At least in the US, “pro-choice” advocacy is based on the woman’s right not to be compelled to become a mother. The decision in Roe v. Wade, which declared a Texas anti-abortion law unconstitutional, was anchored on the due process clause of the US Constitution, or specifically the provision which says: “No person shall be [...]
Hell drives economic growth and the dangers of doing a Bernie Villegas
January 4, 2010 By 16 Comments
Well it seems that religious belief especially in a place for the baddies, we call hell, sheol or inferno is somewhat correlated with economic growth according to this study. I’m sure the researchers used some sort of meta-analysis (I haven’t seen the academic paper) in their conclusion that Protestant economies were about 35 years ahead of [...]
The Will of the Frailes vs. the Will of the People
September 16, 2009 By 40 Comments
Now that Speaker Nograles has signaled a call for a debate and a vote, the CBCP has called on its legion of rabid fanatics to punish members of Congress who are supportive of the Reproductive Health Bill. This is to be expected of course, given that our sainted frailes have closed their eyes and ears [...]
Population, Development and the RH Bill, Knock Knock Bernardo Villegas
September 12, 2009 By 39 Comments
“How did we get to where we are?” asks University of Asia and the Pacific economist Bernardo Villegas. He says poverty in the Philippines is a result of many factors. To his mind, however, a large population is not one of them. I find this explanation laughable especially during these times when the only countries [...]
Benedict Condemns Millions to Die of HIV/AIDS
March 18, 2009 By 82 Comments
Hindi lang Sex, Hindi lang Condom
March 1, 2009 By 12 Comments
Malinaw ang nilalaman ng Reproductive Health bill na ngayo’y nakasalang sa Kongreso. Hindi lamang ito patungkol sa sex at condom. Higit sa lahat ito’y tunkgol sa mga tao at ang pagbibigay ng kakayanan sa mga ina’t ama at ang kanilan mga anak sa buhay ng nararapat. Tayong lahat ay nalalayong itaguyod ang buhay. Ang dapat [...]
Paternity uncertainty and the financial “crisis”
January 29, 2009 By 4 Comments
As if the problem of catching up with the need to employ at least 1.5 million Filipinos being added to the labour force every year was already an insurmountable challenge in itself (given the inherent inability of Pinoys to create employment-generating capital indigenously), there is the other whammy now hitting our fortunes with the disappearance [...]
On the Right to Choose
January 13, 2009 By 13 Comments
I ran across this while looking for something else and I remembered that Health bill the church wants squashed. It is a video blog by American blogger Lindsay Campbell several months back. She talked about Abortion and the Right to Choose. Yes, she’s a feminist but listen to her argument. She makes a whole lot [...]
P.S. to HB 5043 – reproductive health bill?
November 6, 2008 By 9 Comments
The following was originally a comment to the article, “The Redundancy of The RH Bill“, penned by Primer C. Pagunuran. It challenges reflection that a lawyer, instead of a doctor, is the chief architect and single strong advocate of House Bill 5043 which actually consolidated into one, House Bills 17, 812, 2753 and 3920 in [...]
The good, the ordinary and the ugly
November 3, 2008 By 20 Comments
There are historical patterns that if we care to seriously reflect on would inform us of certain repeated forces known to have driven great events, among which is this: That history is often made by people and institutions in power and by how their power is employed by them to produce goods and services for [...]
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