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Session No.: 14-1RS-005
Significance: N
Date Filed: 2007-07-05
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE STRUCTURES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Short Title: "The Reproductive Health Care Act"
Subject/s: HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Principal Author: GARIN, JANETTE L.
Date Read: 2007-07-31
Abstract: "The Reproductive Health Care Act". The bill establishes the Reproductive Health Care Program that recognizes women's rights and gender equality and ensures universal access to reproductive health information, education and services. Comprehensive health care includes measures that promote safe motherhood, care for persons with HIV/AIDS and other STIs, infertility treatment, and male involvement in reproductive health.
Primary Referral: HEALTH
Secondary Referral/s: POPULATION AND FAMILY RELATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2007-07-31

http://www.congress.gov.ph/bis/qry_show.php

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i watched last night on reporter's notebook how the church disagrees with this bill... they are treating this bill as if this equates to abortion... but abortion is a termination of pregnancy and not prevention/control of it... and besides, this bill does not state that any woman must not bear a child, it only says that women must have information regarding reproductive health either it may be natural or artificial... what's your stand on this...?

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minsan OA na din ang simbahan.. lagi nilang tinitingnan yung moral side.. minsan, bakit hindi nila isipin na for informational at educational ang bill na kagaya nito..

grabe, sobra sobra na tayo sa papulasyon.. walang sapat na kaalaman ang mga tao.. sana makatulong ang bill na ito

I agree... magkaiba talaga ang abortion and prevention... conservative din naman ako pero wala na sa wisho ang stand ng Catholic Church... sana huwag nalang nilang pakialaman...

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Super Fefe,

pati si bro. mike velarde tutol dito, hindi daw nila susuportahan ang mga pulitikong mag aaproba ng bill na ito, sa aking naman ok naman yung reproductive health bill, maiiwasan pa natin yung lalong pagdami ng population...

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expected naman ng tututulan ito ng simbahan at mga religious groups, pero sa tingin ko wala namang masama sa bill na 'to.

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The bill is not regarding abortion. This is for us, women, who wants to prevent being pregnant.

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The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.

wag na tayo magtaka na tutulan ito ng simbahan. ok din ito wala naman masama. inde naman sinabing bawal mag-anak ang isang babae. bill ito na kailangan nya malaman kung ano ang reproductive health. inde rin ito tungkol sa abortion.

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Sobra nga sa reaction ang Catholic Church. They said na hindi nila susuportahan ang mga politiko na magsusulong nito, pero ano naman kaya ang boses ng karamihan lalo na ang mga kababaihan dito sa ating bansa? Sabihin man nila na huwag suportahan ay sigurado ako na magtitimbang pa rin tayo kung ano ang nasa tama.

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Thanks to Sir Zaltik for the Siggy

bad trip naman yung congress website, sql error kapag nagbu-view ng bill. may iba pa bang online source nito?

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Catch my life here.

wag na tayo magulat kung tutol man ang simbahan hindi tayo dapat magtaka.. kung sa tingin ng congress eh makakabuti ito e di implement nila para naman sa kabutihan ng lahat yan kung sakali

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for me, wala rin ako nakikita masama sa reproductive health bill.. minsan, nagiging extreme lang talaga yung ibang religious leaders..

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hahayaan na lang ng mga religious groups na lumobo ang populasyon? sana kung sila ang magsusuporta sa mga to ayos lang kahit wala ng reproductive bill...
kaso problema natin yung population ngayon

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Church bells in Manila to simultaneously ring in protest of reproductive bill


MANILA, Philippines - Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Manila will simultaneously toll their bells on Friday evening to protest the Reproductive Health bill now pending in Congress.

An article posted on Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) website quoted Manila Auxiliary Bishop Bernardino Cortez as saying the simultaneous bell ringing at 6 p.m. on Friday expresses the Catholics' firm belief in life and commitment to stand up for life.

Manila archdiocese has 84 parishes and nine shrines, basilicas and chapels.

Catholic bishops have earlier called for the junking of the House Bill 812 or the “Reproductive Health and Population Development Act of 2008" on moral grounds.

The CBCP said the House Bill would push the free distribution of artificial contraceptives such as pills, condoms and IUD. The use of contraceptives is against the teachings of the Church.

The group also described the proposed legislation - authored and sponsored by Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman and Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin - as a "DEATH bill because they eventually lead to Divorce, Euthanasia, Abortion, Total Reproductive Health and Homosexuality."

The CBCP said Sections 3, 10, 11 and 12 of the consolidated House bill promote abortion and promiscuity and threaten to eliminate the Filipino race by promoting artificial birth control methods. It noted that the Church supports only natural family planning methods such as the Basal Body Temperature and Billings Ovulation Method.

Cortez issued a circular letter asking all priests in the archdiocese for the activity, which will be part of the commemoration of the 40th year of the Encyclical “Humanae Vitae" (in Regulation of Birth).

Humanae Vitae prohibits the use of artificial contraception and its reiteration of the Church’s downright condemnation of abortion.

Cortez also enjoined the parishioners, Christian communities and schools to participate in the prayer rally for Humanae Vitae “40" on also on Friday at the Parade Ground of University of Santo Tomas in España, Manila. The prayer rally will be led by Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales and his auxiliary bishops. - GMANews.TV
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sinimulan na ng Catholic church ang pagkontra sa pagpasa ng bill na 'to. expect the others to follow this coming days. ano naman kaya ang magiging desisyon ng mga mambabatas nitong may banta na ang simbahan ng pagbitiw ng suporta sa kanila sa mga darating na elections? sino sino ang magpapakatotoo at sino ang mga sasakay sa bandwagon? abangan...

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bakit hindi ung ibang problema na lang kasi ng pilipinas ang usisain ng simbahan... para saan pang nagkaroon ng batas regarding separation of church and state kung lagi namang makikialam ang simbahan sa mga decisions ng government... kaya lang naman hindi makapasa ung bill dahil sa kakulangan ng suporta ng ibang congressmen/congresswomen kasi takot silang alisin sa kanila ng simbahan ang suporta once elections come... this is for the good of the country...

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sa ganang akin, and with all due respect, the Church is afraid of what's NOT there. why don't we have it a try? it can never lead to abortion, divorce, etc. but if it will, we cannot attribute it solely to the law.

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i prefer the most righteous war to the most unfair peace.