RH Bill (Reproductive Health Bill)

What is RH Bill? The Reproductive Health bill, popularly known as the RH bill, is a Philippine bill aiming to guarantee universal access to methods and information on birth control and maternal care. The bill has become the center of a contentious national debate. There are presently two bills with the same goals: 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 introduced by Albay 1st district Representative Edcel Lagman, and Senate Bill No. 2378 or the Reproductive Health Act introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago. While there is general agreement about its provisions on maternal and child health, there is great debate on its key proposal that the Filipino taxpayer and the private sector will fund and undertake widespread distribution of family planning devices such as birth control pills (BCPs) and IUDs, as the government continues to disseminate information on their use through all health care centers. Private companies and the public and private elementary and secondary school system will be required to participate in this information and product dissemination as a way of controlling the population of the Philippines.[1] The bill is highly controversial, with experts, academics, religious institutions, and major political figures both supporting and opposing it, often criticizing the government and each other in the process. The issue is so divisive that at one point, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines threatened to excommunicate the President, Benigno Aquino III if he supported the bill.

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10 Reasons of Pro and Anti RH Bill:

Pro RH 1. Prevention of Maternal deaths 2. Provides free medical treatment from the barangay with professional health practitioner 3. Prevention of abortion 4. Empowerment of women and Promotion of breastfeeding 5. Right to choose between Natural and Modern method of family planning 6. Access to age appropriate sex education in schools 7. Provides quality of life 8. Availability of contraception in the barangay 9. Population Management 10. Long term benefits Anti RH 1. Legalized abortion 2. Immoral 3. Will go to hell because of the promotion of contraceptives which from them is abortifacient 4. Corruption 5. Promote promiscuity 6. Will increase the HIV/AIDS in the country 7. Prevention of having a baby which contradicts the teaching of the church Humayo kayo at magpakarami. 8. Mandatted two child policy 9. Population is not the cause of poverty 10. Pills could cause pimples and cancer