It
can be recalled that at the height of the debates on reproductive health (RH),
the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) actively spoke
against the RH bill. There were even bishops who fought against RH supporters,
labeling them as "Team Patay" (Team of the Dead).
Senator
Vicente "Tito" Sotto sided with the CBCP in opposing the proposed law.
Two
out of the six vice-presidential aspirants in 2016 are against the Reproductive
Health law, as enumerated below:
Presidential Candidates’ Proposition on
Income Tax
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Jejomar Binay
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Yes
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Tax exemptions for remunerated employees
P30,000 and below
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Rodrigo Duterte
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Yes
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Tax exemptions for wage earners
P20,000 and below
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Grace Poe
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Yes
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Reclassification of tax brackets
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Manuel Roxas II
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Yes
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Open to cut income tax rates but
talks should be made not within election season
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Miriam Defensor Santiago
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Yes
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Overhauling of tax system within 6
months of administration
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The Anti-RH
Law Rationale
Of
all the candidates vying for the Vice Presidential race, only Trillanes and
Honasan (tagged by the Diocese of Bacolod in 2013 as Team Buhay (Team of Life) are against the RH law, in addition to
the 8 senators who voted against the RH bill in December 2012, Juan Ponce
Enrile, Ramon Revilla Jr, Vicente Sotto III, Aquilino Pimentel III, Jinggoy
Estrada, and Manuel Villar.
Speaking
to the students of the University
of Asia and the Pacific in 2013 , he gave
emphasis on opposition to the RH law particularly its provisions on "sex
education. He claimed that RH law authors want to use curricula from Western
countries, with "graphic materials showing conjugal relations and an
approach on the use of contraceptives."
The
RH
law focuses on
"age-and-development-appropriate" reproductive health education for
adolescents taught by "adequately trained teachers, including values
formation, knowledge, and skills in self-protection against teenage pregnancy,
discrimination, sexual abuse, violence against women and children (VAWC), and
other forms of gender-based violence; while explaining the physical, social,
and emotional changes among adolescents, rights of women and children,
responsible teenage behavior, gender and development, and responsible
parenthood.
Whereas
Trillanes' understanding of sexuality education is similar to that of the
Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), which believes that
sexuality education "should not go into too much details in teaching
intercourse or artificial contraceptives, as Fr. Dave Clay of the CBCP
Commission on Family and Life emphasized.
Trillanes
also argued that a “business interest” is behind the RH law, involving billions
of taxpayer money.
Similarly,
Honasan is against the RH law and supports any move to revoke the law,
asserting that population density is not the cause of poverty.
The Pro-RH
Intellectualization
Escudero
favored the RH law, saying that he wants "each and every newborn Filipino
to be given a fair and equal chance to uplift and improve their lives.
Cayetano pointed out
that the RH law does not promote abortion, promiscuity, teenage sex and
pregnancy, rather aims to prevent and address such issues.
Bongbong
Marcos supports the RH law pointing to the witnessed agony and hardship of
young women and men, when caught in a situation that they're ill-prepared and
often ignorant of, as factors. He also authored
a version of the RH bill during his term as Ilocos Norte congressman.
Robredo wants to "fully implement the RH Law to reduce
poverty and overpopulation in the country.
The Verdict
Sex is
everybody’s right as this earth would never flourish with a country that is
depopulated. However, sex is not a
healthy subject to be brought in the four corner of schools as this is not the
right period for complete awareness of it as this is intended for corporate
preparation.
The rationale
behind the RH law is evidently conceptualized with careful analysis including
the different line of reasoning (except the attempt to teach intercourse). Remember
its knowledge never outweigh the negative effects once the awareness of the
individuals are brought into this, their minds start to be titillated and
haunted. Since they are aware that
prevention on possible pregnancy is thus all provided, the next move is actual
experimentation until addiction on it gradually crops up. Remember that anything that is fed in the
minds is addictive especially if it offers pleasure. When pleasures conquer the minds, conquer
the minds adverse effects start to pour in: premarital sex resulting to
unprepared marriage, rape, multiple sexual partners brought by sexual
addiction, hence, exposing these individuals to a compromising lifestyles –
DOMINO EFFECTS. Personally, when I
learned masturbation in high school after exploring it when I overheard about
it from a playmate, addiction on it started which affected my study habits,
what more if it’s intercourse that could be heard in the classes?
Could you imagine that in 2016 there was supposedly a P1-billion budget allocation
for contraceptives, thanks be to
God that it was not approved. How ironic,
when in fact the government has been into a difficulty of providing quality
classrooms for the poor public students while attempting to allot 1 billion
peso funds on contraceptives.
[1] Fritzie
Rodriguez, Where do VP bets stand on RH law, women?, Published 12:04 PM, March
29, 2016, Updated 12:04 PM, March 29, 2016, http://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2016/128587-vice-president-bets-divorce
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