I do not understand why the good Bishop Oscar Cruz calls it the “Sex Bill 4244” when it is plainly, Reproductive Health Bill HB 4244.
You know what the Bishop said ? End products of Sex Bill 4244: Promiscuity. Insensibility. Amorality.
Risa Hontiveros delivers a brillant rebuttal to the Sex Bill.
End products of House Bill 4244: Women and youth’s welfare. Choice for couples, a chance in life for people.
Risa adds “Even without the bill, there is promiscuity. ““Copulative delight without fear or worry.” Is that an evil thing? Isn’t that how God or the universe envisioned lovemaking? Fearful and worried copulationâ€â€is that what the good archbishop desires for couples? Hardly a godly or humane vision. The first topic in adolescent RH and sexuality education would be values formation. ABC: Abstain, Be faithful or monogamous, and Contraceptives, including condoms, would be taught.”
Reality is that promiscuity exists even without the RH Bill. Abortion too. I believe the sexual act will even be valued if these are discussed through sex education. At least for me, that worked. I am blessed to get sex education during my high school years in the mid-seventies together with my mother’s guidance. I have since passed this knowledge on to my two daughters. But how many mothers are like me? Just read through my sex education article to see the dilemma most parents face. Most say they are clueless, fearful, or feel awkward.
I have talked to single mothers and parents with daughters pregnant in their teens. The single mothers wished they had known more about sex and the consequences. The mothers wished they were not too uncomfortable talking about sex education to their children. I will talk more on this topic in another blog entry.
There is just too much obsession with sex that the main essence of reproductive health is lost.
A simple rebuttal to the Sex Bill is easily explained in Section 4 of the RH Bill 4244 .
To Bishop Cruz main point that it is against reproduction is false.
To call it ““Reproductive Health Bill” is a big distortion. Reason: the Bill is not ““reproductive” simply because it is against reproduction.
The RH bill helps couples with infertility problems.
Reproductive Health Care refers to the access to a full range of methods, facilities, services and supplies that contribute to reproductive health and well-being by preventing and solving reproductive health-related problems. It also includes sexual health, the purpose of which is the enhancement of life and personal relations. The elements of reproductive health care include the following:
(j) prevention and treatment of infertility and sexual dysfunction;
The bishop forgets that even when the Bill passes into a law, the Church can still continue their teachings on the sanctity of marriage, morality and other values to uphold.
ay naku.kakitiran ba o baluktot na pagiisip o sex starved kung puro o hanggang sex lang ang abot ng isip ni Cruz? it’s not against, it’s pro-responsible reproduction bishop na hunghang!
I think the bishop acted that way just like many Filipinos who feels uneasy when they talk about sex. Or even just the word S-E-X some Filipinos still get that look like they were embarrassed just hearing that word. I think it’s time to stop this hypocrisy. We live in a modern world. And the church have to admit that teenage pregnancy is getting rampant. It’s because they get the wrong kind of information about sex. I think it’s high time to teach every Filipino about sex education and to be open about it, and not that hush, hush stuff that the church ihas been doing for all these years. Sex is human nature. We should be educated about it to be able to become a responsible human beings.
oscar cruz is no doubt, the devil’s advocate. disguised as a sheep, but an itchy wolf in reality.