Gross default in the RH bill
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| Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz |
Sex. Methods. Number. This is the shameful tripod of the infamous Reproductive Health (RH) bill that continues to divide Filipinos — irrespective of their beliefs or religious affiliations.
Whether the division is in effect the Machiavellian intention behind the bill in order to weaken the progressive popular dissatisfaction against the Malacañang occupant — this is another question, another story. But the fact stands that for its incompetence, insensitivity and confusion, the national leadership is slowly but surely losing more and more of its once faithful followers.
The gross default of the RH bill is the marked absence of the human person in its long litany of envisioned big benefits to Philippine society.
It is good to ask: In the last analysis, without the human person justly considered and rightfully attended to in any social venture, what is there really worthwhile bothering about — in truth and in fact? And this is exactly the reality behind the RH bill when denuded of its pretentious concern for the good and welfare of the people of the Philippines..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110407com5.html
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