Benjamin Paul P. Sibucao's Excellent REACTION PAPER

Benjamin Paul P. Sibucao Sr-C

REACTION PAPER

I’m pro-RH Bill because this can solve our problems in our country. This bill can change the status of the Philippines because smaller family means lesser expenses. The thing that makes CBCP (Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines) anti-RH Bill is that this can lead to abortion.

RH Bill should become a law as soon as possible for these reasons:

First, they say that babies born to irresponsible parents are the main cause of poverty. Ergo, let’s educate parents to be responsible by making family planning methods available to all those who need it.

Second, they say that parents should be free to decide how many kids they want, that parents must be given incentives to limit the number of kids, and family planning methods must be available.

Third, because the poor cannot afford it, government must pay for these services because it is their responsibility to improve the quality of our people, especially the poor.

Fourth, they want the RH Bill to defend the rights of women who are raped, abused by their husbands, and bullied by society and the Church into whimpering creatures. Maybe they’re right in thinking that many of these women go to Church on Sundays, listen to sermons and obey their parish priest, and do not use pills, condoms or other drugs, so it’s good that their rights are defended.

Fifth, people like me are hysterical, Inquisitorial, and anti-progress, so I should just shut up so that the government, NGOs, and people with enlightened minds who are pro-poor and pro-RH Bill can be hysterical and Inquisitorial in pushing their pro-progress agendas.

Sixth, our population growth rate is so high that we need a law to bring it down. I guess the fact that our population growth rates have been going down in the last thirty years and that our economy is doing better than others just shows that we shouldn’t believe in statistics. Or, that we should believe only those statistics that support our views.

Seventh, our society is backward because we don’t have divorce, legalized birth control, and abortion.

Eighth, other countries want only the best for us, so they will help us prosper economically.

Lastly, birth control pills are safe, and so are condoms. With the RH Bill, there will be lower incidence of AIDS, abortions, and divorce. What happens in the west won’t happen here.