Philippines debates birth control measures - 11 Dec 08

A controversial bill on reproductive health is to be debated in the Filipino parliament.

The country has one of the highest birth rates in the world, but many parents find themselves unable to care for their children.

But as Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas reports, the bill appears to have little chance of passing.

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[friech123]

@GaolisVideoLog what is ur point then?

[GaolisVideoLog]

@friech123 To your question, 'no'. Secondly, I don't care about the USA & neither do I care about those US hypes, especially Christian hypes that are coming to the Philippines. I don't have this religiously extremist background like most Filipinos do. And I'm not mocking, just because Filipinos don't know anything about history, even history of their own country, & don't care about it, doesn't mean the rest of the world has to abide to the same principles, no?

[GaolisVideoLog]

@TheIxtlan Once again, as I've said, it's hard to judge a group from the outside. Apart from that, religion, even if it's as structured as the Catholic church changes from culture to culture.

[friech123]

@GaolisVideoLog thelxtian is right....if u r a catholic...better leave your church....you are a true SHAMe on them....cafeteria catholics...haha

i wonder in the philippines, born again groups when they have relative who died they insist to have a catholic burial after years of mocking and destroying the church...

will u insist also???

[friech123]

@GaolisVideoLog I never read Dan Brown & don't know his books' content, I just had history as my major & live in Europe...

==who taught u history? an agnostic? atheist? HISTORIANs are always biased..can u name a historian who is not biased?? have u tried to read the other side of the story??PLUS the police reports and autopsy WHICH was done scientifically THAN listening to your history teacher which has no 1st hand info....

[friech123]

@GaolisVideoLog To your question 'yes', & another thing about the pill, it's still a woman's body, so it's her choice....

== this statment of yours only shows that u favor abortion...her choice? wat about the choice of the child? which has more weight? the right to life by the child or the reproductive right/ right to be sexy by the mother? and what the mother decided to abort cos she thinks it is her right to her body..pure stupidity...only want pleasure but not responsibilit

[TheIxtlan]

@GaolisVideoLog the problems with catholics today is everybody wants to go to heaven. If they want to heaven they must follow the guidance of Vatican and not question the authority of the church. If they don't like the rules then they should leave the church and find another religion.

Its like a house rule. If you are a parent, the kids must try to follow the house rule and if they don't like it, they have a option to leave.

[GaolisVideoLog]

@Hyslopify There are quite a lot of sexual abuse victims in the Philippines. And it's nothing new. Even the revolutionaries from 19. ct Luzon, like Rizal or del Pilar were talking about the many victims of sexual abuse in the Philippines. It's just that Europeans have become more critical towards the church after Luther & Hitler, and are more likely to take widely known actions when the church starts BS-ing.

[GaolisVideoLog]

@TheIxtlan Define church. If you look at Catholics in Europe, especially in Germany (not only because the German emperor was the defender of the Catholic faith, but also because the present Pope is German) you are brought up to critically talk about the church, even the priests encourage you to. Europeans aren't as extreme as Americans or Filipinos when it comes to religion. And it's hard to judge social conduct inside a group from the outside.

[TheIxtlan]

@GaolisVideoLog if you are Roman Catholic, you do not question the authority of the church. You follow their guidance. To question the authority of the church is considered a sin.