Look at this priest or rather listen to what he is saying!
I saw this video in one of the pages of Pro RH bill advocates. I am just so amazed and shock of all the things or rather LIES that he said.
First, Saying that the RH BILL (as the main topic of this video) is against the pro-life standards as members of Roman Catholic Church.
-I am not a Roman Catholic neither against them but the issue here is, who is he to represent the people or members of the RC, and give such MISINFORMATION to the people. As I quote what Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said, "Bakit? Matataas ba ang IQ ng mga Pari? For me, it is very dangerous to a person to say that "I know what God wants" Really? bakit may cellphone ba sya?". I know, some of the priests have gifts of prophecies, but is it really prophecy that they are practicing or just merely their0 own opinions.
Second, RH bill as culture of Death.
-As what we've heard, this priest only HEARD about the RH bill, he didn't even read it? Maybe that's why he is giving such misinformation. He didn't even know that RH bill is Pro choice and most of all Pro-life. As part of the guiding principle of the bill, it stated that abortion will remain a crime and punishable by law. If this priest further read the bill, he will know that the bill is promoting Informed choice (defined as -Couples and individuals are fully informed of the methods of their choice including side effects, advantages, disadvantages) to every Filipino and let them choose whatever methods they want, and all of the methods stated in the bill, may it be natural or modern are all NOT ABORTIFACIENT.
Two Child Policy
-Indeed, he wasn't able to read the bill, if he does, he knows that in SECTION 20 (correction of SECTION 16 as what is in the video) also known as the IDEAL FAMILY SIZE, the statement there is:
"The State shall assist couples, parents and individuals to achieve their desired family size within the context of responsible parenthood for sustainable development and encourage them to have two children as the ideal family size. Attaining the ideal family size is neither mandatory nor compulsory. No punitive action shall be imposed on parents having more than two children."
-It is termed IDEAL because it is neither mandatory nor compulsory!
-Where did this priest get his standards of family size for Filipinos? What is his basis in saying that? Does he has a reliable source for that? or he is just saying his own opinion base on what he sees on the street?
-and as quote from an RH BILL advocate, "RH BILL is not just a question of life, it is a question of integrity of life, what good if a big family or a big population if it is hungry!"
Sex Education
-First, it is SEXUALITY EDUCATION. Second, read the bill, because it is stated that:
SEC. 16. Mandatory Age-Appropriate Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education
Age-appropriate Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education shall be taught by adequately trained teachers in formal and non-formal educational system starting from Grade Five up to Fourth Year High School using life-skills and other approaches. Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education shall commence at the start of the school year immediately following one (1) year from the effectivity of this Act to allow the training of concerned teachers. The Department of Education (DepEd), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and the Department of Health (DOH) shall formulate the Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education curriculum. Such curriculum shall be common to both public and private schools, out of school youth, and enrollees in the Alternative Learning System (ALS) based on, but not limited to, the following, the psycho-social and the physical wellbeing, the demography and reproductive health, and the legal aspects of reproductive health.
Age-appropriate reproductive health and sexuality education shall be integrated in all relevant subjects and shall include, but not limited to, the following topics:
“(a) Values formation;
“(b) Knowledge and skills in self protection against discrimination, sexual violence and abuse, and teen pregnancy;
“(c) Physical, social and emotional changes in adolescents;
“(d) Children’s and women’s rights;
“(e) Fertility awareness;
“(f) STI, HIV and AIDS;
“(g) Population and development;
“(h) Responsible relationship;
“(i) Family planning methods;
‘(j) Proscription and hazards of abortion;
“(k) Gender and development; and
“(l) Responsible parenthood.
The DepEd, CHED, DSWD, TESDA, and DOH shall provide concerned parents with adequate and relevant scientific materials on the age-appropriate topics and manner of teaching reproductive health education to their children.
-In RH bill, we teach the student how to say no to sex not to have sex! As Senator Santiago said, If we are knowledgeable about the effects of these things, the greater the possibility that we will not be involve in it, especially if we know that the result will be miserable.
To be continued!
