaching of Rizal’s works and life, was the Reproductive Health Bill of the 1950s. In a 2007 Inquirer column, celebrated Rizal scholar Ambeth Ocampo narrates the extent to which the Church was willing to oppose popular sentiment:
“Going through the novels with a fine-tooth comb, specific passages were deemed offensive to the Catholic faith. Church spokesmen argued that Catholics could read selected passages from Rizal’s work, but to compel Catholics to read Rizal’s novels in its “unexpurgated” or uncensored version was to force heresy on them and violate their freedom of conscience. Catholic schools put up a good fight and even threatened to close down if the Rizal bill was passed. Claro M. Recto calmly told them to go ahead so the state could then nationalize all the schools and teach what it wanted. The Church retreated but threatened to “punish” erring legislators in future elections. Recto was undaunted.”
Their rhetoric in the 50s mirrors their present threats to engage in acts of “civil disobedience” against the RH bill. Although, I must say, the scare tactics have become lamer over the years. I don’t really know what they mean when they talk about civil disobedience. But that’s the thing with the Church hierarchy; its rigidity prevents it from learning its lessons.
History is haunting the Catholic Church. In a Philippine Free Press article by Teodoro M. Locsin from May of 1956, he describes the public backlash against the Church’s opposition to the Rizal Law:
“It was all very surprising. A month ago, one could not have imagined a Filipino politician speaking in any but the most respectful terms of the prelates of the Church; he would have considered it political suicide to express himself critically of them. Now all caution seems to have been thrown to the wind.” The passage could have been about contemporary Philippines. We feminists, freethinkers, and defenders of liberty are now willing to throw caution to the wind. Our opponent has proven itself unreasonable, leaving no room for compromise and denying us our humanity by calling us names. Fine, we might have called them Damasos as a means to revive the spirit of the national hero whose legacy they sought to tarnish. But to call us murderers and terrorists crosses a line. It denies us our morality, and as I’ve said before, how can a democratic debate begin when we assume the worst of the other?
According to Locsin, the Church’s opposition to the Rizal Act made aging revolutionary Emilio Aguinaldo recall “how Rizal’s Noli was banned by the Spanish authorities who had kept Filipinos subject for more than 300 years under ‘the guise of Christianity.’” Today, the CBCP is subjecting women’s bodies to their domination under that same guise. This is a turning point, and it’s time the public teach these arrogant men a lesson.
So when you get the chance, pick up Noli and Fili (the hipper ones might prefer the Penguin Classics editions). If you find that Rizal is a good aphrodisiac and end up in the sack with your partner, use a condom. Condoms and anti-colonial novels are, after all, eerily similar: they piss off the powerful because they liberate.
Lisandro Claudio (“Leloy”) is a PhD Candidate at the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, the University of Melbourne. He is the national chairperson of Akbayan Youth.
Reference:
http://blogs.gmanews.tv/lisandro-claudio/index.php?/archives/14-Crisostomo,-wear-a-condom!-Rizal-and-the-RH-bill.html
Unfortunately, Christ’s Church in the Philippines (by this, I do not mean the Iglesia ni Kristo which has shown remarkable dynamism in its endorsement of the RH bill) is more concerned with sex and women’s bodies than it is with anything else – a curious fact given their lack of experience in such matters. In this country, farmers are denied land, activists get murdered, politicians steal millions, children starve, families live on mountains of trash, etc. You get the picture—assuming you’re not a bishop of the dense order. Amidst this, the CBCP devotes its energies to preventing couples from choosing artificial contraception. The last time I was that obsessed with sex was when I first hit puberty. Seriously CBCP, it’s time to grow up too.
In the late 1950s, as with now, the Philippines was undergoing a period of reconstruction: the Huk rebellion had been crushed without the resolution of the tensions that caused it, and Magsaysay had to contend with the aftermath of Quirino’s corruption (a bit like Noynoy to GMA). Like today, the Church was more concerned with its pride than the betterment of society. In a blatant attempt to obscure the colonial sins of the friar orders, they mustered the power of the pulpit to prevent Filipino students from reading the two most important novels in Philippine history: Noli me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
Republic Act 1425 (Rizal Law), which mandated the teaching of Rizal’s works and life, was the Reproductive Health Bill of the 1950s. In a 2007 Inquirer column, celebrated Rizal scholar Ambeth Ocampo narrates the extent to which the Church was willing to oppose popular sentiment:
“Going through the novels with a fine-tooth comb, specific passages were deemed offensive to the Catholic faith. Church spokesmen argued that Catholics could read selected passages from Rizal’s work, but to compel Catholics to read Rizal’s novels in its “unexpurgated” or uncensored version was to force heresy on them and violate their freedom of conscience. Catholic schools put up a good fight and even threatened to close down if the Rizal bill was passed. Claro M. Recto calmly told them to go ahead so the state could then nationalize all the schools and teach what it wanted. The Church retreated but threatened to “punish” erring legislators in future elections. Recto was undaunted.”
Their rhetoric in the 50s mirrors their present threats to engage in acts of “civil disobedience” against the RH bill. Although, I must say, the scare tactics have become lamer over the years. I don’t really know what they mean when they talk about civil disobedience. But that’s the thing with the Church hierarchy; its rigidity prevents it from learning its lessons.
History is haunting the Catholic Church. In a Philippine Free Press article by Teodoro M. Locsin from May of 1956, he describes the public backlash against the Church’s opposition to the Rizal Law:
“It was all very surprising. A month ago, one could not have imagined a Filipino politician speaking in any but the most respectful terms of the prelates of the Church; he would have considered it political suicide to express himself critically of them. Now all caution seems to have been thrown to the wind.” The passage could have been about contemporary Philippines. We feminists, freethinkers, and defenders of liberty are now willing to throw caution to the wind. Our opponent has proven itself unreasonable, leaving no room for compromise and denying us our humanity by calling us names. Fine, we might have called them Damasos as a means to revive the spirit of the national hero whose legacy they sought to tarnish. But to call us murderers and terrorists crosses a line. It denies us our morality, and as I’ve said before, how can a democratic debate begin when we assume the worst of the other?
According to Locsin, the Church’s opposition to the Rizal Act made aging revolutionary Emilio Aguinaldo recall “how Rizal’s Noli was banned by the Spanish authorities who had kept Filipinos subject for more than 300 years under ‘the guise of Christianity.’” Today, the CBCP is subjecting women’s bodies to their domination under that same guise. This is a turning point, and it’s time the public teach these arrogant men a lesson.
