#pro-rh

— Kathlyn Diego (@coookiemawnster)

You SHOULD watch the TV or check the updates for the House voting on RH Bill.  You will see what KIND of people you have voted for LAST election. Let their votes and reasoning decide if you will still vote for them or not for the 2013 elections. List their names and write down any remarkable statement they have made if you want. Our heroes died for the separation of the State and the Church. Use the intellectual and religious freedom we have gained. We should prove to everyone that our heroes did not die in vain.

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I wish we have TV in our boarding house. I would LOVE to make a live commentary. From what I can gather from my friends' FB updates and news sites though, a number of idiots in the congress were exposed. Also it has been a while since I've blurted expletives. 

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UPDATE:

All day! All day long I was seeing Rosa Hernandez's crying face. Her 16-year old daughter, a leukemia patient, died from pregnancy because the doctor would not put her under chemotherapy (you'll get it, chemo messing up the baby, and the girl getting all the shit). The thing is, before her daughter died, Rosa pleaded that the baby be aborted because her daughter's life is at stake.

Why can't the world legalize abortion? Are we fighting for our future? Or are we just fighting for the church's future?

Keep abortion legal. That's all we're asking for. With abortion illegal, it still happens. And the danger? It's unsafe and it's not regulated.

Hindi dahil yun lamang ang sinabi ko kanina ay yun na lahat ang alam ko sa RH Bill. Isang pasada pa lang yun. I know what I'm saying. Remove your yellow goggles before talking to me. The whole post wasn't even ABOUT HIM. So stop reacting.

Bago ka magsalita, basahin mo muna ito. Let's make sure we are talking about the same thing before we start to duel.

Sa totoo lang naman, majority ng PRO naman ay hindi dahil naniniwala sila sa batas, o para sa kababaihan daw yun or whatever. Kaya naman sila PRO dahil naiinis sila sa pakikialam ng simbahan sa gobyerno.

Kahit Anti ako, hindi din ako umaayon sa simbahan dahil nahihinaan ako sa mga argumento nila.

My stance: I am ANTI-RH BILL! Gising mga Pilipino. Hindi niyo ba nakikita ang cover up? NILILINLANG NANAMAN NILA ANG MGA PILIPINO PARA PAGTAKPAN ANG MGA DAPAT TUTUKAN NA ISYU. As I have been saying, the politicians keep on DEVIATING. Everytime matunog ang HL, lalabas ang RH BILL law. In a nutshell, eto ang summary: Sabi nila, ang rason ng POVERTY ay ang OVERPOPULATION. Sabi nila, yan ang rason kayo hindi daw makakaangat ang PILIPINAS. Para mawala ang OVERPOPULATION, may mga ogs na nagpasa ng RH BILL, para hindi magkaroon ng overpopulation, bibigyan ang mga mahihirap ng contraceptives and condoms. Para magkaroon ng maraming condoms and contraceptives, saan kukunin ang pera? Syempre, sa kaban ng bayan. Sino ang papayamanin? Edi syempre yung distributor ng CONDOMS and CONTRACEPTIVES. Kung tutuusin, ang rason kaya mas humihirap ang mahihirap ay dahil sa cover up ng corruption. Wag na isisi sa overpopulation. Eto yun, hindi naman dahil sa walang access sa condoms ang mahihirap kaya sila gawa ng gawa ng anak... ETO AY DAHIL SA LACK OF EDUCATION. SINCE EDUKASYON LANG PALA ANG PROBLEMA, BAKIT KAILANGAN PA NATIN BUMILI NG MADAMING CONDOMS PARA SA KANILA KUNG PWEDE MO NAMAN IBIGAY YUNG FUNDS SA EDUKASYON? Hindi mo lang tinuruan ng tungkol sa reproduction, naturuan mo pa ng iba pang bagay. ETO DIN KASI EH, KAYA NAMAN NILALABAN NILA YUN KASI MAY CUT SILA SA MGA COMPANY NA MAGDIDISTRIBUTE NG CONDOMS AND CONTRACEPTIVES. In short, corruption pa din. Hindi naman para sa mahirap talaga yan.

Dear Hon. Mandanas I am Bel Santos, a 3rd year college student. I have emailed your office the other day, but I am not sure if you received it or if you have read it. If not, That email intended to ask what your stand was regarding the issue and what your reason was. Yesterday, through Ma’am Beth Angsioco, I found out that you were positioned anti-RH bill. Regarding this issue, I would want to talk about two things. One, I am aware that on the 7th, the representatives in the congress will cast their votes, if they will continue with the debates regarding the bill or stop the debates and start the amendments. This means that those who are pro-RH bill will vote for the debates to stop so the amendments could proceed, and for those who are anti-RH bill, they will vote for the continuation of the debates, meaning it will take more time before the bill reaches the amendment stage, delaying the whole thing. The bill has been debated upon for a long time already and I do think that those debates are enough. The bill has been edited a lot of times and I do think that the current version is the best that it can be. For me, the next best thing to do is to pass it already.  Regarding this first point, I am requesting you, dear sir, to please do attend the session on that day and please do vote. Your attendance is very crucial, and, more crucial is your vote. You are our representative to the congress, and so your vote reflects our decision as you constituents. I hope you consider the view of the whole 2nd district, all of the people who live here, and not just one religion, especially not what the leaders of this religion say their followers believe. I know that our district is made up of mostly Catholics, and our community has close relations to the Church. However, I would want to say that not all of the Catholics are anti the bill. I have talked to a lot of the people including some the most pious Catholics I know, and these people are pro-RH bill. I do not understand why the Church speaks for every Catholics because clearly, the people do not have a homogenous opinion regarding the matter. The view of those who have positions in the Church are different from the views of the members of this Christian community. And so sir, I ask of you, to please consider the view of everyone regarding this matter. Please do not be influenced by a major group in our community who say they speak for everyone. Please be the representative of everyone here. Please be OUR representative. Second point sir, I would want to express why I am pro-RH bill. I am not sure if I could convince you and change your personal view on this, but I will express my point nonetheless. My reason for being pro-RH bill is simple: I fight for providing better life choices to other people and giving them a chance to live better lives. Most especially I fight for those who can't fight the battle themselves.  I care for the women who get sick and develop complications because they don't have access to the healthcare they need. I care for those children who lose their mothers because they weren't given enough attention and health services. Mothers and infants die everyday because the health system does not promote for the betterment of these mothers and infants. We need to change this system, and for me the RH bill is the best solution. I care for their families who suffer as these women and infants suffer. I care for the teens who get pregnant and make the wrong decisions because they don’t know any better. They need to be educated and the Rh bill addresses this. I care for our country’s future. I also dream of productive employment and sustainable human development. RH bill works for this. Hon. Mandanas, I am sure that I cannot change your views and decisions just like that. but I am still hoping. In the end sir, I would want you to know that I am hoping you'll make the right decisions. I have known you since I was a kid, because you were one of the few good people who supported the Swim Team of Batangas in which I am part of. Since then, I have utmost respect for you and I supported your endeavors. You have supported us in our goal, no matter how small our group was. And because of you and those few other people who supported us, we have succeeded and the team now has representatives to different varsity teams and national competitions. Our team is no different from those mothers and infants who the RH bill supports. Our team is no different from the poor people who are fighting for their right to access the healthcare they need. We needed your support and you supported us. These mothers, infants and poor need your support, too. That is all Hon. Mandanas. Thank you!