Reproductive Health

MANILA, Philippines — Mothers in indigent communities would greatly benefit from the passage of the Reproductive health (RH) bill now being debated in Congress by getting better access to modern family planning methods.

The confusion is getting worse. There are now three RH bills: the Lagman bill in the Lower House, the Santiago bill in the Upper House and the bill coming from Malacanang called Responsible Parenthood bill which is included among the list of priority bills sent to the Lower House for approval. The stakes must really…

COTABATO CITY, Philippines—The Department of Health of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is maximizing the use of radio for a family planning campaign to help slow down the region’s exploding population.

When you run out of arguments to bolster your position, you resort to what, in Logic class, is called “poisoning the well.” It means throwing mud at your opponents, flinging suspicion and innuendo at them without offering to provide proof or evidence to prove these true, all with the intent to derail the discussion and…

LAWMAKERS on Monday night urged the government to impose family planning on the recipients of government handouts under its P39.8-billion dole program after Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman said the average number of children among the poor beneficiaries was five.

MANILA, Philippines – Some groups backing the Reproductive Health (RH) bill are for abortion and are part of a movement seeking to eliminate the world’s poor people. Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III expressed this concern on Tuesday, the second day of Senate debates on the controversial measure. In particular, Sotto mentioned the Family Planning…

It takes a lot of courage and political will for politicians to embrace causes unpopular to the Catholic Church. Traditionally, most politicians have safely avoided antagonizing the Church for fear of losing votes.

THE Palace will not back down in its campaign to have the reproductive health bill passed despite the “strong moral objections” from Catholic Church leaders, an official said Wednesday.

Whether it is the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill or Malacañang’s Responsible Parenthood bill (RP), public funds will still be used to buy condoms and other forms of contraceptives for population control.

CLARK FIELD — It is well and good that Malacañang has seen to the rewriting of the controversial provisions of the Reproductive Health (renamed Responsible Parenthood) bill to widen its acceptability in this dominantly Catholic nation.

MANILA, Philippines – The Reproductive Health measure is an affirmation of the constitutional right to privacy as stipulated in several Supreme Court decisions, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago said yesterday.

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III said Tuesday he has included the consolidated reproductive health bill in his administration’s 13 priority legislative measures that will be sent to Congress.

ADVOCATES OF the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill yesterday cautioned against the approval of a watered-down version endorsed by Malacañang during the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council meeting. Bayan Muna Rep. Luzviminda C. Ilagan called on her colleagues “not to surrender provisions crucial to ensuring that a pro-poor, pro-women legislation is passed.”

Can we use opinion polls in determining what is right or wrong, what is true or not, what is good or bad or what is lawful or unlawful? Can these issues be determined in a popularity contest? Definitely not; we cannot say that crossing streets anywhere or jaywalking, jueteng or illegal gambling are right and…

MANILA, Philippines – Breastfed babies are more intelligent than those fed with infant formula. According to United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) country representative Vanessa Tobin, two important studies this year have confirmed that breastfed children have better mental development.

In last Monday’s SWS media release, the most pervasive finding is that 82 percent of Filipino adults nationwide agree that “The choice of family planning method is a personal decision of the couple, and no one should interfere with it,” as of June 2011.

MANILA, Philippines – The latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that nearly seven in 10 Filipinos or 68 percent believe the government should subsidize all methods of family planning, whether natural or artificial.

A MAJORITY of Filipinos view family planning as a personal choice that should not be interfered with, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in a new report. However, they also want the government to provide relevant information and also subsidize family planning methods, the SWS added, citing the results of a June 3-6 nationwide poll.

THE cliché “an increase in population is not an additional mouth to feed, but additional hands that will feed the mouth” is one of the most common excuses by advocates of religious conservatism with reference to justifying population growth. This so-called truism, meant to establish moral traditions, has more often than not hindered the Philippine…

A recent news item that readily caught my attention is about a young couple, Arnold 36, and Creselda 32, who became the parents of quadruplets, two boys and two girls, last July 22, 2011. Having quadruplets is indeed so noteworthy because according to the Director of the Hospital which provided the facilities and services for…

MANILA, Philippines – The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) yesterday urged mothers to fully breastfeed their children for six months after birth to ensure their protection against diseases and to boost their mental and physical development.

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MANILA, Philippines – A party-list lawmaker is facing graft charges for allegedly diverting portions of his pork barrel funds to build a hotel in a privately owned resort in Laguna and finance a protest rally against the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill.

Proponents of the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill have geared up for tough and long debates with colleagues on the passage of the measure, practically saying that they are prepared to meet head-on those opposing the proposed law.

BAGUIO CITY: Baguio-La Trinidad-Itogon-Sablan-Tuba-Tublay or BLIST should be taken as a complete unit to address over-population and map out the city’s plans to adapt to climate change.

CATHOLIC Church leaders said that the youth have been very supportive of its campaign against the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill.

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GOVERNMENT continued its thrust for its reproductive health agenda by reiterating previous family planning memorandum. The Department of Health (DOH) released Administrative Order 2011-0005 yesterday that consists of guidelines on ensuring quality standards in the delivery of family planning program and services.

Changing World MANILA, Philippines — A not too subtle assumption of the RH bill is the need for population control. Under the guise of promoting maternal health or limiting illegal abortions, some proponents of encouraging the distribution of artificial contraceptives are at bottom trying to limit the birth rate. They want to reduce population growth…