Archbishop Soc commends Cong. Gina, Rachel and Pol
FOR VOTING “NO” TO RH BILL
THREE of the six congressional representatives of Pangasinan who voted ‘no’ to the controversial Reproductive Health bill after second reading received commendation from Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas.
Villegas, representing the Catholic Church which has been strongly opposing the proposed law, issued a circular letter addressed to all the priests in the archdiocese to read his message before the start of their homily in their masses on December 16.
“I am very pleased to issue this public commendation to our representatives in Congress namely Congresswoman Gina de Venecia, Congresswoman Rachel Arenas and Congressman Leopoldo Bataoil for voting against the Reproductive Health Bill,” the prelate said.
The ‘yes’ votes, however, prevailed in Congress and the bill is now up for third and final reading.
Villegas said the three representatives “voted to stand up for morality and decency. They voted as God loving government officials”.
Villegas said the RH bill, if passed into law in its present form, will put the moral fibre of the country at risk.
“As I have said in the past, a contraceptive mentality is the mother of an abortion mentality. The wide and free accessibility of contraceptives, even to the youth, will result in the destruction of family life and in greater violence against women,” he said.
“Those who mislead the young invoke divine punishment on themselves. Let us leave to the young a legacy of decency and morality not promiscuity and moral corruption,” he added.
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate are aiming to have the bill passed before the Christmas break.—Eva Visperas
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