This highly controversial Reproductive Health Bill (RH Bill) becomes a divisive issue among Filipinos. There is the CBCP, some experts, academic, the politicians and the masses who aired their sides too. Why? What's The big issue with this controversial RH Bill?
The Catholic Bishops Conference in the Philippines, is said to be threatening the President of excommunication once he supported the said bill. They are totally in opposition because they said that it will be the gate to the making of divorce here in our country.
And just yesterday, I've read their statement regarding this which they said that those who supported or in favor of RH Bill has marital problems. This statement created furious comments among readers which showed disrespect to the Catholic Bishops especially Bishop Arguelles.
Such proposal is in great debate too, since the Filipino (Taxpayers) and private sector will fund and undertake wide distribution of family planning devices such as IUDs and Birth Control Pills through proper dissemination with the use of health care centers. This will cost a lot of money! What's next? Who will benefit the most from this kind of proposal?
It was proposed in 1998 by House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman and until now was still an issue which only means it's not yet time to get serious on this matter.
I will not talk more on this matters since it will not really help nor prevent population control in our country. Take a look at other country and study their population. Let us examine how these first world countries have developed their country. Consider Canada, they need more workers because they need to compete and develop more of their resources offering the best jobs available for qualified applicants. It only implies that they lacked human resources that their population cannot meet. Look at South Korea, instead of controlling their population, they encourage their people to produce more offspring looking forward in the near future of losing more quality workers which will require them to hire foreigners.
Knowing that Philippines is the "12th most populous nation in the world today", does not mean that we are the worse country ever in the world history. Instead use it as an advantage by means of quality planning. Develop more quality education by providing more technical courses and send them to better countries to earn more money and help provide for their own families. Distribute our so-called quality and professional workers in foreign lands as if we are conquering the world looking for greener pastures and not for wars. Teach our people to pay their taxes for our country's development like Japan. Take away that corrupt officials who is spending much of the government's money in their personal needs rather than using it in developmental projects.
If we think we are over populated then look at the map, try some Google earth, then you will know what I'm saying. If you are riding on a plane, look at the window and you know how vast is our land which is wide enough for our people to live within. Consider the ever neglected Visayan and Mindanao Islands. These are the lands being deprived of having greater share of our country's much resources. If the government thinks that our population is too heavy to handle then divide the land and let them choose their own leader.
RH Bill is not the solution to control population. Provide more technical courses and create more jobs and make a lot of Filipinos to get busy. You know what's next?