So when you get the chance, pick up Noli and Fili (the hipper ones might prefer the Penguin Classics editions). If you find that Rizal is a good aphrodisiac and end up in the sack with your partner, use a condom. Condoms and anti-colonial novels are, after all, eerily similar: they piss off the powerful because they liberate.
Lisandro Claudio (“Leloy”) is a PhD Candidate at the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, the University of Melbourne. He is the national chairperson of Akbayan Youth.
Reference:
http://blogs.gmanews.tv/lisandro-claudio/index.php?/archives/14-Crisostomo,-wear-a-condom!-Rizal-and-the-RH-bill.html
BLOGGERS INTERVENTION
So far this is what I think of the RH Bill. I have attended to at least a couple of forums inside the campus regarding the debate of this bill and despite hearing good and strong arguments of both sides, I still am very neutral about it. I guess being a firm believer of God is one of the strongest reason why it is quite difficult for me to say that I am for the RH Bill. However, with enough readings of articles and watching videos about it, I feel like I am more on the for side of the RH Bill.
I believe that Filipinos now do not really know what they want and what is good for them. A lot of Filipinos are very fickle minded because most of what they believe in is what is said in the media. It is the strongest medium on how to affect the way people think about certain things. I acknowledge the fact that this is a very debatable statement I have mentioned but I will be try my best to support this claim of mine with the best rationalization and thorough thinking.
People who are against the bill state that it is anti-life, it is the practice of abortion. They say that this bill’s target is only towards the poor and the uneducated. And that is absolutely right. The RH- Bill is all about sharing in more helpful information about the effects of not using contraceptives. With or without the RH bill sex still exists and it is just the goal of the RH Bill to lessen the harmful effects of not using contraceptives. Anti-RH Bill supports do not like that idea that sex education will be thought to elementary and highschool students because it is inappropriate for them to be exposed to a topic for adults but this is where the problem comes in. EDUCATION is one of the main problems of overpopulation because they simply do not know.
It may seem like if the RH-Bill is implemented a lot of people will be controlled by this law, they will be given limitations and it might be against their free will but it absolutely does not just revolve around these valuable reasons. It is simply about making our country a better place to live in. Without this bill implemented we will just be stagnant in our way of living by the day. That is good if we make each day count, live each day as if it were last but it is also good that we look out for our future, for the coming generations and what we will leave them with.
I am pro the RH-Bill because I believe that our country needs a radical change. We are not well off with this kind of governance, being a democratic country. We do not even know what we want. And a good way to start raising up our country is by changing how we live and care for our lives. I say let the RH-bill be implemented and let’s see what great changes this could lead us to.
I believe that Filipinos now do not really know what they want and what is good for them. A lot of Filipinos are very fickle minded because most of what they believe in is what is said in the media. It is the strongest medium on how to affect the way people think about certain things. I acknowledge the fact that this is a very debatable statement I have mentioned but I will be try my best to support this claim of mine with the best rationalization and thorough thinking.
People who are against the bill state that it is anti-life, it is the practice of abortion. They say that this bill’s target is only towards the poor and the uneducated. And that is absolutely right. The RH- Bill is all about sharing in more helpful information about the effects of not using contraceptives. With or without the RH bill sex still exists and it is just the goal of the RH Bill to lessen the harmful effects of not using contraceptives. Anti-RH Bill supports do not like that idea that sex education will be thought to elementary and highschool students because it is inappropriate for them to be exposed to a topic for adults but this is where the problem comes in. EDUCATION is one of the main problems of overpopulation because they simply do not know.
It may seem like if the RH-Bill is implemented a lot of people will be controlled by this law, they will be given limitations and it might be against their free will but it absolutely does not just revolve around these valuable reasons. It is simply about making our country a better place to live in. Without this bill implemented we will just be stagnant in our way of living by the day. That is good if we make each day count, live each day as if it were last but it is also good that we look out for our future, for the coming generations and what we will leave them with.
I am pro the RH-Bill because I believe that our country needs a radical change. We are not well off with this kind of governance, being a democratic country. We do not even know what we want. And a good way to start raising up our country is by changing how we live and care for our lives. I say let the RH-bill be implemented and let’s see what great changes this could lead us to.
MOCHA USON FOR THE RH BILL REFUTES MANNY PACQUIAO
The next celebrity who is for the RH Bill is Mocha Uson who is a commercial model and a sultry singer/dancer is challenging the Catholic Church to exclude her from the church because of her strong support on the RH Bill.
Mocha, is a firm Catholic believer, she admits that however she stressed that the reason why she supports such bill is because she cares a great deal about sex education for the young people and health of women. She said this in an interview on ABS-CBN.
"Kung gusto nila, sige i-excommunicate nila ako kung gusto nila," Uson said.
" Hindi ako natatakot kasi wala naman akong ginagawang masama. Matagal ng isyu ito. Actually huling huli na tayo. Hindi ako natatakot kahit makipagharapan pa sa kanila. Naniniwala ako sa RH bill at sa sex education. RH bill is pro-better life," the singer added.
She also have mentioned that besides sexually transmitted diseases, (a.k.a STD), the number of teenage pregnancy in our country is in constant increase. She utters that, she has been receiving plenty of emails around her circle wondering and asking her regarding sex, which made her conclude that there are a number of youth who do not get proper education about sex.
"Mayroon akong sex blog so marami akong natatanggap na emails from teenagers asking about sex, safe sex. Doon ko na-realize na kailangan ng effective sex education sa mga school. Kasi nga walang gumagabay sa kanila. Sa bahay hindi pinag-uusapan. Sa school hindi din, so naghahanap sila ng information sa labas," the singer explained.
In showing her stand and support on for the heated issue of the RH bill, she and a group of her friends have joined the tricycle drives who are pro-RH bill supporters like the representative of Davao Mr. Marc Cagas last Tuesday morning. They gave away condoms and purple ballers that says “I love SEX education”. These ballers were given to the people all around Batasang Pambansa complex in Quezon City.
She was asked for her reaction towards the people who criticize her for supporting the said bill who thinks that she is merely doing this for the sake of publicity, for the sake of getting more famous. She replies “Gusto kong magkaroon ng contribution kasi naniniwala ako sa sex education. So I love sex. Sex exists with or without RH bill."
Mocha vs. Manny
Throughout this blog Mocha is not just the only one who supports and have taken steps to promote the implemented of the RH Bill.
Prior to Mocha Uson, is the world class singer, Lea Salonga who is continually expressing her full support on the RH Bill.
