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Liberating the Womb Not Terrorism-Lagman

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LIBERATING THE WOMB

NOT TERRORISM – LAGMAN

 

It is the height of antediluvian hyperbole for the leadership of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to equate the RH advocacy to “extra-judicial killings, insurgency and terrorism”.

 The liberation of the womb from distressing and even fatal unremitting pregnancies has been erroneously likened by the CBCP President bishop Nereo Odchimar to the womb becoming a “ferocious threat” to unborn children.

 The history of Christianity is so engulfed in terrorism from the persecution of early Christians to the counter-persecution of both heretics and believers to preserve the hegemony of the Roman Catholic Church particularly during the Inquisitions, that any development or proposal which does not complement Church dogma is conveniently labeled “terroristic” like the RH bills.

 These acts of church terrorism extended to the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period which was dominated by the Church and are perpetuated today with threats of excommunication against perceived religious dissenters like RH and pro-women advocates.

 Both modern contraception and the Church-prescribed natural methods like rhythm and natural modern modalities like the Billings method, all aim to prevent pregnancy or conception, and this is why they are collectively referred to as “contra-ception”.

 If pregnancy or conception is effectively avoided, no life or fetus is developed in the womb, and consequently there is no “threat to the life of the unborn” because no unborn exists.

 The free and responsible determination by parents of the number and spacing of their children can never be considered “terrorism”.

 The RH bill is far from being “terroristic” since it is pro-quality of life. It saves lives by greatly reducing the incidence of abortions and decreases maternal and infant mortality even as it welcomes the wanted and properly-timed birth of children.