A question of resources?
October 23, 2009
by Alex
2 comments
Would you look at that? I haven’t really written anything about the reproductive health bill primarily because any discussion on reproductive health in the Philippine context is bound to touch on religion. And religion is always a mucky topic to be a factor in any argument.
Anyway, this particular letter to the editor published by the Inquirer arguing that the RH Bill will be a waste of precious money. The letter cited three reasons – 1) bill is not designed to educate people, 2) bill won’t feed hungry stomachs, and 3) poor families are on survival mode. Well, incoherent as those points are, I think Ms. San Juan’s point is that the RH Bill will not address poverty and that it will give horny people reasons to have sex out of wedlock.
I guess that pretty much summarizes what needs to be addressed – the very simplistic view regarding what needs to be done. And I do believe that the real reason why the RH Bill won’t fly is the ultraconservative stance.
