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RH Bill
They say: The Reproductive Health Bill undermines the human rights it seeks to advance.
I say: It does not. It promotes human rights. As everyone knows choice and health care are human rights.
a. Choice. Through the help of the RHB, people have the choice to have safe sex. Indeed abstinence is a surefire to safe sex. But be human!!! Frankly, sex is inevitable specially in certain ages of one's life.
b. Health care. Through this bill, doctors are obliged to properly treat even those who have undergone illegal abortion. This thing has been misunderstood by many people. This only means that women who had undergone abortion would not be deprived of health care. But after being treated, they would SURELY face the consequences of their acts accordingly ( in short, abortion would not be legalized through the help of RHB). Going back to the main point of this paragraph, criminals are being treated, so why not these people. A true story shared by a nurse, a woman was rushed to the hospital because of bleeding. The doctors found out that she took something to abort the baby. Instead of treating her immediately, the doctors scolded her. After their sermons, the doctors treated her (raspa) without any anesthesia because according to them she is sinful. Now, for those who are against the RHB, can you imagine how painful is that? You go to the hospital to seek help but instead, you get scolded and not receive the proper treatment.
They say: Maternal health requires access to healthcare facilities and reproductive health education, not contrceptives
I say: Access to healthcare facilities and reproductive health education are very much in the RHB. Contraceptives, condoms are important.
a. Condoms. Through the use of condoms, the spread of STDs could be prevented. According to studies, pull out method is not really effective because of the pre ejaculation cum.
b. Contraceptives. Through the use of contraceptives, one can have choice to get pregnant or not. According to many women, the reason as to why they have many kids is because they have no choice. They are afraid that if they don't submit their selves, their husbands might look for another woman. No, Contraception is not killing for it only prevents ovulation and makes it hard for the sperm to enter the uterus (source: http://womenshealth.about.com/od/thepill/f/howpillworks.htm, http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/0663.html) If this is killing, then, imrpison anyone who masturbates!!!
They say: It does not protect the rights of conscience of those that will be responsible for implementing new measures
I say: It does. No part of the bill says that there would be a corresponding punishment for doctors who would not recommend the use of condoms, contraceptives, pills or what not. Also, a part of the bill says that:
SEC. 17. Employers’ Responsibilities. - Employers shall respect the reproductive health rights of all their workers. Women shall not be discriminated against in the matter of hiring, regularization of employment status or selection for retrenchment.
All Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) shall provide for the free delivery by the employer of reasonable quantity of reproductive health care services, supplies and devices to all workers, more particularly women workers. In establishments or enterprises where there are no CBAs or where the employees are unorganized, the employer shall have the same obligation.
Also , the bill does not prohibit the parents from teaching their children about sex. It just wants to make sure that at the end of the day, every child knows something about sex. We should be aware that all parents have the guts and time to teach this to their children
They say: It violates freedom of expression
I say: It does not. The bill does not force anyone to use pills, etc. It respects the choice of the couple. No penalty shall be given to those who won't use it. It just wants to give option, to give choice to the Filipino citizen.
They say: Increase in contraceptive use leads to higher abortion rate.
I say: It does not. Using these things affect the egg cells and sperm cells. Then a bigger possibility that there would already be no baby formed (so, nothing would be aborted). Unlike if you have unprotected sex, there is a very big percent of a woman getting pregnant What many people refuse to see is that RHB seeks to prevent abortion by family planning.
They say: It fails to reaffirm the Philippines's protection of the unborn.
I say: Filipino law has long defended the right to life of all persons. But there is still no life in this case. The sperm and egg has not yet met (refer to earlier links and explanation).
They say: Recent reports says that family planning programs failed to meet the needs of the poorest population.
I say: I can't see the truth in this. Mind you, reports from different bodies have shown the need of poor people for contraceptives. Let me cite a documentary I've watched: It was all about a poor woman who confessed that she and her husband uses plastic as condom because they could not afford to buy condoms. But then those plastics are not effective so they still ended up having lots of children. But this people are still luckier for they know those things. Most of the poor people does not know that these things does not even exist.
They say: There has never been a direct link connecting high population with high poverty rates
I say: Let us analyze the situation. Take for example an average earning family. This family then has lets say 6 kids. Consider the current prices of the basic needs, the education of the children and all of the other needs, how can you say that the salaries of the parents are still sizable for the whole family. Don't you think that because of this the middle class family will become a poor family. Another point is that the aim of the RHB is not only to eliminate poverty but also to increase awareness, decrease mortality rate due to lack of healthcare and to prevent the spread of STDs. Mind you, there is a direct link between these things and the improvement of the life of every Filipino.