However, one anti-RB bill advocator, on the other side is boxing champion and Sranggani’s Representative Manny Pacquiao. She confesses that she truly admires and is a fan of Manny Pacquiao, but reiterated that when it is the country’s problem that we are talking about, the boxer should use his head.
"Kumbaga idol ko sa Pacman. Champion of the world. Sana maging champion din siya ng mahihirap. Kasi ang RH bill kailangan ng mahihirap 'yan. Sana maging champion of the poor siya at ipaglaban niya ang mahirap," Uson said.
Reference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz6dn_BpXX0
Mocha, is a firm Catholic believer, she admits that however she stressed that the reason why she supports such bill is because she cares a great deal about sex education for the young people and health of women. She said this in an interview on ABS-CBN.
"Kung gusto nila, sige i-excommunicate nila ako kung gusto nila," Uson said.
" Hindi ako natatakot kasi wala naman akong ginagawang masama. Matagal ng isyu ito. Actually huling huli na tayo. Hindi ako natatakot kahit makipagharapan pa sa kanila. Naniniwala ako sa RH bill at sa sex education. RH bill is pro-better life," the singer added.
She also have mentioned that besides sexually transmitted diseases, (a.k.a STD), the number of teenage pregnancy in our country is in constant increase. She utters that, she has been receiving plenty of emails around her circle wondering and asking her regarding sex, which made her conclude that there are a number of youth who do not get proper education about sex.
"Mayroon akong sex blog so marami akong natatanggap na emails from teenagers asking about sex, safe sex. Doon ko na-realize na kailangan ng effective sex education sa mga school. Kasi nga walang gumagabay sa kanila. Sa bahay hindi pinag-uusapan. Sa school hindi din, so naghahanap sila ng information sa labas," the singer explained.
In showing her stand and support on for the heated issue of the RH bill, she and a group of her friends have joined the tricycle drives who are pro-RH bill supporters like the representative of Davao Mr. Marc Cagas last Tuesday morning. They gave away condoms and purple ballers that says “I love SEX education”. These ballers were given to the people all around Batasang Pambansa complex in Quezon City.
She was asked for her reaction towards the people who criticize her for supporting the said bill who thinks that she is merely doing this for the sake of publicity, for the sake of getting more famous. She replies “Gusto kong magkaroon ng contribution kasi naniniwala ako sa sex education. So I love sex. Sex exists with or without RH bill."
Mocha vs. Manny
Throughout this blog Mocha is not just the only one who supports and have taken steps to promote the implemented of the RH Bill.
Prior to Mocha Uson, is the world class singer, Lea Salonga who is continually expressing her full support on the RH Bill.
However, one anti-RB bill advocator, on the other side is boxing champion and Sranggani’s Representative Manny Pacquiao. She confesses that she truly admires and is a fan of Manny Pacquiao, but reiterated that when it is the country’s problem that we are talking about, the boxer should use his head.
"Kumbaga idol ko sa Pacman. Champion of the world. Sana maging champion din siya ng mahihirap. Kasi ang RH bill kailangan ng mahihirap 'yan. Sana maging champion of the poor siya at ipaglaban niya ang mahirap," Uson said.
Reference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz6dn_BpXX0
Monday, June 13, 2011
Angel locsin neither pro or anti.
The next celebrity who supports the RH Bill is, Angel Locsin who have taken further efforts to step up and make their voices heard about their stand on the issue to the public.
With all her commercials regarding inner and outside beauty, she has become one of the well-known celebrities who is very active in advocating the wellness of women. She is also part of the Graviela party-list, the group who represent the “buggest alliance of women’s organizations in the Philippines.”
During the interview with ABS-CBN NEWS, the actress stressed out the point that she is very much neutral about the controversial issue of the RH Bill. However, she is a firm supporter of the whole being of women and mentioned that the law be checked over again.
“Ako, pro-life ako, as in pro-life. Ayaw ko i-entertain ang abortion. Pero ang pro-life, ang mabuhay ang tao ng disente...kailangan i-dissect pa ang bill,” Locsin said.
However, she was able to maintain the she absolutely agree with the use of contraception (external or internal contraception) and raises up that the root cause of this issue is that education must be put as a top priority, also adds that an access to the reproductive health information should not hinder the public from doing so.
Another thing that she has pointed out was the significance of taking into consideration how the health of the women are and their own children in our beloved country.
“Ako ay para sa planado, mulat at responsableng pagpapamilya. Ako, pro-life talaga ako. Hindi lamang ito para sa family planning, kalusugan ng ina at anak. Hindi mangyayari ito kung walang education, social services”, ANGEL LOCSIN
With the words said of Angel Locsin the problem of education enters the picture. I think that was her strongest point in this interview. There is no denying that the education system of our country is very poor. This is said so because, talking about the aspects of facility, work force, location, budget and financial difficulties we fail to meet all of these.
I think one of the reasons why this is happening is because the standards of our country has never been encouraged to make it a little high. We are always contented with how things are and just let the nature work on it. Like, we’re so used to the idea that we are a country that always has less, and poor standards with a lot of things.
Another thing reason that enters the picture is the problem of CORRUPTION which have been the country’s everlastingly issue and problem. As Filipino citizens I noticed that we are actually used to finding ways of how we can corrupt each other. A small example to get this picture I’m talking about is whenever there are times when we work with a group having a very strict professor in our University. A student might just force himself/herself to be part of a group that is smart and who works hard or a group that is nice so that we could take advantage of those traits, so that we would work less.
SOURCE:
http://mypinaycelebrities.blogspot.com/2011/03/angel-locsin-and-lea-salonga-talk-about.html
With all her commercials regarding inner and outside beauty, she has become one of the well-known celebrities who is very active in advocating the wellness of women. She is also part of the Graviela party-list, the group who represent the “buggest alliance of women’s organizations in the Philippines.”
During the interview with ABS-CBN NEWS, the actress stressed out the point that she is very much neutral about the controversial issue of the RH Bill. However, she is a firm supporter of the whole being of women and mentioned that the law be checked over again.
“Ako, pro-life ako, as in pro-life. Ayaw ko i-entertain ang abortion. Pero ang pro-life, ang mabuhay ang tao ng disente...kailangan i-dissect pa ang bill,” Locsin said.
However, she was able to maintain the she absolutely agree with the use of contraception (external or internal contraception) and raises up that the root cause of this issue is that education must be put as a top priority, also adds that an access to the reproductive health information should not hinder the public from doing so.
Another thing that she has pointed out was the significance of taking into consideration how the health of the women are and their own children in our beloved country.
