A couple of months ago, the community in the private village of Ayala Alabang made headlines when it suddenly banned the selling of contraceptives within their community. The decision for this came when the leaders of their homeowner’s association spoke about how they are against the Reproductive Health Bill. This angered a lot of people in their community, especially those who are actual supporters of the RH Bill. It also sparked an outcry not only from the members of their community, but also to other people outside of Ayala Alabang who are in support of the RH Bill. The reason for their outcry is that they were not given a chance to have a say on this. The leaders of the homeowner’s association made this decision to ban contraceptives in their community without even consulting the members of their community, whether they be pro or against the RH Bill.
The outcries of these community members caused them to take their anger to the streets and protest against the leaders of their homeowner’s association. They have cause raucous and chaos within their village. They have caused traffic within their village and caused people to stop and listen to their protests. Thus, making more people aware of the issue happening in their community. This uproar even cause notable personalities, who are pro RH Bill and are living in Ayala Alabang, join their fellow community members that they share the same sentiments with. For these people who are pro RH Bill, this decision made by the leaders of the homeowner’s association is a form of discrimination against them who are in support of the RH Bill. It is a form of discrimination for they were not able to have a say on this decision just because they do not share the same view as the leaders of the homeowner’s association regarding the issue of the RH Bill.
When I first heard about this news, the first thought that came to my mind was that the leaders of the homeowner’s association were being unfair. Just because they are in a position to enforce these kinds of regulations, does not mean they can just enforce it without consulting the members of their community. They made a decision without thinking about what their fellow community members may think about banning the selling of contraceptives in their community. This just shows that they do not really trust their fellow community members. Just because they have a different view of the RH Bill from some of their fellow community members does not mean they can impose regulations that would be in favor of their views and not that of the community members’.
As a fellow supporter of the RH Bill, I was slightly offended of this news about the action of the leaders of the homeowner’s association of Ayala Alabang. They do not have any rights to pull a stunt like banning the selling of contraceptives just because it supports their view of the RH Bill. They should be nonpartisan when it comes to issue/s like this and always consult the members of their community regarding their opinion/s whether it be different from theirs or not.
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