According to these crazy old men, at least. So. Freakin. Scared.
Advocates of the reproductive health (RH) bill are no better than terrorists because the measure could lead to the death of innocents, an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said Tuesday.
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, CBCP vice president, said condoms and abortion were tantamount to killing the innocent.
The Catholic Church, led by the CBCP, opposes the bill because it believes the measure will allow couples to gain easy access to condoms and other methods of contraception that can cause abortion.
Palma expressed dismay over lawmakers supporting the RH bill, which seeks to provide couples a choice of what family planning methods to use.
Reacting to reports that the bill was gaining adherents even from other religious groups, Palma said on Radyo Inquirer dzIQ: “I hope that it is not true. If it is, we can only pray.”
“If people vote because of money then it’s almost like becoming Judas,” Palma said.
He said he wished the President would recall the “walang mahirap, walang corrupt” campaign promise “because threatening legislators that they will not receive their pork barrel if they will not support RH bill is a form of corruption.”
Malacañang has not issued any statement to the effect that the President would not release pork barrel to legislators against the bill.
President Benigno Aquino III has said he was against abortion but favored giving couples “the right to choose how best to manage their families.”
Emphasis mine. Read the rest here via inquirer.net.
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