RH bill
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COMMENTARIES, Medical Related, MISCELLANEOUS
Why I Support Reproductive Health Bill? (Thoughts from Dr. Revilla)
I made this note as a mother, a wife, a doctor and a Roman Catholic. And I strongly support the Reproductive Health Bill or simply the RH Bill. The provisions in the Reproductive Health Bill would also support the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to improve maternal health and reduce maternal mortality and infant mortality rate. [...]
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On the Purple Side
Yesterday I attended the mass for the feast of St. Sebastian at the Cathedral. When the mass was about to end there was this prayer by the commentator which specifically criticized the RH Bill. Though not mentioned in the prayer, it was obvious that the prayer was all about it. RH Bill or the Reproductive [...]
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The Insanity of Reproductive Health
I’m a nurse working in a government hospital, and for most days how I wish I could shove the placentas of those women who give birth in front of those in the Church and everybody who are against family planning, how I wish that they were working in government hospitals all over the country and [...]
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Battle Against HIV-AIDS: A National Concern
As we commemorated World AIDS Day last December 1, the disturbing truth that cases of the illness continue to rise over the past few months and years in the Philippines reminds us all that the fight against HIV-AIDS should not be all about criticisms on budget cuts and poor government support but also fostering personal [...]
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Blood Stains, the Smell of Disinfectant and the RH Bill
Blood stains. I saw them everyday for months during a certain period in my life.Blood on the floor, on hospitals gowns and on previously pristine white sheets. The room could almost be a set of a horror movie if not for the dozens of crying babies and nursing mothers. For weeks it was always the same routine. Everyday, I [...]
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COMMENTARIES, Community, MISCELLANEOUS
What is life?
What is life? Is it just the state of being alive? Do you plant flowers and just leave them be? Is it better to bring a child into this world and subject them to abuse, physically, emotionally, psychologically? A doctor noted that the child had many bruises on her body. He asked the mother if [...]
