reproductive health

Will pro-RH Catholics go to Hell when they die? If my research on the official teachings of the Catholic Church is...

An undisputed national hero and distinguished gentleman representative from Sarangani, Manny Pacquiao was staunchly against the RH Bill. He quoted the Bible, and said, in effect, that any attempts to curb reproduction was against the will of his god. While we’re not sure how the personal religious beliefs of this pregnancy-challenged man have to do with us uterus-carrying citizens, people pointed out that his wife Jinkee has admitted to being on the pill. Now he’s bragging that he made his wife Jinkee stop taking pills and have more kids.

For the sake of accuracy (and the chance to portray all of this as the off-Broadway play it might as well be), below are script-style excerpts of the exchange between members of the Filipino Freethinkers and anti-RH individuals at the forum's Q&A segment. Most lines were lifted verbatim.

The problem with Atty. Montes's segment was that most of her arguments attacked provisions in the Bill that have already been nixed by the authors quite some time ago, such as the encouragement to have two children as the ideal family size; mandatory sex education; and requiring employers to provide RH services to their employees.

We weren't sure if the Freedumbers showed up that day, much less if they were attacked by some dude with a knuckle ring on one hand and a super-absorbent sponge in the other, but it was still quite a show we witnessed at the lecture Women Speak Out: The Medical and Legal Truths on the RH Bill.

Ever since the whole business with the Reproductive Health Bill erupted, I've witnessed just how creative the Filipino people can become in trying to push an issue.

Keep Your Theology out of My Biology; Get Your Rosaries out of My Ovaries; 'Ala Bang May Utak sa Council; and...

Imagine if advocates of laissez-faire capitalism say to Congress, "Our taxes pay for government agencies that regulate our businesses and...

I come from a devout Catholic family and studied in a grade and high school that was non-sectarian (secular) but run...