Waging a losing war
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Bishops are waging a war to stop the passage of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill, but they know they can’t possibly win, mainly because surveys or no, majority of the Filipinos know that the time has come for responsible parenthood and the curbing of the population growth — through the means of couples spacing their children.
Couples know they can hardly afford to have yet another mouth to feed.
Not even if the bishops stage a nationwide demonstration against the RH bill passage, because it is really not even a religious cause majority of the Filipinos believe in. Haven’t the bishops realized yet that even without the RH bill, there are already many who are into taking the right precautions to prevent pregnancy? The problem is that the poor do not have the wherewithal to buy these contraceptives, which is why it is important that the government provides the right access to the couples who want it.
Understandably, the bishops are passionately against the passage of this RH bill, mainly because this is what their religion and the Vatican decree. But no matter how much they huff and puff religiously, this cause just won’t fly with the general public..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110515com2.html
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