tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918980256802616013.post2208170437721483510..comments2023-12-15T00:39:30.837-08:00Comments on World of Womanity: My Stand on the RH Billjoyceinheelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443812250395256408noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918980256802616013.post-70049224479421608292011-04-03T03:19:30.490-07:002011-04-03T03:19:30.490-07:00Hello, thanks for the kind words. Just visited you...Hello, thanks for the kind words. Just visited your blog; I agree that <i>many</i> anti-RH Bill folks are full of misconceptions. I hope that people would approach the Bill with an open mind.joyceinheelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17443812250395256408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918980256802616013.post-17681293684263800602011-03-30T12:13:26.868-07:002011-03-30T12:13:26.868-07:00Great job on the post, and great job on the commen...Great job on the post, and great job on the comments. I hope people will actually read the bill's contents and not rely on what other people are saying it is. My own take is on my new blog, although it's not as diplomatic and as eloquent as yours. LOL!θhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689113067231480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918980256802616013.post-61611019965786390872010-10-27T23:02:41.970-07:002010-10-27T23:02:41.970-07:00Thank you Andi for reading my post, as well as for...Thank you Andi for reading my post, as well as for the kind words. I really appreciate people who send their comments after going through the full text of the bill - no matter if they share the same opinions with me or not. (I also got an interesting comment from another lawyer contact at my Facebook.)<br /><br />As for the back story, I was just being careful about not offending people I consider my mentors. But it's interesting to note that there are Catholics, even priests like the Jesuits, whose stand on the issue is moderate. Given that, I'm hoping that the Bill will be passed with all its important provisions intact. :-)joyceinheelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17443812250395256408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918980256802616013.post-38096802074969665322010-10-25T23:52:04.992-07:002010-10-25T23:52:04.992-07:00Hi Joyce :)
Interesting points. Even reading your...Hi Joyce :)<br /><br />Interesting points. Even reading your bit of back story at the end, I'm not sure why you hesitated to make/publish your opinion on the bill :) But heck, not that it's any of my business, and I do agree with your arguments :)<br /><br />In the interests of keeping peace on somebody else's online turf, I won't comment on the other comment. :) Here though is a link to the full text of the bill:<br /><br />http://jlp-law.com/blog/full-text-of-house-bill-no-5043-reproductive-health-and-population-development-act-of-2008/<br /><br />Wasn't able to find anything about "safe and satisfying sex life" in it, not even via Ctrl+F. Wouldn't be the first time an anti person appeared to be quoting from / was referring to an entirely different text though.andi l.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918980256802616013.post-20327197130623219342010-10-25T16:32:35.641-07:002010-10-25T16:32:35.641-07:00Hi NikkiKat, thanks for sending your thoughts on t...Hi NikkiKat, thanks for sending your thoughts on the RH BIll; also read your blog.<br /><br />Re: abortion - thanks for pointing that out. I went through the Bill again but apparently, I cannot find the provision which you mentioned. Instead, I found this on Sec. 21 Prohibited Acts:<br /><br />3. Refuse to provide reproductive health care services to an abused minor, whose abused condition is certified by the proper official or personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) or to duly DSWD-certified abused pregnant minor on whose case no parental consent is necessary.<br /><br />I do not think that the reproductive healthcare services being mentioned here will mean abortion as doing so will violate more pressing provisions of the Bill, particularly that which states that abortion remains a criminal act.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the Bill does not teach "Sex Education" rather, it teaches "age-appropriate" "Reproductive Health Education" which include "abstinence before marriage."<br /><br />Considering your points, I believe that the Bill still needs polishing to better suit the needs of all Filipinos. :-)joyceinheelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17443812250395256408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918980256802616013.post-4160989817052583052010-10-25T05:25:03.731-07:002010-10-25T05:25:03.731-07:00Re. Abortion: the Bill stipulates that a minor - w...Re. Abortion: the Bill stipulates that a minor - without parental consent - CAN OPT for abortion if she gets pregnant as a result of rape. If the Bill upholds that abortion is illegal, then it should be illegal in ALL cases, period. THIS is the window that will allow it to eventually become legal.<br /><br />I also cannot allow that children/youth will be taught sex education in the context of "their right to a healthy and satisfying sex life".<br /><br />Children BRAINWASHED into believing this will eventually think it is all right to ask for money for contraceptives from their own parents because school teaches them that a "safe and satisfying sex life" is their RIGHT.<br /><br />And if, as a parent, one says otherwise, I can just imagine the child's follow-up questions: "How can it be wrong when it is taught in schools?" Or, "If you don't give me money for contraceptives, you violate "my RIGHT" to a safe and satisfying sex life."<br /><br />There are billions of pesos involved in the passage of the RH Bill. It's really no small wonder politicians are hell-bent on having it passed :)NikkiKathttp://nikkinews.blog.friendster.com/2008/10/my-thoughts-on-rh-bill-5043-my-thoughts-on-rh-period/noreply@blogger.com