Catholics for Reproductive Health

Friends, I am "inclined" to believe that we Catholics can support the RH bill in good conscience.

but there are some important issues that needs to be addressed.

#1 Contraceptive vs Abortifacient
The state needs to establish or CLARIFY once and for all when does life begin.
Our constitution says that the state shall protect the life of the mother
and the life of the unborn from conception.

What does this statement mean? It says the state shall protect the life of the unborn?? At which point ? At conception? We need to state the obvious – does conception mean conception/feltilzation or something else?

In the end, the purpose for this is so that we'll be able to clearly differentiate contraceptives from abortifacient and remove abortifacient from the state-sponsored essential medicines

About the other issues, you may want to refer this article: http://opinion.inquirer.net/5569/levels-of-discou…

If these things are clarified, I believe I can support the bill even as a Catholic or maybe BECAUSE I AM A CATHOLIC!

"Give to Caesar what is to Caesar and to God what is to God"

As a Catholic I do not support contraception or pre-marital sex. And I will continue to speak against it and promote abstinence, purity and natural family planning methods

As a citizen of this nation, I still don't support contraceptives but I support the government's efforts to build a society that empowers its people to act responsibly according to what they believe is right and good for them.

I don't think my hard-earned money will go to contraceptives. I am not paying for that, what I am paying for is the building of a nation for all Filipinos not only for Catholics or any religion for that matter.

Are you God to know who is a Catholic or who isn't? More than half of the Catholics around the world say they are Catholics though they don't profess it liberally. Are we to be blamed if we can't distinguish who are and who aren't?

Instead of contraception why not increase the salaries of government health workers. Create more jobs by increasing the health worker to patient ratio. Contraception can be dangerous to reproductive health without the support of health workers,.

My faithfulness is to my God and alam nya ang intensyun ko sa pag gamit ng family planning according to what is comfortable for my body. Dyos lang ang huhusga sakin at sa kanya lang din ako mananagot if iam guilty of mortal sin.

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.

They are not Catholics they are just using the name to give them credibility and if none of you can see that then you are blind thinkers!