- Rep. Edcel C. Lagman
- Independent – Albay
- 23 November 2012
- 0916-6406737 / 0918-9120137
My “Appeal to All Authors and Advocates of the RH Bill” was sent to over a hundred co-authors and another group of several dozens of confirmed advocates and supporters who are committed to vote for the measure. Together, they constitute a clear majority of the total membership of the House of Representatives of 283 Representatives.
APPEAL TO ALL AUTHORS AND ADVOCATES
OF THE RH BILL
May I earnestly reiterate my appeal for all of us, RH bill authors and advocates, to be present during the last 12 session days before the Christmas break and maintain a quorum up to adjournment.
In our 13-year crusade for the enactment of a Reproductive Health law, it is only now in the 15th Congress that we have reached the threshold of passing the RH bill.
Let us collectively seize the moment and deliver without further delay the bill which is pregnant with fulfillment for maternal and infant health, reproductive self-determination as a human right, and sustainable human development.
The Philippines needs an RH law as an anchor for the government’s pro-poor, pro-women, pro-health and pro-development agenda.
The House of Representatives needs your presence and support to institutionalize this enabling anchor.
I am happy to note that despite the absence of a quorum during the previous session days, majority of those who responded to the roll call are RH authors and advocates.
Let us offer our constituents a small measure of sacrifice by responding to this urgent quorum call.
Let us transform our enduring patience to renewed activism for the enactment now of an RH law.
Thank you so much.