“Ako ay para sa planado, mulat at responsableng pagpapamilya. Ako, pro-life talaga ako. Hindi lamang ito para sa family planning, kalusugan ng ina at anak. Hindi mangyayari ito kung walang education, social services”, ANGEL LOCSIN
With the words said of Angel Locsin the problem of education enters the picture. I think that was her strongest point in this interview. There is no denying that the education system of our country is very poor. This is said so because, talking about the aspects of facility, work force, location, budget and financial difficulties we fail to meet all of these.
I think one of the reasons why this is happening is because the standards of our country has never been encouraged to make it a little high. We are always contented with how things are and just let the nature work on it. Like, we’re so used to the idea that we are a country that always has less, and poor standards with a lot of things.
Another thing reason that enters the picture is the problem of CORRUPTION which have been the country’s everlastingly issue and problem. As Filipino citizens I noticed that we are actually used to finding ways of how we can corrupt each other. A small example to get this picture I’m talking about is whenever there are times when we work with a group having a very strict professor in our University. A student might just force himself/herself to be part of a group that is smart and who works hard or a group that is nice so that we could take advantage of those traits, so that we would work less.
SOURCE:
http://mypinaycelebrities.blogspot.com/2011/03/angel-locsin-and-lea-salonga-talk-about.html
Angel locsin neither pro or anti.
The next celebrity who supports the RH Bill is, Angel Locsin who have taken further efforts to step up and make their voices heard about their stand on the issue to the public.
With all her commercials regarding inner and outside beauty, she has become one of the well-known celebrities who is very active in advocating the wellness of women. She is also part of the Graviela party-list, the group who represent the “buggest alliance of women’s organizations in the Philippines.”
During the interview with ABS-CBN NEWS, the actress stressed out the point that she is very much neutral about the controversial issue of the RH Bill. However, she is a firm supporter of the whole being of women and mentioned that the law be checked over again.
“Ako, pro-life ako, as in pro-life. Ayaw ko i-entertain ang abortion. Pero ang pro-life, ang mabuhay ang tao ng disente...kailangan i-dissect pa ang bill,” Locsin said.
However, she was able to maintain the she absolutely agree with the use of contraception (external or internal contraception) and raises up that the root cause of this issue is that education must be put as a top priority, also adds that an access to the reproductive health information should not hinder the public from doing so.
Another thing that she has pointed out was the significance of taking into consideration how the health of the women are and their own children in our beloved country.
“Ako ay para sa planado, mulat at responsableng pagpapamilya. Ako, pro-life talaga ako. Hindi lamang ito para sa family planning, kalusugan ng ina at anak. Hindi mangyayari ito kung walang education, social services”, ANGEL LOCSIN
With the words said of Angel Locsin the problem of education enters the picture. I think that was her strongest point in this interview. There is no denying that the education system of our country is very poor. This is said so because, talking about the aspects of facility, work force, location, budget and financial difficulties we fail to meet all of these.
I think one of the reasons why this is happening is because the standards of our country has never been encouraged to make it a little high. We are always contented with how things are and just let the nature work on it. Like, we’re so used to the idea that we are a country that always has less, and poor standards with a lot of things.
Another thing reason that enters the picture is the problem of CORRUPTION which have been the country’s everlastingly issue and problem. As Filipino citizens I noticed that we are actually used to finding ways of how we can corrupt each other. A small example to get this picture I’m talking about is whenever there are times when we work with a group having a very strict professor in our University. A student might just force himself/herself to be part of a group that is smart and who works hard or a group that is nice so that we could take advantage of those traits, so that we would work less.
SOURCE:
http://mypinaycelebrities.blogspot.com/2011/03/angel-locsin-and-lea-salonga-talk-about.html
With all her commercials regarding inner and outside beauty, she has become one of the well-known celebrities who is very active in advocating the wellness of women. She is also part of the Graviela party-list, the group who represent the “buggest alliance of women’s organizations in the Philippines.”
During the interview with ABS-CBN NEWS, the actress stressed out the point that she is very much neutral about the controversial issue of the RH Bill. However, she is a firm supporter of the whole being of women and mentioned that the law be checked over again.
“Ako, pro-life ako, as in pro-life. Ayaw ko i-entertain ang abortion. Pero ang pro-life, ang mabuhay ang tao ng disente...kailangan i-dissect pa ang bill,” Locsin said.
However, she was able to maintain the she absolutely agree with the use of contraception (external or internal contraception) and raises up that the root cause of this issue is that education must be put as a top priority, also adds that an access to the reproductive health information should not hinder the public from doing so.
Another thing that she has pointed out was the significance of taking into consideration how the health of the women are and their own children in our beloved country.
“Ako ay para sa planado, mulat at responsableng pagpapamilya. Ako, pro-life talaga ako. Hindi lamang ito para sa family planning, kalusugan ng ina at anak. Hindi mangyayari ito kung walang education, social services”, ANGEL LOCSIN
With the words said of Angel Locsin the problem of education enters the picture. I think that was her strongest point in this interview. There is no denying that the education system of our country is very poor. This is said so because, talking about the aspects of facility, work force, location, budget and financial difficulties we fail to meet all of these.
I think one of the reasons why this is happening is because the standards of our country has never been encouraged to make it a little high. We are always contented with how things are and just let the nature work on it. Like, we’re so used to the idea that we are a country that always has less, and poor standards with a lot of things.
Another thing reason that enters the picture is the problem of CORRUPTION which have been the country’s everlastingly issue and problem. As Filipino citizens I noticed that we are actually used to finding ways of how we can corrupt each other. A small example to get this picture I’m talking about is whenever there are times when we work with a group having a very strict professor in our University. A student might just force himself/herself to be part of a group that is smart and who works hard or a group that is nice so that we could take advantage of those traits, so that we would work less.
SOURCE:
http://mypinaycelebrities.blogspot.com/2011/03/angel-locsin-and-lea-salonga-talk-about.html
Sunday, June 12, 2011
DING DONG DANTES PRO RH BILL!
Another celebrity who has the support of the RH Bill is Jose Sixto G. Dantes (also know as Ding-Dong Dantes of GMA) where he was invited to be a guest to be interviewed on the Arnold Clavio’s talk show last February 2010. His official statement during the interview is as follows:
"I am for a Well-Informed and Empowered Filipino Youth" (Dantes, 2011)
Mr. Dantes said that about “Forty-four percent (44.3%) of all pregnancies in the Philippines are unplanned, because of the lack of information on family planning services,” states a 2003 NDHS study by the NSO. Meanwhile, the Allan Guttmacher Institute puts the “incidence of induced abortion in the country at around 500,000 annually.”
