Bishops launch attacks anew vs RH bill

Saturday, July 23, 2011
ROMAN Catholic bishops went on another offensive on Saturday as they warned that Philippine society will further decay once the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill is passed into law.
The bill’s passage will only result in society losing its moral values, outgoing Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Bishop Nereo Odchimar said in a statement he made in time for the 43rd anniversary of the Humane Vitae letter of Pope Paul VI on July 25.
The anniversary falls on President Benigno Aquino III’s second State of the Nation Address (Sona) before members of Congress and the public.
“At the heart of the RH bill or Responsible Parenthood bill is this secularist and materialistic spirit. The bill ignores moral and religious considerations in the name of democracy and freedom of choice in a pluralist society,” he said.
Both houses of Congress are currently debating the merits of the RH bill, which was backed by President Aquino and militant organizations.
The late pope’s encyclical re-affirmed the traditional teaching of the Catholic Church regarding married love, responsible parenthood, and the prohibition of using artificial contraceptives.
Make RH bill a priority
For their part, women members of the Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) called on President Aquino to include the RH bill in his priority legislations for Monday’s Sona.
“You have made sporadic statements of support to the RH bill. It has been confusing though because you did not include it in your first Sona priority list of legislations,” PM secretary-general Judy Ann Miranda said.
While the RH bill is not the “be all, end all” solution to poverty, Akbayan lawmaker Walden Bello said it provides an option for families to make prudent and smart economic decisions.
Bello said that in hindsight an increase in population could be a great contributor to development.
However, he countered that an unrestrained population growth can spell trouble for development especially when such growth occurs alongside an economy that is unable to accommodate or maximize a rapidly growing population.
The Philippines is expected to end the year with 95 million people as the government eyed economic growth of at least seven percent until 2016 to cut poverty levels.
Poor Filipinos reached 23.1 million in 2009 from 22.2 million in 2006, according to the National Statistical Coordination Board. (Virgil Lopez/Sunnex)

Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2011/07/23/bishops-launch-attacks-anew-vs-rh-bill-168595

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Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building
Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner A Bonifacio Ave,
Angeles Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023
0922-870-5173 0917-826-8790 (ask for Ana Fe)

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