RH advocates don’t scare pro-life youth

This is in reaction to the article titled “RH bill foes face the wrath of student groups.” (Inquirer, 3/23/12)

The youth, as everyone knows, have a major stake in the Reproductive Health bill, and this is the very reason I find it very important for me to speak up about it. I am a concerned citizen, and I want my voice to be heard as well by our government officials, as it is only the best that I want for the Filipino people.

After studying the RH bill’s contents, I fully believe that this should have no place in our country. Its use of “reproductive health” is just a mask; its real purpose is to indoctrinate the youth to the idea of population control through contraceptives. And if passed, the RH bill will be a threat to the health of mothers and children: Studies show countless harmful side effects of contraceptives.

Also, those who have really studied the bill and read between its lines have come to realize that it is very divisive and harmful to our country, and we must be extra careful not to be affected by the multimillion-dollar enticements being dangled by the international organizations lobbying for its passage.

The proponents of the bill are very much free to present their views, but I want to firmly state that they do not represent the majority, or even close to the majority, of the youth. There are also a lot of youth who are against the passage of the RH bill.

It really struck me to see the word “wrath” in the March 23 article, as if the youth are furious about its not being voted upon. The pro-RH camp may be furious, but the anti-RH camp will choose the path of peace, though it will remain aggressive in its efforts to convince our legislators to oppose this divisive bill.

And we will support the pro-life legislators in the next election. The RH bill proponents mentioned in the article may be university leaders, but they do not intimidate us, even a bit. The fight to preserve our nation’s pro-life, pro-family, pro-God culture will continue, and we will carry on with this fight until the RH bill shall been totally cast into oblivion.

—JOHN WALTER B. JUAT,

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