Our anger is just. The women of our country are dying, their right to be enlightened about their bodies denied to them by people who dare take up the label “Pro-Life”. The President has chosen to be a coward, engaging the CBCP in meaningless talk instead of using his political capital to give our women control of their bodies and the reproductive health services that they deserve.
Eleven women die everyday from maternal complications. Most of those deaths are needless and can be prevented by the measures in the Reproductive Health Bill.
The House of Representative’s Committee on Appropriations will have a second hearing about the RH bill. The bill would have passed the committee last Tuesday had it not been for the disgusting stalling tactics employed by the pro-life congressmen. Thats a delay of one week. In that week, the deaths of seventy seven women should hang heavy on their conscience.
Date: February 16, 2011 (Wednesday)
Time: 0800-1200
Where: House of Representatives (Batasang Pambansa), sidewalk across the south wing gate
Attire: White shirts, purple bandana/accents, RH pin
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On February 16, Wednesday, we will do something about our anger. No longer will we stand in the sidelines, asking these pious men for the rights of our women as the body count rises. Alongside other RH supporters from the RH Advocates Network we will raise our voices to our representatives in congress and demand that they pass the RH bill.
We’ll not be content with just having our voices heard by congress. We also demand that President Noynoy talk to the women for whom this bill matters the most instead of talking to celibate bishops; men whose religious views should not even figure in government policy.
Come this Wednesday to the House of Representatives. Come assemble with the 1000 RH advocates expected to be there and show our government who their bosses are, who they are in office to serve. Come if you care more about the lives of women than the dogma that drives the CBCP in their opposition to the RH bill.
I was raised from a devoted catholic family i served the church for some time in my life. The time that i got pregnant and got married inisp ko agad kung anu ang mga dapat gawin pag anjan na ang anak ko, di kelangang mag tanga tangahan sa mga consequences pag nabuntis ako ulit and so i had to talk to my husband and make a concrete plan sa maging pamilya namin para di kami mahirapan pag dating ng future.One major thing is the family planning. After kung manganak i know na what to do so nagpalagay ako ng IUD coz yun ang nakikita kung hiyang sa akin. Tell me, ibig sabhin ba nito kinokundena ako ng dyos dahil sa napili kung method? well i dont think so, kasi para sa akin bilang isang babae me karapatan akong alagaan ang health ko to the fullest and live an active sex life at the same time at para makapag hanap buhay para sa mga bills at makapag save para sa kinabukasan ng pamilya namin. If ang sagot ng simbahan sa akin is yes kukundinahin ako ng dyos sa aking pagpapalagay ng IUD then let me ask u this. Sino ba kayo to judge me at e judge at ang mga babae at mamamayan na pabor sa RH BILL? Dyos ba kayo?? sa inyo ba kami haharap pag namatay kami?? Ang pag husga nyo ba ang aking kailangan?? HOW DARE YOU palibhasa di nyo kasi nasubukan magka anak at magka asawa at magkapamilya at kumayod ng kumayod para magtrabaho. Napakadamot nyo at mga hipokrito kayong lahat. Nagkaron pa tayo ng demokrasya kung ipagdadamot samin ang aming kalayaang mamili, para kayong mga kumunista kung magpatupad ng rules. Kung ayaw nyo ipatupad ang RH BILL e di gumawa kayo ng mga eskwelahan na libre na pang hangang kolehiyo para sa mga pamilyang me mga anak na 4 o hangang isang dosena ka tao, tapos pakainin nyo ang mga pamilyang yan na libre at bigyan nyo narin ng libreng livelihood ang mga magulang..magpakitang gilas kayo kung talagang nagmamalasakit kayo sa utos ng dyos.. pero alam ko di nyo kayang gawin yan, sarap kasi ng mga buhay nyo e, naka aircon ang mga kwarto nyo at sarap ng mga kinakain nyo at me sasakyan pa kayo, bindisyon nga lang ng bungalow na bahay 500 pesos ka agad at ibang price pag dos andanas na bahay at eto e sheshare ko lang sa lahat ang isa pang hinanakit ko sa simbahan. Ngayong kasi pati yung pagalay ko ng misa buwan buwan sa mga namatay kung mga kamag anak pinag iinitan nyo pa, ang mass offering for souls e me presyo na din, 50 pesos daw per kaluluwa..SINO GINAGAGO NILA? nakaka shock dahil pati kaluluwa pinagkikitaan pa and i know for sure na kahit anung amount ang donation kahit piso pa yan. E ang dami kong mga patay na na kamag anak at ayaw kung me e d-drop ako sa listahan ko dahil lang sa singil nila but i always tell them na eto lang ang amount na kaya ko at di ko kaya ang amount na hinihingi nyo..so to make this short dismayado ako sa inyong mga nasa simbahan and it made me realized na all of you ay HINDI TAPAT SA INYONG BOKASYON. as of now im thinking to leave the church dahil sa inyo at panginoon nalang ang humusga sa akin.
I'd like to get me one of those RH pins. But bad luck so far, I think it's not here in Cebu.. TT___TT
why should congressmen waste their time talking to priest,bishop , pro lifers kuno? about the RH bill.They should go out talk to people, people whose concern is the plight of our women, rather than engage a meaningless talk with these men in cloth, who treats women as commodities.
Hello, freethinkers. Can anyone tell me how to get in touch with someone from RHAN? I'd like to interview a representative for an article on RH truths and myths. Their website is a little out of date. 😐
Never mind, I've found a phone number. Thanks. 🙂
Here's the current website & contact info of RHAN: http://www.likhaan.org/rhan
You must have gotten into an old site, sorry.
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