Talk about Killing Dogmas

by Alyssa Marie Mijares on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 5:09pm By: Alyssa Marie L. Mijares

Deal with it. We are no longer nave to take the risks toward progress. Our government surely will go great lengths to pursue the battle towards economic stability even if it sets aside norms, may it be religious or social. Recently, a bill had emerged to divide Filipinos into two partiesthe pro-life and those who were tagged as anti-life group. The RH bill or the Reproductive Health Bill is one huge explosive that was thrown out to the public face. It is too controversial that it put the bills proponents to hot seat. But what about the RH bill that put the rest of the Philippine society at stake? On a certain viewpoint, the answer can be drawn from a very wide source of opinionated moralists or pro-life group. They see that the bill is a threat to morals and values of a conservative Philippines. And because the bill will allow legal public distribution of pills and other contraceptives, it has the ability to engage more Filipinos to sexual relationship outside matrimony. With this, we entitle more Filipinos to acts of conccubinage and adultery, early pregnancy which continue to kill our morals and norms. Listen folks. By legalizing the public supply of such meds, we subject the younger populace to safe and premarital sex. An easier access to contraceptives such as condoms and pills will give more freedom to youth on engaging to these tabooed bustles. The other opposing views to this issue have challenged the rest of the public who still stand in the middle of the sizzling disputes between the two parties. The other half argues that the most possible means to lessen the population growth is to pave the way for welcoming artificial birth control or even abortion. This claim is even strengthened by the problems of the countrys resources. Considering the rice shortage and the unstoppable growth of the population, the countrys future is surely at stake. The decline on food supply and the inexorable population growth had been overwhelming. It has been said that there is no pro-life vs. anti-life issue here. The legislators do not intend to devalue the principles or dogmas our society uphold or to even go against the Divine Rules. Its specific aims are to bring a new option for the public in terms of family planning and to open the peoples mind to the risks of the presently existing problems. Take it or leave it. It is not impossible that the Reproductive Health Bill might hold potential cure to this enigma. Who knows which side of the coin will prevail? At the moment, let us not dwell on the clash of the church and the government over this topic. Both parties can lay down their points and defend them or even influence the public. I say that the bill can never and will never wipe out highly upheld social dogmas. Our principles about morality lie on each of us. The individual prerogative to take this new option is a greater power. At the end of the day, the decision of the greater mass will always prevail.

To the younger populace, the heart of this article reaches out to you. The RH Bill had shaken the public for a very short time. It had stirred adults when in fact this controversial thing concerns us most. Listen folks. Take part. Look at the Philippines before you. The context does not depend on any legislator. Be counted. Your decision can change the rest.