Support for RH Bill Debunked May 22, 2010
Posted by Maddog in HB 5043, Politics and Law, Prolife Issues.Tags: abortion, contraception, Human rights, pro-life, RH Bill, survey
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A little-known survey released early this year revealed that 92% of Metro Manila residents are against the passage of the controversial reproductive health (RH) bill, also known as HB 5043. The poll has called into question claims of wide public support for the proposed measure made by its authors and supporters.
The Filipino Family Survey, conducted from December 2-9, 2009, was conducted by HB&A International Research using the experienced field personnel of the Asian Research Organization (ARO), the Philippine affiliate of Gallup International.
According to the new poll, a great majority of those surveyed reject the salient points of the RH bill. Some 92 percent do not agree with the plan to make available free of charge birth control pills and IUDs to young teenage children without parental consent, and 90 percent do not want the government to allocate extra funds to contraceptives to the detriment of essential medicines which address the country’s top causes of death such as heart disease, cancer, pneumonia and tuberculosis.
On sex education, 87% disagreed with allowing their children to be taught by school teachers about the technical and biological aspects of sex in a co-ed environment, and possibly tutored by their teachers if they are not up to par with their lessons. Instead, 88% of parents wished to be trained on how to teach their children correctly about sex.
The Evil Cousins: Contraception and Abortion February 5, 2009
Posted by Maddog in Prolife Issues, Religion and Social Issues.Tags: abortion, contraception, Human rights, pro-life, prolife, reproductive health, sexuality
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There is a common misconception about contraception being peddled by the proponents of the highly coercive, so-called “Reproductive Health” bill known as HB 5043. They often claim that the incidence of abortion can be reduced through contraception. While that may sound plausible, the cold facts from around the world tell a different story. Contraception does NOT decrease abortion rates; in fact, contraception increases them!
The Contraception-Abortion Link
Here is some evidence to chew on:
- Fact Sheet: Greater Access to Contraception Does Not Reduce Abortions
http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/contraception/contrafactsheet0207.shtml(The resources mentioned in this Fact Sheet by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are especially valuable)
- The Role of Contraception in Increasing Abortion
By Ruben Obregon
http://www.noroomforcontraception.com/Articles/Role-Of-Contraception-Increased-Abortion.htm
(more…)
The Deceptive SWS Survey October 18, 2008
Posted by Maddog in Politics and Law, Prolife Issues, Religion and Social Issues.Tags: abortifacient, abortion, contraception, deception, HB 5043, Human rights, lagman, life, reproductive health, survey, sws
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The Social Weather Stations (SWS) has weighed in on the debate over the anti-life Bill pending in Congress, and now known as HB 5043. Its latest survey, which received wide media coverage, is touted to be fair and free of bias. Sadly, in my opinion, the truth is otherwise.
The SWS released its third quarter 2008 Social Weather Survey, which was fielded between September 24-27. Acording to Mahar Mangahas, president and co-founder of SWS, in his article in the Inquirer (New Polls on reproductive health), had two modules relevant to the issue: “one module of three items done on SWS’ own initiative, and a second module of three items commissioned by the Forum for Family Planning and Development (FFPD), a non-government advocacy group.”
Mangahas goes on to say:
The SWS survey asked six questions on the RH topic, the first three of which were FFPD, and the second three being SWS’ own items. The first four items were a battery of Agree/Disagree (A/D) statements, with two of them phrased in opposition to the Reproductive Health and Population Development (RHPD) bill currently being debated in Congress, and with the two others phrased as affirmative to it. The fifth item asked whether the respondent already knew of the RHPD bill. The sixth item asked if the respondent favored it or not. I believe that the A/D battery, being evenly divided in slant, did not introduce affirmation bias to the succeeding items.
Mangahas notes that the first and third test statements of the A/D battery had “anti-RHPD” assertions, while the second and fourth were phrased as “pro-RHPD”. The fifth question consisted of informing the respondents of HB 5043 and asking them if they knew about it. The final question asked respondents their opinion of the Bill.
