FACTS

 RHBill gives a person freedom to choose what family planning

method to use, or NOT to use any method at all.
 RHBill does not legalize abortion. In fact, it explicitly adheres to the
penal law on abortion.
 RHBill does not impose an ideal family size and leaves this decision to
couples.
 RHBill respects the religious convictions and cultural beliefs of all.
 RHBill will not teach a 10-year-old how to use condoms. RH
education is age- and development- appropriate.
 RHBill promotes BOTH natural & artificial methods.
 Contraceptives are safe and effective family planning tools
 RHBill will not indiscriminately distribute condoms to all.
 An average of 11 mothers die daily. That’s a fact.
 RHBill will not force anyone to act against their ethical or religious
beliefs.

Fallacies
 There is no overpopulation problem; the “carrying capacity” of the country is
not compromised; it is all a problem of mal governance.
 The bill imposes population control.
 Family planning leads to “demographic winter” (a future scenario where there
are only old people and no children).
 The bill promotes DEATH through abortion, or through the contraceptive
mentality that leads to abortion.
 Contraceptives are abortifacients, especially pills and Intrauterine Device
(IUD).
STAND
I encourage our Catholic faithful to maintain respect and esteem for the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court has decided on the RH issue based on existing laws in the
Philippines.
The Church must continue to uphold the sacredness of human life, to teach always the
dignity of the human person and to safeguard the life of every human person from
conception to natural death.
Although the Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the RH law, it has truly
watered down the RH law and consequently upheld the importance of adhering to an
informed religious conscience even among government workers. It has also stood on
the side of the rights of parents to teach their children.
We cannot see eye-to-eye with our pro-RH brethren on this divisive issue but we can
work hand-in-hand for the good of the country.
On the part of the Church, we must continue to teach what is right and moral. We will
continue to proclaim the beauty and holiness of every human person. Through two
thousand years, the Church has lived in eras of persecution, authoritarian regimes, wars
and revolutions. The Church can continue its mission even with such unjust laws. Let us
move on from being an RH-law-reactionary-group to a truly Spirit empowered disciples
of the Gospel of life and love. We have a positive message to proclaim.
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