“Reproductive health education in schools becomes all the more imperative, especially when young people, in a 2002 Young Adult Fertlity and Sexuality Study 3 conducted by the UP Population Institute & Demographic Institute Research Dev’t. Foundation, showed that only one in every five youth (or 15.7%) freely discuss in their homes issues about sex,” asserted by a group of faculty members at the Ateneo De Manila University.
“Proper birth spacing reduces the risk of death for newborns and infants by fifty percent (50%),” the World Health Organization (WHO) concludes.
More, he said during the interview that he wholeheartedly supports to RH bill 4244 because he made sure that he really knows all the principles and intentions of the bill.
He believes that there exists a greater and larger issues that has a heavier weight for the “bill’s immediate passage”, he continues to say that allowing the constant rise of induced abortions is something he cannot tolerate because of his conscience and that fifty percent of them are pregnancies that are not planned because of the lack of information.
Furthermore, he said that he cannot think of a better way on how to protect the youth from the effects of being alienated to their sexuality, as well as the threat of becoming restless with their sexual acts other than making them fully understand the ways to invest on their reproductive health.
“Because I firmly believe on the need to continuously empower the youth, through the power of education.”
Immorality and irresponsibility will be who we are as citizens of our country if we do not do anything. He also says that he admires the Advocacy of the RH bill and all the other affiliated groups who supports the bill’s cause, for remaining a steadfast in its aims even if they face so many institutional pressures.
Lastly, Mr. Ding Dong Dantes that he gives high respect for all the women who are currently on their strong stand as of now, they do it not only for themselves, but they consider the holistic being and welfare of all the women in our country.
Source:
http://filipinasinshowbiz.com/index/2011/04/08/rh-bill-gets-support-from-dingdong-dantes/
"I am for a Well-Informed and Empowered Filipino Youth" (Dantes, 2011)
Mr. Dantes said that about “Forty-four percent (44.3%) of all pregnancies in the Philippines are unplanned, because of the lack of information on family planning services,” states a 2003 NDHS study by the NSO. Meanwhile, the Allan Guttmacher Institute puts the “incidence of induced abortion in the country at around 500,000 annually.”
“Reproductive health education in schools becomes all the more imperative, especially when young people, in a 2002 Young Adult Fertlity and Sexuality Study 3 conducted by the UP Population Institute & Demographic Institute Research Dev’t. Foundation, showed that only one in every five youth (or 15.7%) freely discuss in their homes issues about sex,” asserted by a group of faculty members at the Ateneo De Manila University.
“Proper birth spacing reduces the risk of death for newborns and infants by fifty percent (50%),” the World Health Organization (WHO) concludes.
More, he said during the interview that he wholeheartedly supports to RH bill 4244 because he made sure that he really knows all the principles and intentions of the bill.
He believes that there exists a greater and larger issues that has a heavier weight for the “bill’s immediate passage”, he continues to say that allowing the constant rise of induced abortions is something he cannot tolerate because of his conscience and that fifty percent of them are pregnancies that are not planned because of the lack of information.
Furthermore, he said that he cannot think of a better way on how to protect the youth from the effects of being alienated to their sexuality, as well as the threat of becoming restless with their sexual acts other than making them fully understand the ways to invest on their reproductive health.
“Because I firmly believe on the need to continuously empower the youth, through the power of education.”
Immorality and irresponsibility will be who we are as citizens of our country if we do not do anything. He also says that he admires the Advocacy of the RH bill and all the other affiliated groups who supports the bill’s cause, for remaining a steadfast in its aims even if they face so many institutional pressures.
Lastly, Mr. Ding Dong Dantes that he gives high respect for all the women who are currently on their strong stand as of now, they do it not only for themselves, but they consider the holistic being and welfare of all the women in our country.
Source:
http://filipinasinshowbiz.com/index/2011/04/08/rh-bill-gets-support-from-dingdong-dantes/
"Without you or even against you, we will win this new revolution, too,"
So far, with all the research I have been doing being on the Pro-side of the RH Bill is what I think is the best choice. This blog will share what Akbayan spokesperson Risa Hontiveros think about the RH Bill.
There was a very controversial letter that was from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to Risa Hontiveros. Her reaction was posted on facebook.
In the letter, CBCP uttered, “RH Bill empowers women with ownership of their own bodies... without the dictation of any religion." And added that “"Whatever gave you the idea that we decide about our bodies or anything else in life without anchoring in our deepest inspirations, whether faith or humanism or the sheer sense of being a woman? As a conference of men located outside women’s experience, good bishop, could you not show a little more respect for us?"
In actual response to what the CBCP have stated that day which made "a prophetic and moral judgment on political leadership" during the 1986 People Power, Hontiveros said that "In 1986, you were advancing democracy; now, you are impeding democracy." As one of the young people then who went in our multitudes to EDSA (in 1986), I will always remember how our hearts were made even braver and our feet swifter by the CBCP's pastoral letter, But your pastoral letter of last month cannot be placed on the same plane... By misrepresenting the (RH) Bill as promotive of abortion and of adolescent promiscuity—with all due respect—you have not only been intellectually dishonest and ignored the good faith of RH advocates, but also failed to proclaim the life-saving and values-formation character of this public health measure”
public health measure."
Ms. Hontiveros stressed the point that once the RH Bill is passed, the reproductive health program will result in less number of fatality and abortion rate in our country. She also shared a data of how eleven women die each day because of complications in getting pregnant and giving birth, and how around 800,000 are engaged in abortion every year due to unwanted pregnancy.
Now, given these two statistics it is no joke that a bill the will help lessen this could solve it! We cannot just deny these data. What one should realize is that the RH Bill stresses on both health issue of men and women and that is not pro abortion, at all.
This bill has been prolonged for so long, it was first passed over a decade ago and until now its current state has not changed. I am a firm believer of the Lord and I feel like making this Bill as a law does not go against it. As a democratic country we have to acknowledge other people’s belief and the RH Bill is simply just an OPTION! That has been stressed out by many people who are for it! JUST AN OPTION! It is still everyone’s choice how they would like to go about their family planning.
Source:
http://www.spot.ph/newsfeatures/47620/risa-hontiveros-reacts-to-cbcps-anti-rh-bill-letter-you-are-impeding-democracy
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/04/19/10/hontiveros-tatad-debate-rh-bill
So far, with all the research I have been doing being on the Pro-side of the RH Bill is what I think is the best choice. This blog will share what Akbayan spokesperson Risa Hontiveros think about the RH Bill.
