RH bill a deception — Enrile By Angie M. Rosales 09/12/2011

RH bill a deception — Enrile

By Angie M. Rosales 09/12/2011

Senators are slowly coming out in the open expressing their opposition to the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill, one of them even described it as deceitful.

“This bill to me is a deception,” Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile yesterday said as he pointed out some questionable thrusts in the measure in the guise of supposed health bill when in fact it’s promoting population control.

For one, the upper chamber leader noted during an interview over at dzBB, is that of the bill supposedly advocating physical well-being of a person by ensuring access to essential medicines which include artificial forms of contraceptives.

“They’re trying to promote this as a health bill and it should discuss sickness, cure and medicines. But what’s the therapeutic value of condom, birth pills, IUDs, of injectible (pills)? If this is health bill, how come this is the kind of terminology being carried by the bill?” he asked..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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