CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM Rationale Reproductive Health Bill is one of the hottest issues now in our country. Is it good or bad? Will it benefit us? Or is it really us that will be benefited? Does it actually answer or satisfy the need of the country? Or it is just another way of the government to make money? Whatever the answer is‚ the decision still lies on the people. The House Bill No. 4244 which states “An Act providing for a national policy on reproductive health‚ responsible parenthood
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controversial R.H. Bill.Are we aware of this RH Bill that is about to become a law? What are its provisions that can help and harm us? Could this be the solution of economic problem in a family? There are many premonitions about RH Bill‚ one of these is the in human perspective of the church and also to some of the conservative groups; however there are also some that is positive to RH Bill which would agree that this bill must be a law. These pro of the RH bill are the people that would like to debate
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RH Bill is NOW RH Law! After 14 years of struggle‚ the Reproductive Health Bill has finally been passed into law! Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino III quietly signed the bill into law last December 21‚ 2012‚ four days away before Christmas – for me the best Christmas gift for Filipino women and youth especially us RH advocates who were tireless in our efforts to lobby‚ dialogue‚ march on the streets and campaign for the passage of the RH Bill into a law. The new law will now be called
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#2: RH Bill The Reproductive Health bills (House Bill No. 4244 or An Act Providing for a Comprehensive Policy on Responsible Parenthood‚ Reproductive Health‚ and Population and Development‚ and For Other Purposes‚ and Bill No. 2378 or An Act Providing For a National Policy on Reproductive Health and Population and Development)‚ popularly known as the RH Bill‚ are Philippine bills aiming to guarantee universal access to methods and information on birth control and maternal care. The bills have
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Responsible Parenthood is not equivalent to the Reproductive Health Bill‚ it is not birth control‚ it is not population control. "If we consider the relevant physical‚ economic‚ psychological and social conditions‚responsible parenthood is exercised by those who prudently and generously decide to have a large family or by those who‚ for serious reasons and with due respect for the moral law‚ choose not to have children for the time being or even for an indeterminate period (Humane vitae). If we examine
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Reproductive Health Bill was introduced by Congresswoman Bellaflor J. Angara -Castillo is also known as ³Reproductive Health Care Act of 2002´‚assembled at Senateand House of Representatives of the Philippines‚ and now known as House Bill 5043 of 2008. It¶s been years since the bill was approved in the senate‚ due to some churchconflicts‚ biomedical ethical issues and some scientific research conflicts. Today thereare still lots of Filipino citizen who are now fully aware about this bill and why this billwas
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INTRODUCTION The State Vs.The Church”. This has been the perception of the people when RH Law or The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10354) has been tackled. The RH Law has been a controversial bill during the time was not yet passed but now the current president of the Philippines; His Excellency President Benigno Simeon Aquino III signed it on December 21‚ 2012. The government wants it pass because it cares for its people‚ giving the mothers a privilege
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not let these gifts of God be “wasted” and not given importance. But it is evident in the goal of the RH law to defy and contradict the Bible. Supporters of the RH law insist that it is not abortion; it is a mere prevention of “unwanted pregnancy.” But I believe it is otherwise; Abortion is preventing any kind of life form to be conceived inside the women‚ which is‚ as we all know‚ a purpose of RH law. Also allowing the use of “condoms” can be degrading to women. Men may use women as an object for
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RH Bill: A Matter of Public Opinion Which of these four arguments is the most ethical argument? (10 pts) The most ethical argument among Lagman‚ Santiago‚ Villegas and Garcia is Garcia’s. Although she presented her stands on the issue using her personal view as a mother‚ she was able to convey her consequentialist stand. According to her‚ “right to reproductive health” does not just boil down to the contraceptives and other artificial family planning devices that the government would
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RH LAW The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10354)‚ informally known as the Reproductive Health Law or RH Law‚ is a law in the Philippines‚ which guarantees universal access to methods of contraception‚ fertility control‚ sexual education‚ and maternal care. I believe the law views the human person as not only a mere receiver of God’s gifts but also as their steward. The Bible teaches that sexual intercourse is a gift from God that should be stewarded
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