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.

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http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=678644&publicationSubCategoryId=