No Church issue
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Take religion and God out of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill and it becomes clear that there are no solid arguments against it.
The trouble always starts when religion is injected into the state picture, which really shouldn’t be the case, since the country has a Constitution clearly stating that while religious freedom is a constitutional right, there is that principle of separation of Church and State, which translated, really means that churches of different denominations have no business interfering in the affairs of the state.
What, after all, is really wrong about government providing the public access to contraceptives to enable couples — if such is their choice — to limit the size of their families? The government, through that RH bill, will not be forcing couples to limit the number of children. It will still be the choice and decision of the couples to either take the contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancies, or to reject contraceptives and do as they please, by way of having as many babies as they want..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110527com2.html
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