The Reproductive Health Bill

This bill has been pending in Congress for sometime now as it gained wide criticisms from the Catholic church. It may pass on as a law but maybe not until after the election time is over and a new president of the Philippines is elected next month. I think passage of this bill as a law would not only benefit many Catholics but the whole Filipino nation as well. After i go over and read some provisions of the proposed law, i don't think it may cause any harm on anyone else, as it clearly states that the bill does not changes the law on abortion contrary to claims by other sectors that it promotes an abortion, to wit:

SEC. 3. Guiding Principles. – This Act declares the following as basic guiding principles:
m. While nothing in this Act changes the law on abortion, as abortion remains a crime and is punishable, the government shall ensure that women seeking care for post-abortion complications shall be treated and counseled in a humane, non-judgmental and compassionate manner.

There are some provisions or sections on the proposed bill that has been practiced already in the past so i think it is high time now that passage of this bill will only justify what has already been going on a long time ago.

The last paragraph of the above provision is what really caught my attention as i have observed that many women nowadays as in the past are really keen on observing birth control especially the natural birth control. But some women have an irregular menstruation period and may not fit to follow the natural method of birth control and left with little options available while the others just doesn't know how it is properly done. And as a result of their miscalculations, it resulted instead of their getting pregnant. Thereafter, some may seek any kind of remedy just to abort the formation of a child on their womb. Some of them may not be too successful and will experience continues bleeding on their uterus that would lead them to seek hospital assistance. But the problems got more complicated when some hospitals refuse to accept patient who undergone some kind of an abortion...

Just want to point out that i am not promoting abortion here, my contention is that what if there is a patient just like the example above and a hospital personnel refuses to give aid or medical assistance upon learning that she went some kind of an abortion, where would that poor patient seek instead for medical aid?

Read entire Reproductive Health Bill here...