One noon,
as I’m making my way to class, I saw some No
to RH Bill tarpaulins inside the campus (not surprised since I’m in a
catholic university) and it made me contemplate on some things. House Bill 5043
commonly known as the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill is basically an act
to provide national policy on reproductive health, responsible parenthood and
population development; sounds legit, so what's the fuss about? I’ve no
idea, at all.
Philippines is a small country yet if you
google world’s largest population, you’d see it on the 12th spot
–which I find alarming. One doesn’t need much thinking to arrive that boom in
population would affect the economy (either positively or negatively; but in
our case it is obviously negative). Walk the streets and you’ll see how crowded
it is, take public vehicles and young people (sometimes carrying baby) would
hop in and beg for coins, observe the side streets and evidences of scarcity
would be right before your eyes. I loathe people who make rude remarks on these
people, I mean, are they even thinking? I don’t think anyone would want to beg
for money just to eat. You can’t go and tell them to get a job and make a living;
NO, you just don’t say that to people who didn’t make it to school, not to
people who barely read or write. They were innocently
brought in this world by their parents, who more or less share the same
sentiments they are actually having now; it is just a cycle, only it gets worse
over time. These people are caged in appalling condition; they didn’t have a
choice they never had a choice. With
RH Bill, these people can have options; they can start bettering their lives. I
reckon it’s absurd to advance that passing RH Bill would turn us to a bunch of
murderers; I don’t see this Bill far from Family Planning –it’s just something
that has to be properly dispensed to each and every people. We shouldn’t even
be worrying about having abortion legalized (hidden agenda) yet; I don’t
think it would be such a hit if our people are all educated and have access to
anything that could prevent unwanted pregnancy in the first place. I think
what’s real evil is to let people multiply like rabbits regardless of their
situation and capabilities; it is terrible to bring another mouth into the
world you know you can’t feed and most of all, it is unjust to bring another
soul you know you can’t give education and liberty to lead a quality life.
Look around; do you still like what you are seeing? It is
not enough we admit that quality of life in our country is deteriorating; we
must also do something about it.
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