There was a very controversial letter that was from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to Risa Hontiveros. Her reaction was posted on facebook.
In the letter, CBCP uttered, “RH Bill empowers women with ownership of their own bodies... without the dictation of any religion." And added that “"Whatever gave you the idea that we decide about our bodies or anything else in life without anchoring in our deepest inspirations, whether faith or humanism or the sheer sense of being a woman? As a conference of men located outside women’s experience, good bishop, could you not show a little more respect for us?"
In actual response to what the CBCP have stated that day which made "a prophetic and moral judgment on political leadership" during the 1986 People Power, Hontiveros said that "In 1986, you were advancing democracy; now, you are impeding democracy." As one of the young people then who went in our multitudes to EDSA (in 1986), I will always remember how our hearts were made even braver and our feet swifter by the CBCP's pastoral letter, But your pastoral letter of last month cannot be placed on the same plane... By misrepresenting the (RH) Bill as promotive of abortion and of adolescent promiscuity—with all due respect—you have not only been intellectually dishonest and ignored the good faith of RH advocates, but also failed to proclaim the life-saving and values-formation character of this public health measure”
public health measure."
Ms. Hontiveros stressed the point that once the RH Bill is passed, the reproductive health program will result in less number of fatality and abortion rate in our country. She also shared a data of how eleven women die each day because of complications in getting pregnant and giving birth, and how around 800,000 are engaged in abortion every year due to unwanted pregnancy.
Now, given these two statistics it is no joke that a bill the will help lessen this could solve it! We cannot just deny these data. What one should realize is that the RH Bill stresses on both health issue of men and women and that is not pro abortion, at all.
This bill has been prolonged for so long, it was first passed over a decade ago and until now its current state has not changed. I am a firm believer of the Lord and I feel like making this Bill as a law does not go against it. As a democratic country we have to acknowledge other people’s belief and the RH Bill is simply just an OPTION! That has been stressed out by many people who are for it! JUST AN OPTION! It is still everyone’s choice how they would like to go about their family planning.
Source:
http://www.spot.ph/newsfeatures/47620/risa-hontiveros-reacts-to-cbcps-anti-rh-bill-letter-you-are-impeding-democracy
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/04/19/10/hontiveros-tatad-debate-rh-bill
Lea Salonga as an Ambassador of the Bill?
In the up coming post, it is my attempt to get some of the stands of the different influential celebrities around the country to share to my blog. Here goes, international singer Lea salonga’s stand on the issue.
There was an interview published on Push.com.ph last May 3 regarding the singer’s stand on the RH Bill and the question if she would like to be the ambassador/spoke’s person of the Malacanang on this.
According to the article, she would at most likely agree in accepting the offer and taking a step forward by being a full-fledge ambassador.
"I know what Malacañang's stand is, I know what the president's stand is and I think he has made that very clear," she said, adding that she would be doing it for free "since it's something that you do for your country, it's not something you do for a paycheck... if they get me as one of the ambassadors — because I am not obviously the only one who believes in this thing — but if there's a band of like-minded individuals who feel this strongly about this issue, then I would absolutely agree,"
The worldwide singer theater and actress has been constantly and vocally expressing her support for the bill that has been so long prolonged, RH bill.
“My stand is that I am for it. I’ve been consistently supporting it. I can understand the arguments for and the arguments against RH Bill. There are many valid arguments on both sides and I can understand where everybody's coming from as far as what their belief system is. Basically, you have to go with what your conscience tells you and you would have to know what is right for you. Without trampling upon somebody else's belief,”
More over, Ms. Salonga uttered that it is part of the government’s responsibility to not only make contraceptives and other related assistance, but to give information to its citizens on all the ways of birth control the power to choose these as an option as well. She also mentioned that not only the pill to be available but inform the public of how to use it and its good and bad effects.
Furthermore, the singer also said that
The actress also said,
“Couples or every citizen of age needs to be informed about this stuff. Both good and bad effects need to be given to married couples who want to control their family size but may not have the info. You can’t just say gusto ko yung pill. You have to know how it will affect your body; you have to know what the side effects will be. There is a failure rate because of improper usage. But if you use it properly then you're able to prevent disease or unwanted pregnancy. And obviously you will not teach a nine-year-old how to put a condom up a banana. Anybody who says that is not thinking straight,”
Right now, I feel like I’m slowly moving to the pro-side of the RH bill because of how Ms. Lea Salonga have given her arguments on the issue.
Reference:
http://www.push.com.ph/features/3204/lea-salonga-says-shes-willing-to-be-an-official-rh-bill-advocate/
There was an interview published on Push.com.ph last May 3 regarding the singer’s stand on the RH Bill and the question if she would like to be the ambassador/spoke’s person of the Malacanang on this.
According to the article, she would at most likely agree in accepting the offer and taking a step forward by being a full-fledge ambassador.
"I know what Malacañang's stand is, I know what the president's stand is and I think he has made that very clear," she said, adding that she would be doing it for free "since it's something that you do for your country, it's not something you do for a paycheck... if they get me as one of the ambassadors — because I am not obviously the only one who believes in this thing — but if there's a band of like-minded individuals who feel this strongly about this issue, then I would absolutely agree,"
The worldwide singer theater and actress has been constantly and vocally expressing her support for the bill that has been so long prolonged, RH bill.
“My stand is that I am for it. I’ve been consistently supporting it. I can understand the arguments for and the arguments against RH Bill. There are many valid arguments on both sides and I can understand where everybody's coming from as far as what their belief system is. Basically, you have to go with what your conscience tells you and you would have to know what is right for you. Without trampling upon somebody else's belief,”
More over, Ms. Salonga uttered that it is part of the government’s responsibility to not only make contraceptives and other related assistance, but to give information to its citizens on all the ways of birth control the power to choose these as an option as well. She also mentioned that not only the pill to be available but inform the public of how to use it and its good and bad effects.
Furthermore, the singer also said that
The actress also said,
“Couples or every citizen of age needs to be informed about this stuff. Both good and bad effects need to be given to married couples who want to control their family size but may not have the info. You can’t just say gusto ko yung pill. You have to know how it will affect your body; you have to know what the side effects will be. There is a failure rate because of improper usage. But if you use it properly then you're able to prevent disease or unwanted pregnancy. And obviously you will not teach a nine-year-old how to put a condom up a banana. Anybody who says that is not thinking straight,”
Right now, I feel like I’m slowly moving to the pro-side of the RH bill because of how Ms. Lea Salonga have given her arguments on the issue.
