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Pulse Asia survey: 69% of Filipinos agree with RH bill
Published November 30, 2010 12:19pm
By CANDICE MONTENEGRO, GMANews.TV
(Updated 9:24 p.m.)
A considerable majority of Filipinos, 69 percent, agree with the
Reproductive Health (RH) Bill pending in Congress, said pollster
Pulse Asia. The Pulse Asia survey conducted in October, showed
that:
*69 percent of those surveyed agree with the RH bill;
*7 percent opposed the bill;
*while 24 percent could not say if they agree or disagree
with the bill.
Measuring the people's awareness about the bill, Pulse Asia said
eight out of 10 Filipinos (80 percent) knew about the RH Bill
currently pending in Congress. In Metro Manila, 90 percent of the
respondents were aware of the bill. The level of awareness
measured by the survey was higher in the best-off Class ABC than
in the poorer Class E. Two out of 10 Filipinos only learned about
the bill while being interviewed for the survey. Opposing the RH
bill Those who disagreed with the RH bill were asked about their
opinions on the provisions of the bill. The majority of those who
disagreed accepted the following provisions of the RH bill:
*recognizing the rights of women and couples to choose the family
planning method that they want on the basis of their needs and
personal and religious beliefs (79%);
*promoting information about and access to natural and modern
family planning methods (70%); and
*stipulating the use of government funds to support modern family
planning methods (55%).
From among those who disagree with the bill, 44 percent disagree
with the proposal to include 'Reproductive Health and Sexuality
Education' in the school curricula. The survey fieldwork was
conducted from October 20 to 29, 2010 using face-to-face
interviews. The nationwide survey is based on a sample of 1,200
representative adults 18 years old and above. Population problem
In Malacañang, President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III said
the high percentage of Filipinos agreeing with the RH bill must
mean that the public wants the government to help address the
population problem. "Kung karamihan ng taumbayan tinatanaw na rin
na meron tayo talagang problemang dapat ayusin, siguro diyan
nagsisismula yung survey ng Pulse na kelangan nga naming pansinin
at bigyan ng lunas yung problema natin sa populasyon na di naaruga
," Aquino told reporters on Tuesday. (If majority of the public
believe that there is indeed a problem that needs to be solved,
perhaps this is what the Pulse survey is about, that we have to
address and solve our problem with a portion of the population
that is not being taken care of.) However, Aquino said his stance
on reproductive health is not based on poll figures. "I'm not gonna
base any of my decisions or my stance on what the survey says," he
said. Aquino reiterated his stance on for responsible parenthood,
where couples are informed thoroughly of their parenting
responsibilities as well as their reproductive health choices.
Once the government has provided them comprehensive information,
the government may also provide poor couples the birth control
method they choose to use, he said. RH bill 96 Several versions of
the RH bill have been filed in previous Philippine congresses. In
the present Congress, the RH bill is known as "Bill 96" and the
main proponent is Minority Leader Edcel Lagman of Albay. The RH
bill is based on the premise that the country's population growth
impedes economic development. The bill seeks to “guarantee to
universal access to medically-safe, legal, affordable and quality
reproductive health care services, methods, devices, supplies and
relevant information." The bill also seeks a “consistent and
coherent national population policy," citing studies that show
that "rapid population growth exacerbates poverty while poverty
spawns rapid population growth." Contentious issue The RH bill has
been a contentious issue in the country because it pits two
powerful sectors against each other: prolife groups (such as
Catholic and Muslim groups opposing the RH bill) and prochoice
groups (led by non-government organizations supporting the RH
bill). It is estimated that 80 percent of the country's population
are baptized Catholics. According to the National Statistics
Office, there were 88.57 million Filipinos as of August 2007. The
projected population for 2010 is 94.01 million. The Catholic Church
promotes only natural family planning and is opposed to the use of
artificial birth control methods such as condoms and birth-control
pills, saying these could lead to promiscuity and a rise in
abortion cases. RH advocates say natural family planning methods
have not proven to be as reliable as artificial means of birth
control. The Catholic Church accepts only natural family planning
(NFP) methods. The NFP has two distinct forms:
*Ecological breastfeeding (a form of child care that normally
spaces babies about two years apart on the average)
*Systematic NFP (a system that uses a woman’s signs of fertility
to determine the fertile and infertile times of her cycle)
Oppositors not disheartened Oppositors of RH bill in the House of
Representatives, meanwhile, were not disheartened by the result of
Pulse Asia survey. In a text message, Bacolod City Rep. Anthony
Golez said the survey only showed that 69 percent of Filipinos are
not informed about the danger of the health services the RH bill
will offer to the people. He claimed that more than half of the
services the bill offers were "abortifacients" or substances that
induce abortion. Paranaque Rep. Roilo Golez, for his part, asked
how the public could have an informed opinion on a bill they have
not read. “I understand at least 90 percent of the folks have not
read the RH bill. How can someone who has not read the bill have
an informed opinion on the bill?" he said. Davao City Rep. Karlo
Nograles wondered if the public actually agrees with all provisions
of the RH bill or just the concept. “If I ask you if you believe
that our population must be properly managed, you would probably
say yes, the concept of it sounds wise. But if I say that our
population should be managed by committing abortion, you will
probably give a different answer," he said in a text message.
“Surveys are just tools. They do not provide absolute answers to
complex social questions," he added. – with Amita O.
Legaspi/VVP/RSJ/KBK, GMANews.TV

Source: Montenegro, C. (2010, November 30). Pulse Asia survey:

69% of Filipinos agree with RH bill. Retrieved from
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/207185/
pulse-asia-survey-69-of-filipinos-agree-with-rh-
bill/story/

Title: Pulse Asia survey: 69% of Filipinos agree with RH bill

Population: 55.72 million (voting population as of 2010)

Sample: 1,200 representative adults

Data Gathered:
Age: 18 years and above (quantitative)
Results of the Data Collected (out of 1,200 sample):
- 69% of those surveyed agree with the RH bill;
- 7% opposed the RH bill;
- 24% were undecided;