Reproductive Health Bill

What is RH Bill about?

       The Reproductive Health bills, or popularly known as  RH bill, are Philippine Bills aiming to guarantee universal access to methods and information on birth control and maternal care. It is a way of helping people to be more advance, well prepared, and to widen up each and every individuals mind setting about our society now a days.

        There is this top agreement about its provisions on maternal and child health care, there is great debate on its proposal that we taxpayer and the private sector will fund and undertake widespread distribution of family planning devices such as birth control pills (BCPs) and IUDs, and as the government continue campaigning to broadcast a good informations and effect on its  use through health care centers nationwide.

Everyone has been talking about this RH bills, for some agreed and some don’t. I could say that in some part of each individuals, RH bills may help and it may brings into some point also that it may trigger to do such thing that will ruin someone’s life. But as the saying goes that every ‘lil thing that is too much is not good. So, it depends on how we’re going to take it and treat it as long as we are only motivated to do good and  focus only to what could bring us a healthy and happy life then I think it will help.

Source: RH Bill

What we say about RH Bill?

Margarette Ezra Ducut says...

        I am against the RH Bill primarily because it has so many loopholes for me. It would help solve the problem of overpopulation in our country but it opens a lot of opportunities for those who want to abuse it. Easier access to contraceptives means a lot of people can use it whether they are married or not. Teenagers can especially be vulnerable to their curiosity and may commit mistakes. I think the solution for our population problem is teaching people, especially would-be-parents, to be responsible. They should know the consequences of their actions and should plan ahead for their future family.

        Also, I think that it wouldn’t be effective in serving its purpose. The people, especially the masses, aren’t capable yet of such policy. Most of them don’t even have prenatal check-ups when they are expecting. This bill will only be useful for short-term change but if we want to completely eradicate our problem in overpopulation, we should target the root cause of the problem and that is irresponsibility.

Ruth Icban says...

        As of now, I think I am more of a supporter of the RH bill than the other way around. I have the seen the televised national debates by those from the anti and pro-RH bill, and I think that the latter were able to defend their premises well enough. We know that the Philippines is experiencing overpopulation, especially in areas where education is not readily available. The bill wants to give everyone the knowledge about the ways to do family planning, especially the modern ways. This way, families will be able to provide more for the education and the necessities of the children. The bill also wants to protect the welfare of women, in its desire to provide proper care and medical support to pregnant women, which we know is not well provided for every woman in this country. This bill wants to save the life of pregnant women who have a very sensitive pregnancy. 

        I admit that those stated above are the only parts of the bill that I am well aware of, so I focused only on them and I support them. Everyone has their own opinion on this matter, and I cannot continue stating my opinions if the information I know are not complete so I guess I can stop here. Thank you. :>

Ellen Grace Javier says...

        I tend to disagree with the Reproductive health bill. Our lives are truly essential to the point that we have to value every single person being born.  Passing this bill would not guarantee us, that Philippines would be less populated. In fact, the promotion of contraceptives to the public will just provoke every Filipino to engage in pre marital sex wherein based from the Bible, engaging in such behaviour is morally wrong. Besides according to our present constitution, the “state will equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception.” This will be in contrary to what RH bill is proposing given that artificial contraceptives are medically proven to induce abortion as one of their mechanisms of action, then distribution of such family planning supplies are unauthorized. What the government should focus is allotting time, money and attention to other communicable disease more common in the Philippines especially to the marginalized sector which is Tuberculosis.

        We have to remember that sex education should start from our home. Parents have the responsibility to educate their children. if the government thinks poverty rooted from overpopulation, look at their own first, corrupt officials are taking away billions of money we can never had imagined.

Gladys Lansang says...

        I am against RH Bill. Under the said bill, age-appropriate reproductive health and sexuality education is required from grade five to fourth year high school. In my opinion, it is the responsibility of parents to teach their children with such things. The bill discourages this parent-child trust relationship. This sex education may just provoke and encourage young teens to dwell on pre-marital sex since contraceptives will also be endorsed by the bill. In line with this, young couples will be also likely to commit pre-marital sex. Pro-RH Bill advocates wanted to teach Filipino people how to have safe sex like having sex is just a normal thing to do. Ok, let’s face it, young couples are already doing this but passing this bill would break the already frail wall that keeps the youth from engaging with sex. No it isn’t, sex is sacred and that is one of the reasons why this bill, in my opinion, should not be passed. Pro-RH bill advocates also that the bill is really anti-abortion, that it would only allow abortion if the life of the mother is at stake. I think that decision, to abort or to save the mother, depends on the decision of the family. But making the abortion available in our country is still threatening. Not to mention that the birth control pills and IUDs are found to be abortifacient to fertilized eggs which already have a life. We claim to be a conservative country but this bill simply contradicts it. For me, it kills some of our most important Filipino values.

        The problem is not that our country is overpopulated. In fact, we can use our workforce for the country’s economic growth. The real problem is that there are not enough job offers for our citizens. Our government has limited funds. The budget that would go in implementing RH Bill will be better spent if goes on improving our education, providing jobs, and etc. 

        I am aware that a lot of people are pro-RH bill and they have the right to be so. Everyone has their own stand in this issue. They say that if you will look closely at the bill, you will see its positive effects to our country. I would like to say the same thing to them. The bill surely has its advantages but its negative aspect exceeds its positive side, at least for me. I could not just simply agree with some of its provisions. Also, if this bill will be implemented, I bet future other bills such as divorce and same sex marriage will soon be proposed. And soon, some of our values may evaporate in exchange of the implementation of these new bills. The conservative Filipino attitude is at stake. thus, I say no to RH Bill. 

Ana Minelle Laxamana says...

        I’m not one of those people who regularly watch the news and update myself everyday on the current issues being faced by our nation. But I cannot be called indifferent. I have my own opinion on things and knowing what something is all about is enough for me. I do not have to debate with someone over what I think should be done. RH bill stirred most of the Filipinos and I heard different views from people of different walks of life and I just don’t know who’s right because everyone seems to be making a good point. 

            I personally think that there really is no need for an RH bill. What the Filipinos really need is discipline. People who are in the position to lead and have the means to help the country should be aware that the change should start from them. RH bill and everything it states in it makes a very good sense especially for our country that is yet to progress and develop. 

            Imposing an RH bill may not be the best solution for our country’s condition. The problem lies not on how many children are born each day. The problem lies with how these children would grow up in a country that offers not enough opportunities for its people with its men not knowing how to take care of the future generations. I am not against RH bill because I think it addresses well the problems of this country nor am I for it because I think there really is no need to impose it cause the problems do not stop once this bill is passed. The bill may be passed or not, but whatever happens, the Filipinos should keep in mind that there is more to it than just talking about contraceptives and sex education.

Frances Liane Sible says...

        Economically, I think RH-Bill would be helpful to our country in a way that it could lessen the population. For me, a fewer population in a country means every need of each person can be served. This would be possible if contraceptives will be more available to the masses. Sex/Population will be helpful to students somehow though it could prime them to have sex even outside marriage. The RH-Bill has its own advantages and disadvantages. Economically, I am pro RH-Bill, but morally I am not. Passing this bill may open more negative proposals like abortion which is very immoral in our country. I think we just have to be responsible for everything that we will do. My moral standards are more important than economics. So to sum it all up, I am against the RH Bill. I haven’t read the full content of the bill.