Dirty Tricks 101: Slanted Questions
I wish to take issue with the way Mangahas characterizes the questions in this survey. He imagines that the A/D battery of questions did not introduce any bias because two were slanted against the Bill and two were slanted for the Bill.
Why not look at the actual questions then? It will become apparent that overall the survey was not neutral at all and its questions and statements definitely introduced bias.
Kill Bill 5043 October 11, 2008
Posted by Maddog in Prolife Issues, Religion and Social Issues.Tags: abortifacient, abortion, contraception, family, HB 5043, health care, Human rights, lagman bill, marriage, overpopulation, philippines, population control, poverty, pro-life, prolife, reproductive health, unborn
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Congressman Lagman’s anti-life Bill pending in Congress is now known as consolidated House Bill 5043. Sadly, it contains the same abortion-promoting and coercive provisions as previous versions.
Couples for Christ has launched an online campaign against this monstrosity posing as a “health” Bill.
Kill Bill 5043
http://www.prolife.cfcinternationalmissions.com/
There’s another petition against HB 5043, this time created by an individual. Please sign this too!
No to Reproductive Health Bill (HB5043)
http://www.petitiononline.com/xxhb5043/petition.html
Be counted and kill this murderous Bill! We have to stand and protect the rights of unborn children and the right of each of person to follow his conscience, free of government coercion. Online petitions may not have the force of written petitions with real signatures, but they do have some moral force. If you wish to register your opposition to this Bill online, you may do so using those petitions.
If you have time, you may also wish to write a letter to your favorite newspaper, your local government officials, and to your Congressman and any Senator. Let them know you are against this coercive and dangerous Bill.
And in 2010, make sure you DON’T vote for Lagman and his accomplices in Congress.
Resources (update to this post)
- What’s Wrong with the Reproductive Health Bill?
By Francisco S. Tatad
http://www.cfcffl.org/prolife/articl…_kit_tatad.htm
http://prolife.org.ph/article/articleview/1296/1/103
- Religion, the Constitution and reproductive health
By Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20081013-166086/Church-Constitution-and-the-RH-bill
Time for Integrity July 20, 2008
Posted by Maddog in Politics and Law, Prolife Issues, Religion and Social Issues.Tags: abortifacient, abortion, Catholic, Catholicism, choice, contraception, family, freedom, HB 5043, health care, Human rights, justice, lagman bill, marriage, overpopulation, population control, poverty, pro-life, prolife, religion, reproductive health, unborn
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The newspapers, and especially their columnists, are having a field day writing about Ozamis Archbishop Jesus A. Dosado’s decision to deny Catholic politicians who are pro-abortion and pro-artificial contraception the Sacrament of Holy Communion. Some writers caution of a backlash, warning that decision appears too confrontational, and others seem sympathetic to the affected legislators, as if they were the underdogs. Some would even praise them for taking a principled stand.
But just how principled a stand is that of these politicians? And are the other considerations even relevant? Let’s examine the situation at hand.
Integrity
We are all sinners and are guilty of not living up to all our beliefs. It would seem, however, that these Catholic politicians have radically disconnected their faith from their actions. They claim membership in a Church that emphatically teaches one very fundamental tenet, and then openly announce their support for — and will work to bring about — the opposite. It’s one thing to be privately inconsistent with one’s beliefs, but to do so repeatedly, publicly, without remorse, and to claim that it is right, is another thing altogether. It’s a scandal.
What does that say about their integrity?
Here are the definitions of “integrity” from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary:
1: firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values
2: an unimpaired condition
3: the quality or state of being complete or undivided
“Firm adherence” and “complete or undivided” all imply consistency in belief, word, and deed, don’t they? To have integrity means to behave in accordance with declared and freely held belief.
It’s obvious that these arrogant politicians want to have their cake and it it too. They want to advocate and pass coercive laws that promote and condone abortion and abortifacient contraceptives, while at the same time demand that they be considered Catholics in good standing!
What kind of chicanery is this? A Catholic “in good standing” is one who tries his best to follow the doctrines of the Catholic Church. What kind a Catholic is someone who refuses to believe in Catholic doctrine? Can such a person even be a Catholic except in name only? A How then, can one be in “good standing” with the Church when one promotes laws that are directly contrary to the Catholic doctrine?
