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Women, men and even teenagers are
a bit confuse on what will this RH Bill bring in our state because there is an
overload of information coming from the media and for those who have already
the knowledge has by now its own bet, whether they are ANTI or PRO but RH Bill
has place the state’s so called “Christian country practices” into a test. From
this status, ANTIs and PROs started debating on this matter.
PRO’s side
Standing from the reason of
“poverty”, PROs believe of “massive population is the cause of poverty”. True,
yet there are a lot of contradictions on what they believe. While I was surfing
Facebook on anything that can quench my boringness, a status caught my
attention. The status came from a writer and was once an Editor-in-Chief on our
school’s student publication and he stated that “If the church will go up
against the RH Bill, then they should find a way to solve the nation’s
augmenting poverty”. The quote was not exactly what the user’s status but its
thought is what the quoted part denotes.
The population really affects the
state’s economy and of course in the field of improvement and on the undying
social problem which is “poverty”. For instance, China’s “1 child policy” may sound vindictive
but it actually helps its nation to improve in all aspects in the economy. Philippines
of course would not emulate China’s
rule but if we really internalize what their state is implementing, it is
actually the foremost purpose why their nation is improving. According to one
of the articles I’ve read in the latest issue of our official student
publication, the Capitol Chronicle (Volume 24 No. 1 June-August 2012) entitled
“Two Cents on RH Bill” written by Charlie Simon with interviews by Jocef Ian
Rama, the Dean of the College of Nursing, Dean Fidela Ansale said that the
terms of the bill is to improve and promote the health and wellness of the
people athwart of the lifespan of an individual. In general, the bill not only
focuses on family planning but also the wellness of every entity.
ANTI’s side
It was stated, “go to the world
and multiply”. As a Christian Country, we believe that God created each
individual for a specific purpose. Every purpose is in good intentions. When we
see it as not a ‘good intension’ it is because we are blinded by our emotions.
In connection, at the moment of conception of a sperm and an egg cell, God had
created the very young and delicate fertilized egg its purpose and as what the
opposing team sees on the bill, there’s no need for us to control our
population for the sake of solving ‘poverty’.
The church views on this bill as
what I’ve read and heard through articles on newspapers and on television is an
“abortifacient” which implies a type of process or seldom, a drug used to kill
a fetus or a cause of abortion (The Pocket Webster School and Office
Dictionary: 1990). Churches most especially on Christian countries which of
course practicing ‘Christian living’ only concur “natural family planning”. Some
says that “population” does not affect the state’s economy and not a major
source of poverty, believing that “there are no enough jobs” is the reason why
our country is still experiencing this undying social problem which started
centuries ago.
To ponder
Philippines have been facing a lot
of problems. From the conflict between China, the augmenting crime rate,
the increasing number of deaths because of dengue, the garbage, graft and
corruption, and this Reproductive Health Bill. As a citizen living in the lower
class, I am still hoping for the upcoming era that the nation’s undying problem
will soon be in part of the Philippines
history and a new Philippines
will be born. From these impediments, we will much more appreciate our triumph.
How
about you? What’s your take in the Reproductive Health Bill (RH Bill)?
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