The Reproductive Health and Population Development Act of 2008, or RH Bill 5043, as it stands, has been at the center of much of the heated debate which has been revolving around such issues as poverty, abortion, contraceptives, and the role of the church in our nation’s progress as it deals with population. The debate [...]
Other statements in support of the Reproductive Health Bill
November 1, 2008 By 12 Comments
While readers may have read the more famous Ateneo “Galilean” statement, these are other statements of support from the UP School of Economics and the National Academy of Science and Technology. The NAST statement is an official statement of an agency of the government. Under law the NAST is the highest government body that advises the [...]
The Galileo 14
October 31, 2008 By 74 Comments
Prof. MIke Tan gives a much needed reassessment on “pro life” and “pro choice” issues in his op ed “Common Good” today. He links our own reproductive health debate with the US Presidential elections debate on the issue, especially how American Catholics view what it means to be pro life or pro choice. Americans seem to [...]
Things get interesting in Loyola Heights!
October 27, 2008 By 80 Comments
Yesterday or was it the day before?; Ateneo de Manila professors got important news space for the 15 October position paper they issued on the Reproductive Health Bill. The professors support the bill and the blurbs have it as “Ateneo profs defy bishops, back family planning bill”. Ateneo’s President, Fr Bienvenido Nebres later issued this [...]
The One About In Defense of Every Life
October 23, 2008 By 13 Comments
Have you read the book, “Crossing the Threshold of Hope? It was a book based on questions that the late Pope John Paul II answered. In it, he talked about THE DEFENSE OF EVERY LIFE: Therefore, in firmly rejecting “pro choice” it is necessary to become courageously “pro woman,” promoting a choice that is truly [...]
A critique of the pro stand on the Reproductive Health Bill
October 7, 2008 By 15 Comments
After skewering the antis as the Devil’s Advocate, now I’ll be Darwin’s Angel to the pro RH people by skewering the statement of support for this bill. To: Philippine Congress We are seriously disturbed that more than 10 Filipino women die every day due to pregnancy and childbirth-related complications. The big majority of those who [...]
Some fallacies in the reproductive health bill debate
October 6, 2008 By 20 Comments
The blurbs report all sorts of arguments both pro and con on the reproductive health debate. I am reviewing my first course in logic ( I slept through it as a freshie and got a 3.0!) If I am wrong, please correct me. What I noted in the anti side is both the bluntness and subtleness of the fallacies. [...]
The Catholic Magisterium on Contraception
October 3, 2008 By 104 Comments
Recently at Filipino Voices, we have had a lively discussion of the Reproductive Health Bill in a series of posts by several contributors (1, 2, 3 , 4, 5) primarily from the legal, philosophical, political and scientific standpoints. However, there has been no comprehensive consideration of the official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, [...]
Resolved: That Abortion Be Decriminalized
September 25, 2008 By 73 Comments
A society where all the wrong arguments win
September 23, 2008 By 19 Comments
The venerable Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, said the following words in a Commencement Address he delivered on June 12, 2005 to graduates of Stanford University: Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the [...]
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