Reference:
http://www.push.com.ph/features/3204/lea-salonga-says-shes-willing-to-be-an-official-rh-bill-advocate/
Thursday, June 9, 2011
The definition of terms in the RH Bill according to the bill itself is the following:
1. Reproductive Health Education- refers to the process of acquiring complete, accurate and relevant information on all matters relating to the reproductive system, its functions and processes and human sexuality; and forming attitudes and beliefs about sex, sexual identity, interpersonal relationships, affection, intimacy and gender roles. It also includes developing the necessary skills do be able to distinguish between facts and myths on sex and sexuality; and critically evaluate. and discuss the moral, religious, social and cultural dimensions of related sensitive issues such as contraception and abortion.
2. Male involvement and participation – refers to the involvement, participation, commitment and joint responsibility of men with women in all areas of sexual and reproductive health, as well as reproductive health concerns specific to men.
3. Reproductive tract infection (RTI) – refers do sexually transmitted infections, sexually transmitted diseases and other types of-infections affecting the reproductive system.
4.Basic Emergency Obstetric Care – refers to lifesaving services for maternal complication being provided by a health facility or professional which must include the following six signal functions: administration of parenteral antibiotics; administration of parrenteral oxyttocic drugs; administration of parenteral anticonvulsants for pre-eclampsia and iampsia; manual removal of placenta; and assisted vaginal delivery.
5. Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care – refers to basic emergency obstetric care plus two other signal functions: performance of caesarean section and blood transfusion.
6. Maternal Death Review – refers to a qualitative and in-depth study of the causes of maternal death with the primary purpose of preventing future deaths through changes or additions to programs, plans and policies.
7. Skilled Attendant – refers to an accredited health professional such as a licensed midwife, doctor or nurse who has adequate proficiency and the skills to manage normal (uncomplicated) pregnancies, childbirth and the immediate postnatal period, and in the identification, management and referral of complication in women and newborns.
8. Skilled Attendance – refers to childbirth managed by a skilled attendant under the enabling conditions of a functional emergencyobstetric care and referral system.
9. Development – refers to a multi-dimensional process involving major changes in social structures, popular attitudes, and national institutions as well as the acceleration of economic growth, the reduction of inequality and the eradication of widespread poverty.
10. Sustainable Human Development – refers to the totality of the process of expending human choices by enabling people to enjoy long, healthy and productive lives, affording them access to resources needed for a decent standard of living and assuring continuity and acceleration of development by achieving a balance between and among a manageable population, adequate resources and a healthy environment.
11. Population Development – refers to a program that aims to: (1) help couples and parents achieve their desired family size; (2) improve reproductive health of individuals by addressing reproductive health problems; (3) contribute to decreased maternal and infant mortality rates and early child mortality; (4) reduce incidence of teenage pregnancy; and (5) enable government to achieve a balanced population distribution.
I will be getting the stands of influential people in my up coming blogs to further aid anyone who’s yet to decided which side they are on.
Source:
http://2010presidentiables.wordpress.com/reproductive-health-bill-5043/text-of-rh-bill-no-5043/
1. Reproductive Health Education- refers to the process of acquiring complete, accurate and relevant information on all matters relating to the reproductive system, its functions and processes and human sexuality; and forming attitudes and beliefs about sex, sexual identity, interpersonal relationships, affection, intimacy and gender roles. It also includes developing the necessary skills do be able to distinguish between facts and myths on sex and sexuality; and critically evaluate. and discuss the moral, religious, social and cultural dimensions of related sensitive issues such as contraception and abortion.
2. Male involvement and participation – refers to the involvement, participation, commitment and joint responsibility of men with women in all areas of sexual and reproductive health, as well as reproductive health concerns specific to men.
3. Reproductive tract infection (RTI) – refers do sexually transmitted infections, sexually transmitted diseases and other types of-infections affecting the reproductive system.
4.Basic Emergency Obstetric Care – refers to lifesaving services for maternal complication being provided by a health facility or professional which must include the following six signal functions: administration of parenteral antibiotics; administration of parrenteral oxyttocic drugs; administration of parenteral anticonvulsants for pre-eclampsia and iampsia; manual removal of placenta; and assisted vaginal delivery.
5. Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care – refers to basic emergency obstetric care plus two other signal functions: performance of caesarean section and blood transfusion.
6. Maternal Death Review – refers to a qualitative and in-depth study of the causes of maternal death with the primary purpose of preventing future deaths through changes or additions to programs, plans and policies.
7. Skilled Attendant – refers to an accredited health professional such as a licensed midwife, doctor or nurse who has adequate proficiency and the skills to manage normal (uncomplicated) pregnancies, childbirth and the immediate postnatal period, and in the identification, management and referral of complication in women and newborns.
8. Skilled Attendance – refers to childbirth managed by a skilled attendant under the enabling conditions of a functional emergencyobstetric care and referral system.
9. Development – refers to a multi-dimensional process involving major changes in social structures, popular attitudes, and national institutions as well as the acceleration of economic growth, the reduction of inequality and the eradication of widespread poverty.
10. Sustainable Human Development – refers to the totality of the process of expending human choices by enabling people to enjoy long, healthy and productive lives, affording them access to resources needed for a decent standard of living and assuring continuity and acceleration of development by achieving a balance between and among a manageable population, adequate resources and a healthy environment.
11. Population Development – refers to a program that aims to: (1) help couples and parents achieve their desired family size; (2) improve reproductive health of individuals by addressing reproductive health problems; (3) contribute to decreased maternal and infant mortality rates and early child mortality; (4) reduce incidence of teenage pregnancy; and (5) enable government to achieve a balanced population distribution.
I will be getting the stands of influential people in my up coming blogs to further aid anyone who’s yet to decided which side they are on.
Source:
http://2010presidentiables.wordpress.com/reproductive-health-bill-5043/text-of-rh-bill-no-5043/
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
WHAT DOES THE RH BILL REALLY SAY?
I think having a copy of the bill itself on my blog roll is a good idea to share so that we may be able to fully comprehend the intention of the people who have formulated this kind of bill. It is important to go through it so that we could fully digest and get the idea of this respective bill. Doing so, would probably make one go against the bill or support that bill much more. The definition of the terms would follow after the guiding principles of the bill.