I say: It does not. It promotes human rights. As everyone knows choice and health care are human rights.
a. Choice. Through the help of the RHB, people have the choice to have safe sex. Indeed abstinence is a surefire to safe sex. But be human!!! Frankly, sex is inevitable specially in certain ages of one's life.
b. Health care. Through this bill, doctors are obliged to properly treat even those who have undergone illegal abortion. This thing has been misunderstood by many people. This only means that women who had undergone abortion would not be deprived of health care. But after being treated, they would SURELY face the consequences of their acts accordingly ( in short, abortion would not be legalized through the help of RHB). Going back to the main point of this paragraph, criminals are being treated, so why not these people. A true story shared by a nurse, a woman was rushed to the hospital because of bleeding. The doctors found out that she took something to abort the baby. Instead of treating her immediately, the doctors scolded her. After their sermons, the doctors treated her (raspa) without any anesthesia because according to them she is sinful. Now, for those who are against the RHB, can you imagine how painful is that? You go to the hospital to seek help but instead, you get scolded and not receive the proper treatment.
They say: Maternal health requires access to healthcare facilities and reproductive health education, not contrceptives
I say: Access to healthcare facilities and reproductive health education are very much in the RHB. Contraceptives, condoms are important.
a. Condoms. Through the use of condoms, the spread of STDs could be prevented. According to studies, pull out method is not really effective because of the pre ejaculation cum.
b. Contraceptives. Through the use of contraceptives, one can have choice to get pregnant or not. According to many women, the reason as to why they have many kids is because they have no choice. They are afraid that if they don't submit their selves, their husbands might look for another woman. No, Contraception is not killing for it only prevents ovulation and makes it hard for the sperm to enter the uterus (source: http://womenshealth.about.com/od/thepill/f/howpillworks.htm, http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/0663.html) If this is killing, then, imrpison anyone who masturbates!!!
They say: It does not protect the rights of conscience of those that will be responsible for implementing new measures
I say: It does. No part of the bill says that there would be a corresponding punishment for doctors who would not recommend the use of condoms, contraceptives, pills or what not. Also, a part of the bill says that:
SEC. 17. Employers’ Responsibilities. - Employers shall respect the reproductive health rights of all their workers. Women shall not be discriminated against in the matter of hiring, regularization of employment status or selection for retrenchment.
All Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) shall provide for the free delivery by the employer of reasonable quantity of reproductive health care services, supplies and devices to all workers, more particularly women workers. In establishments or enterprises where there are no CBAs or where the employees are unorganized, the employer shall have the same obligation.
Also , the bill does not prohibit the parents from teaching their children about sex. It just wants to make sure that at the end of the day, every child knows something about sex. We should be aware that all parents have the guts and time to teach this to their children
They say: It violates freedom of expression
I say: It does not. The bill does not force anyone to use pills, etc. It respects the choice of the couple. No penalty shall be given to those who won't use it. It just wants to give option, to give choice to the Filipino citizen.
They say: Increase in contraceptive use leads to higher abortion rate.
I say: It does not. Using these things affect the egg cells and sperm cells. Then a bigger possibility that there would already be no baby formed (so, nothing would be aborted). Unlike if you have unprotected sex, there is a very big percent of a woman getting pregnant What many people refuse to see is that RHB seeks to prevent abortion by family planning.
They say: It fails to reaffirm the Philippines's protection of the unborn.
I say: Filipino law has long defended the right to life of all persons. But there is still no life in this case. The sperm and egg has not yet met (refer to earlier links and explanation).
They say: Recent reports says that family planning programs failed to meet the needs of the poorest population.
I say: I can't see the truth in this. Mind you, reports from different bodies have shown the need of poor people for contraceptives. Let me cite a documentary I've watched: It was all about a poor woman who confessed that she and her husband uses plastic as condom because they could not afford to buy condoms. But then those plastics are not effective so they still ended up having lots of children. But this people are still luckier for they know those things. Most of the poor people does not know that these things does not even exist.
They say: There has never been a direct link connecting high population with high poverty rates
I say: Let us analyze the situation. Take for example an average earning family. This family then has lets say 6 kids. Consider the current prices of the basic needs, the education of the children and all of the other needs, how can you say that the salaries of the parents are still sizable for the whole family. Don't you think that because of this the middle class family will become a poor family. Another point is that the aim of the RHB is not only to eliminate poverty but also to increase awareness, decrease mortality rate due to lack of healthcare and to prevent the spread of STDs. Mind you, there is a direct link between these things and the improvement of the life of every Filipino.
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