Atty. Jose C. Sison, in his article “A bishop’s courageous stand” (July 18, Philippine Star) hit the nail on the head when he wrote:
So Catholic politicians in Congress or in city councils who sponsored and supported these pro abortion measures should not complain if they are denied the Sacraments; or try to sway public opinion against the Church for their predicament. They “should have the integrity to acknowledge” that their stand is contrary to their Faith, and voluntarily refrain from receiving the Sacraments “until they have a change of heart”, as Archbishop Dosado admonished.
Can we expect integrity from these politicians? If we cannot expect such, then why elect them? They will have their day of reckoning.
Culture of Death, Culture of Denial September 12, 2007
Posted by Maddog in Catholicism, Prolife Issues, Religion and Social Issues.Tags: abortifacient, abortion, contraception, Human rights, pro-life, reproductive health
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As it does periodically, the claim that a high abortion rate can be reduced through even more vigorous population control using artificial contraceptives has resurfaced lately. This time it came in the form of statements within a news report on the number of abortions every year in the Philippines. The report put the annual abortion rate at around 400,000!
That number is truly scandalous in a country that is supposed to be predominantly Catholic. It is, as one Filipino writer penned in “The Monumental Modern-day Filipino Holocaust“, a “mockery of Christ’s teachings”.
But granted that we are against abortion, is contraception the way to prevent it?
The Big Lie
While it may at first seem obvious that preventing so-called “unwanted” pregnancies should lessen the number of abortions, the opposite is in fact true. The contraceptive and “safe sex” mindset leads to increased promiscuity and a false confidence that contraceptives are truly effective. This, of course leads to more contraceptive failures since the total number of sexual encounters increases. And this, in turn, leads to more people resorting to abortion as a backup method to contraception.
This deadly dynamic is outlined in more detail by Rev. Thomas J Euteneuer, President of Human Life International, in the video “Does Contraception Prevent Abortion?” If you can’t view the video, a transcript of part of Fr. Euteneuer’s message is below:
Let’s first consider one basic fact: Abortion is a multi-billion dollar business, and no business wants to reduce its bottom line. While you and I work towards eliminating abortion, the abortion industry has a vested interest in increasing those numbers. More abortions simply mean more profit. Granted, some embrace abortion for other reasons, but profit is the bottom line of the abortion business. In 2004 Planned Parenthood made about $90 million in revenues just selling abortion to American women.
And, their clients: women with unexpected and unwanted pregnancies.
Given this client base, there are three main reasons why the abortion industry needs contraception:
The first is that the increase of contraceptive use increases the amount of promiscuity in a culture. Contraception severs the link between sexual union and childbearing. No longer is sexual activity the exclusive domain of marriage but can be treated as a recreational activity supposedly without the responsibility of children. The so-called unwanted pregnancies that result from a promiscuous contraceptive culture are what drive the demand for abortion. Remember — the more promiscuity, the more unwanted pregnancies there are, and the more unwanted pregnancies, the more abortions there will be.
Secondly, all methods of contraception fail to prevent pregnancy a certain percentage of the time either through flaws in the method or through misuse. People have been so indoctrinated with the “safe sex” message that the potential for contraceptive failure is never even considered — until it happens of course — and then, faced with a crisis, people turn to
quick fix solutions to escape the problem that was created by contraception in the first place. According to the Guttmacher Association, an affiliate of Planned Parenthood, close to 60% of all women going into abortion mills do so because their contraception has failed. In other words, they are using abortion as a back-up to failed contraception.Finally, contraception does not prevent abortion because contraception is, in many cases, a form of abortion. Medical science informs us that all hormonal methods of contraception may actually cause abortions at the earliest stages of pregnancy due to their chemical assault on the lining of the uterus which forbids the implantation of a newly-conceived baby a certain percentage of the time. That’s chemical abortion, and in the end we have the same result as surgical abortion: the death of an innocent human being.
PHNix Network Advocate 
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