Unity in Diversity
Unity in Diversity
Convinced that our country needs an aid for destitution and economic degeneration, many politicians propose the Reproductive Health Bill. They believe that this bill will improve Filipino’s quality of living thinking that our country is facing the problem of overpopulation. They attest that the said bill is neither anti-life nor anti-family, that contraceptives are not life threatening, and that the bill could provide a better community to live in. Well, I say, even though it has been an established fact that our country Philippines is the 12th most populous country in the world, it does not necessarily mean that RH Bill is the right answer for the said problem.
One of those many politicians is Albay’s 1st District Representative Edcel Lagman. He passed the House Bill No. 4244 in the senate or An Act Providing for a Comprehensive Policy on Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health. It centers the topic of abortion and the most talked about issue of reproductive health education for the youth. It also covers artificial methods of family planning and birth control.
The good congressman delivered that a rapidly ballooning population and high unwanted fertility are primary factors in restricting both educational and employment opportunities for women and are responsible for the alarmingly high infant and maternal mortality and morbidity rates in the country. He stated that the RH bill is not about sex, neither it is about religion. It is about health, rights and sustainable human development. He also stressed out that there is a direct relationship of the vast increase of population and the rate of development of our country.
On the other side of the story, the Catholic Church stands that implementation of RH Bill does no good in our country as well as in our religion. The Church points out that, poverty is not mainly caused by overpopulation but rather because of the corruption which secretly happens in the government. The Church also
Convinced that our country needs an aid for destitution and economic degeneration, many politicians propose the Reproductive Health Bill. They believe that this bill will improve Filipino’s quality of living thinking that our country is facing the problem of overpopulation. They attest that the said bill is neither anti-life nor anti-family, that contraceptives are not life threatening, and that the bill could provide a better community to live in. Well, I say, even though it has been an established fact that our country Philippines is the 12th most populous country in the world, it does not necessarily mean that RH Bill is the right answer for the said problem.
One of those many politicians is Albay’s 1st District Representative Edcel Lagman. He passed the House Bill No. 4244 in the senate or An Act Providing for a Comprehensive Policy on Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health. It centers the topic of abortion and the most talked about issue of reproductive health education for the youth. It also covers artificial methods of family planning and birth control.
The good congressman delivered that a rapidly ballooning population and high unwanted fertility are primary factors in restricting both educational and employment opportunities for women and are responsible for the alarmingly high infant and maternal mortality and morbidity rates in the country. He stated that the RH bill is not about sex, neither it is about religion. It is about health, rights and sustainable human development. He also stressed out that there is a direct relationship of the vast increase of population and the rate of development of our country.
On the other side of the story, the Catholic Church stands that implementation of RH Bill does no good in our country as well as in our religion. The Church points out that, poverty is not mainly caused by overpopulation but rather because of the corruption which secretly happens in the government. The Church also