Common Beliefs About the R.H. Bill that are Wrong

While I was looking for opinions posted by people about the Reproductive Health Bill, I noticed that while there are some arguments that make sense, there are also arguments that greatly assumptive. Most of these assumptive arguments are a result of information being interpreted wrongly. Some of these information were pointed out in an opinion article that a found. Here is some of the common misinterpreted information pointed out in an article writted by macchiato:

The Legalization of Contraception

If you’ve read the Bill thoroughly and understood every word in it, contraceptives will be legalized but under strict regulations.  This doesn’t mean that the government will sponsor contraceptives dole-out projects as some local Churches accuse.  (“Libreng condom;” but I say this accusation is baseless.)  Dude, what is actually happening today is that anyone can just purchase (“over-the-counter”) condoms, pills–even without the Bill.  If the Bill will be passed, only those with prescriptions from the doctor can buy the stuff.  Ironic or people were overreacting? (macchiato, 2011)

The Legalization of Abortion

Again, if you’ve read every word in the Bill, you will not find any clause legalizing abortion.  There is one clause, however, that speaks about abortion.  But the clause only says that abortion remains punishable by (criminal) law as it is, in every sense of the word, unconstitutional.  The Right to Life, as written in the Constitution, is not violated.

On what grounds is the argument that the passing of the Bill promotes abortion based?  Any statistics?  Even before the advent of the Bill controversy, abortion has been here in this country.  It has always been underground, in the shadows.  Everyone knows it is being done somewhere, sometime, at some place.  Though it has an attached stigma on it, abortion has never left the country.  Abortion knows no religion, no race.

It is fruitless to argue at what exact phase of gestation is the fertilized ovum seeded with its Soul.  It is a very fruitless argument; the decoding of the mystery is beyond human faculties.  Since God seeds the eggs, only He can give pertinent answers.  Furthermore, the subject is also beyond the functions of the legislators and so must be left with the spiritual sector of the nation meanwhile. (macchiato, 2011)

                These are only some of the misinterpretations about the R.H. Bill that brings about further confusion in the argument. I am sure that there are more but I believe that these two are the most common. My point here is that oftentimes, we pretend to know everything about something and we give a seemingly smart answer to defend our beliefs. But oftentimes, our understanding and knowledge about certain things are less than we realize. I believe that this is one of the reasons why arguments like the R.H. Bill are so stagnant in their process. It’s because our actual knowledge about it is so fragmented that sometimes we don’t even know what we’re talking about. My suggestion, READ THE ENTIRE THING INSTEAD OF JUST BROWSING THROUGH THE MAIN POINTS!

Sources: http://dosageofcoffee.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/reproductive-health-bill/