When the RH Bill came out, of course many awaited the stand of a certain person. The stand on the issue of President Noynoy Aquino is the one I am talking about. Being the head of our country, many would like to know his say on this particular bill. His stand: pro RH Bill.
Obviously, there were mixed reactions when President Aquino said that he supports the RH Bill. Supporter of the bill were happy, but those against the bill, like the Catholic Church were enraged. This prompted President Aquino to clarify his stand on the issue of the reproductive health bill. According to his spokesperson, President Aquino supports the fact that the RH Bill is about family planning, but does not necessarily mean he supports the methods that go along with it as stated in the RH Bill. President Aquino will not say what methods he supports and does not, but rather supports whatever decision a family makes in their family planning. He said that whatever decision Filipino couples make, he and the government will support it in every way they can.
The Catholic Church, as mentioned, was enraged with this announcement by President Aquino. They said that the President should be more like his mother who listened to the Catholic Church when it comes to the issue of family planning. My opinion on this is that people, especially the Catholic Church, should not always compare President Aquino with his mother, the late Former President Cory Aquino. President Noynoy Aquino is a different person, leading at a different time, so the decisions he makes or will make should keep up with the modern times. Besides, he is a man for himself, completely different from his mother, so he should have the right to think for himself and for the betterment of the country. If they keep on comparing him with his mother, telling him he should lead the way his mother did, then how can he make a name as a leader for himself? If he continues to live and lead behind the shadow of his mother, he would not make a difference for himself and for the country. I also found it very funny and ridiculous that the Catholic Church threatened to excommunicate President Aquino for supporting the RH Bill. For me, the Catholic Church was not thinking straight when they said this. I mean, why would they excommunicate the leader of a country whose majority of its citizens are composed of Catholics? Would not that make our country look silly? A Catholic country with an excommunicated President would be a laughing stock all over the world. By making this threat to President Aquino, the Catholic Church now looked really desperate in stopping the enactment of the RH Bill into a law. They would do anything, going as far as threatening to excommunicate the President of the Philippines just because he supports the RH Bill. I personally applaud President Aquino for making this stand, not just because I support the RH Bill, but because he made a stand based on what he thinks is good for the country without being afraid of any threats made against him for supporting the RH Bill.
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