NGO leaders vehemently condemn the continuous misinformation of the public by the Couples for Christ (CfC) on House Bill 5043, or the Reproductive Health and Population Development Act of 2008.
For Couples for Christ (CFC) to plea to kill RH bill is to condone more than 3500 of Filipino women dying every year due to childbirth and pregnancy complications. Killing the RH bill means ignoring the children left orphans by the mothers who died of maternal deaths. For CfC to campaign to kill HB 5043 amounts to taking part in the death of these poor mothers.
“We call on the opponents of the bill to stop propagating misinformation on the bill. Their effort to impose their moralities on others makes them blind of the realities around us. This is unfair for the 90% of Filipinos clamoring for the realization of this policy” Ramon San Pascual, Executive Director of the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development Foundation, Inc. (PLCPD), said.
San Pascual added that the CfC’s plea to “kill the RH bill” means an appeal for the government and our leaders to deny the Filipino people, most especially women, of their reproductive rights and their freedom to make informed choices.
Likewise, Ben De Leon, President of the Forum for Family Planning and Development, also criticized the CfC. "Ironically, the behavior of these anti-RH groups who are mostly from the Catholic hierarchy is very un-Catholic. They are in the forefront of a campaign to spread misinformation and lies to the Filipino public,” De Leon said.
Meanwhile, the Reproductive Health bill continues to grab more authors in the House of Representatives.
“The consistent threats and misinformation being peddled by the anti-reproductive health (RH) bill groups are actually helping the campaign for its passage,” San Pascual exclaimed. “In their effort to bully our policymakers, the anti-RH groups are actually insulting the intelligence and capacity of policymakers to decide based on facts and their conscience.”
San Pascual pointed out that since the inception of the anti RH groups’ vigorous misinformation campaign and public threats issued by certain Catholic Bishops to lawmakers, the RH bill’s authorship rose from 63 to 105.
“Their scare tactics such as the election backlash seems to turn-off some legislators,” San Pascual observed. “We call on the opponents to stop resorting to mudslinging and dirty tactics. It does not do anybody any good. It would be better to instead spend their time in working with us to improve the bill.”
House Bill 5043 is now being deliberated in the House of Representatives.
For Couples for Christ (CFC) to plea to kill RH bill is to condone more than 3500 of Filipino women dying every year due to childbirth and pregnancy complications. Killing the RH bill means ignoring the children left orphans by the mothers who died of maternal deaths. For CfC to campaign to kill HB 5043 amounts to taking part in the death of these poor mothers.
“We call on the opponents of the bill to stop propagating misinformation on the bill. Their effort to impose their moralities on others makes them blind of the realities around us. This is unfair for the 90% of Filipinos clamoring for the realization of this policy” Ramon San Pascual, Executive Director of the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development Foundation, Inc. (PLCPD), said.
San Pascual added that the CfC’s plea to “kill the RH bill” means an appeal for the government and our leaders to deny the Filipino people, most especially women, of their reproductive rights and their freedom to make informed choices.
Likewise, Ben De Leon, President of the Forum for Family Planning and Development, also criticized the CfC. "Ironically, the behavior of these anti-RH groups who are mostly from the Catholic hierarchy is very un-Catholic. They are in the forefront of a campaign to spread misinformation and lies to the Filipino public,” De Leon said.
Meanwhile, the Reproductive Health bill continues to grab more authors in the House of Representatives.
“The consistent threats and misinformation being peddled by the anti-reproductive health (RH) bill groups are actually helping the campaign for its passage,” San Pascual exclaimed. “In their effort to bully our policymakers, the anti-RH groups are actually insulting the intelligence and capacity of policymakers to decide based on facts and their conscience.”
San Pascual pointed out that since the inception of the anti RH groups’ vigorous misinformation campaign and public threats issued by certain Catholic Bishops to lawmakers, the RH bill’s authorship rose from 63 to 105.
“Their scare tactics such as the election backlash seems to turn-off some legislators,” San Pascual observed. “We call on the opponents to stop resorting to mudslinging and dirty tactics. It does not do anybody any good. It would be better to instead spend their time in working with us to improve the bill.”
House Bill 5043 is now being deliberated in the House of Representatives.
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