The following are the Principles of the RH Bill according to the bill itself:
a. In the promotion of reproductive health, there should be no bias for either modern or natural methods of family planning;
b. Reproductive health goes beyond a demographic target because it is principally about health and rights;
c. Gender equality and women empowerment are central elements of reproductive health and population development;
d. Since manpower is the principal asset of every country, effective reproductive health care services must be given primacy to ensure the birth and care of healthy children and to promote responsible parenting;
e. The limited resources of the country cannot be suffered to, be spread so thinly to service a burgeoning multitude that makes the allocations grossly inadequate and effectively meaningless;
f. Freedom of informed choice, which is central to the exercise of any right, must be fully guaranteed by the State like the right itself;
g. While the number and spacing of children are left to the sound judgment of parents and couples based on their personal conviction and religious beliefs, such concerned parents and couples, including unmarried individuals, should be afforded free and full access to relevant, adequate and correct information on reproductive health and human sexuality and should be guided by qualified State workers and professional private practitioners;
h. Reproductive health, including the promotion of breastfeeding, must be the joint concern of the National Government and Local Government Units(LGUs);
i. Protection and promotion of gender equality, women empowerment and human rights, including reproductive health rights, are imperative;
j. Development is a multi-faceted process that calls for the coordination and integration of policies, plans, programs and projects that seek to uplift the quality of life of the people, more particularly the poor, the needy and the marginalized;
k. Active participation by and thorough consultation with concerned non-government organizations (NGOs), people’s organizations (POs) and communities are imperative to ensure that basic policies, plans, programs and projects address the priority needs of stakeholders;
l. Respect for, protection and fulfillment of reproductive health rights seek to promote not only the rights and welfare of adult individuals and couples but those of adolescents’ and children’s as well; While nothing in this Act changes the law on abortion, as abortion remains a crime and is punishable, the government shall ensure that women seeking care for post-abortion complications shall be treated and counseled in a humane, non-judgmental and compassionate manner.
To follow is the Definition of Terms. =)
Source:
http://2010presidentiables.wordpress.com/reproductive-health-bill-5043/text-of-rh-bill-no-5043/
Sunday, June 5, 2011
HOW TO OPPOSE THE RH BILL
The RH bill according to him is “PRO-ABORTION”
“This single issue alone once proved is enough to discourage anyone’s support for the pending bill. As even the authors of the bill acknowledge the fact that abortion in this country is not allowed and will remain a crime and punishable. Hence for the anti-RH Bill all they have to do is to show evidence that some of the modern methods in the artificial family planning, included in the proposed law, directly induce deliberate destruction of the fertilized egg or abortion. As evidence, it should be new and reliable scientific evidence; peer reviewed in many scientific journals, and approved by the majority in the field of medicine and health sciences.” (Villas, G. 2009)
It is certain that the RH Bill will not stop poverty as corruption is the problem not over-population.
“This is the socio-political paradigm of the issue. The aim, of course, is to project that RH Bill is not very important and will not lead to practical solution and might even worsen the current problem, and so wasting the taxpayers money is objectionable. By this claim, they have to provide adequate studies in reference to the statement that over-population is not a problem, or manpower is actually an asset to a nation or something like that. (They could even cite China as an example of large country with very large population but with a powerhouse economy). They could even argue that the unequal distribution of wealth, wrong priorities of the government, and the greedy oligarchs are the culprit why our nation is under-developed without the burden of over-population.” (Villas, G. 2009)
The RH bill is not in accordance with a political constitution.
“One of the other objections against the passage of RH bill stems from misconception that this bill is coercive on the side of the employers to provide mandatory free reproductive health care services, supplies, devices and surgical procedures to employees, and be subjected to both imprisonment and/or a fine, for every time they fail to comply. While others cited the freedom of religion and the ‘criminalization of conscience’ of the individuals.” (Villas, G. 2009)
The author of the article has also noted the things that all employers would be required to do if the bill is passed. They are the following:
(a) Establishments which are required by law to maintain a clinic or infirmary shall provide free family planning services to their employees which shall include, but not be limited to, the application or use of contraceptive pills and intrauterine devices. (Villas, G. 2009)
(b) In coordination with other agencies of the government engaged in the promotion of family planning, the Department of Labor and Employment shall develop and prescribe incentive bonus schemes to encourage family planning among female workers in any establishment or enterprise. (Villas, G. 2009)
“RH Bill is a legal and scientific issue, not religious. Provide reliable evidences or stop wasting taxpayers money and PASS THE RH BILL NOW.” – Geri Villas
“This single issue alone once proved is enough to discourage anyone’s support for the pending bill. As even the authors of the bill acknowledge the fact that abortion in this country is not allowed and will remain a crime and punishable. Hence for the anti-RH Bill all they have to do is to show evidence that some of the modern methods in the artificial family planning, included in the proposed law, directly induce deliberate destruction of the fertilized egg or abortion. As evidence, it should be new and reliable scientific evidence; peer reviewed in many scientific journals, and approved by the majority in the field of medicine and health sciences.” (Villas, G. 2009)
It is certain that the RH Bill will not stop poverty as corruption is the problem not over-population.
“This is the socio-political paradigm of the issue. The aim, of course, is to project that RH Bill is not very important and will not lead to practical solution and might even worsen the current problem, and so wasting the taxpayers money is objectionable. By this claim, they have to provide adequate studies in reference to the statement that over-population is not a problem, or manpower is actually an asset to a nation or something like that. (They could even cite China as an example of large country with very large population but with a powerhouse economy). They could even argue that the unequal distribution of wealth, wrong priorities of the government, and the greedy oligarchs are the culprit why our nation is under-developed without the burden of over-population.” (Villas, G. 2009)
The RH bill is not in accordance with a political constitution.
“One of the other objections against the passage of RH bill stems from misconception that this bill is coercive on the side of the employers to provide mandatory free reproductive health care services, supplies, devices and surgical procedures to employees, and be subjected to both imprisonment and/or a fine, for every time they fail to comply. While others cited the freedom of religion and the ‘criminalization of conscience’ of the individuals.” (Villas, G. 2009)
The author of the article has also noted the things that all employers would be required to do if the bill is passed. They are the following:
(a) Establishments which are required by law to maintain a clinic or infirmary shall provide free family planning services to their employees which shall include, but not be limited to, the application or use of contraceptive pills and intrauterine devices. (Villas, G. 2009)
(b) In coordination with other agencies of the government engaged in the promotion of family planning, the Department of Labor and Employment shall develop and prescribe incentive bonus schemes to encourage family planning among female workers in any establishment or enterprise. (Villas, G. 2009)
“RH Bill is a legal and scientific issue, not religious. Provide reliable evidences or stop wasting taxpayers money and PASS THE RH BILL NOW.” – Geri Villas
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