Controversial. This is what RH bill is as of the moment. A decade has passed and the RH Bill hasn't been voted and was delayed. Why do I think the RH Bill should be passed?
I am a son. I would want my mother and other mothers out there to get access to reproductive health services and family planning. A woman is always at risk when she is pregnant and when giving birth. A woman's reproductive organs are sensitive and should be taken care of. Reproductive Health Bill addresses the concern about the safety of our mothers' lives. If you love your mother, support the RH Bill.
I am a Filipino. I am the eldest among six (6) siblings and apparently, we are all at the same age bracket. My brother are all studying at the same time and my father's salary is just minimum. My case isn't the worst because there are more out there who are dozens in the family and whose earnings are just 50Php a day, or worst, none at all. Over population with a limited amount of wage and abundant unemployment. Yes, let's say poverty is because of not allocating the resources properly. However, it's just a part of it. Over population can cause poverty and we must control it. If you love your country, support the RH Bill.
I also went to Occupy for RH earlier and had fun talking to the intellectuals there. People who are using their critical thinking skills in order to fight for what is right. These people who are upholding their principles because they are using their brains and not following a set of structure that the society is telling them based on a "holy book" that would not allow you to eat pig and would even legalize slavery if read literally.
Let's support them by:
- Going there personally and expressing our support
- Donate food or anything that would help them
- Share the word and express your thoughts on social sites regarding your support
With these small ways, WE WILL GUARANTEE THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY.
It has been ten years since the first RH Bill, and after countless debates and delays we are no closer to a vote. The democratic process has stalled at the hands of time-wasting legislators and bullying bishops.
With mounting frustration we remind our public servants that for every day they delay the vote, Filipino families around the country lose their mothers. The time for delay is over. The time for a vote is now.
Starting tomorrow, November 21, RH Advocates from various organizations will occupy the park across the South Wing Gate of Congress, and launch a massive and sustained campaign to remind our Senators and Members of Congress of the urgency to vote on the Reproductive Health Bill before the year ends.
Pro-RH lawmakers, celebrities, artists, government officials, civil society and non-government groups, business, academe, youth, religious and non-religious sectors will show their support at this mass action, and advocates will camp out in front of the South Wing Gate for as long as it takes for their voices to be heard.
We urge you to join us, tomorrow and onwards, and lend your voice to a movement that will save Filipino lives. Various activities will be held at the camp and at the South Wing Gate, such as a noise barrage, cultural and solidarity nights, pickets, creative and symbolic protests, actions that will make our legislators listen.
For ten years we have been ignored, the cries of the People drowned out by the powerful few. But no more. Together we will stand, together we will shout, and together we will Occupy for RH till our legislators vote for RH now.
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