Abortion and Media Bias: When the Majority Doesn’t Rule
by John Stonestreet | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 7/18/13 11:40 AM When it comes to same-sex marriage we keep hearing that “the majority rules…” But that’s not the case with abortion. Ben Domenech of Real Clear Politics begins a great article by writing, “Obviously the overall story about how Americans view the right to marriage is one of ever increasing majorities. From just a few years ago, when Americans were split on the issue at best, they now have marked majorities in favor of same sex marriage—71 percent according to some polls, 86 percent according to others. The argument…
Pimentel: RH law violates Local Government Code
By Christine O. Avendaño Philippine Daily Inquirer 10:19 pm | Sunday, July 14th, 2013 Former Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. AFP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Former Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr., is asking the Supreme Court to “abort” and “get rid” of the controversial Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RH) law as he appealed for it to extend the effectivity of the status quo ante order that will expire on Wednesday. Pimentel was supposed to be among four anti-RH law speakers in the oral arguments set by the high court last week. But the former senator who authored the Local Government Code…
A Brief History of Sex Ed: How We Reached Today’s Madness
by Miriam Grossman within Culture, Education July 16th, 2013 Today’s sex ed curricula are based on the widely-accepted teachings of depraved human beings. Once upon a time, sex education was a simple biology lesson. Students learned the facts of life, and, with those facts, that sex is part of something bigger, called marriage. Teachers explained that this was the moral and healthy way to live. In those days, people understood that men and women are different, and that their union is unique, unlike any other relationship. It went without saying that boys grew up to become men, and girls, women. There were only…
In case of doubt…choose life
A LAW EACH DAY (KEEPS TROUBLE AWAY) By Jose C. Sison (The Philippine Star) | Updated July 12, 2013 – 12:00am One of the most controversial legislations in the history of our Congress is undoubtedly the Reproductive Health law. So far, this is the only law of foreign origin that was drafted and first introduced here more than 15 years ago by foreign groups and International organizations used by the US to advance its hidden agenda of controlling the population growth in developing countries because they threaten its economic and security interests (1974 Kissinger Report or the National Social Security Memorandum [NSSM] 200). The…
US expat tells Filipinos: ‘Learn from our contraception mistake’
July 11, 2013 | Filed under: Featured Article,News | Posted by: mongladz MANILA, July 11, 2013—An American living in the Philippines hopes the country will be able to evade the deplorable effects of widespread access to contraception – something that the U.S. is still grappling with. “Being an American, seeing the effects that contraception has had on the U.S. and also knowing what has been happening in Europe, [I know] it attacks the family and over time it dismantles the family…No society can survive it,” Tim Laws, a pro-life activist married to a Filipina, said in an interview after the holy mass offered for the…
Reproductive Health Law is unconstitutional
July 8, 2013 | Alan F. Paguia On December 21, 2012, the Congress approved Republic Act No. 10354, a.k.a. “The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012”. The law 1. The law materially provides that: a) “… hormonal contraceptives, intra ultrine devices, injectables and other… family planning products and supplies… shall be included in the regular purchase of ESSENTIAL MEDICINES and SUPPLIES of ALL national hospitals…” (Sec. 9) b) “The DOH shall procure, distribute to LGUs and monitor the usage of family planning supplies for the whole country. The DOH shall coordinate with all appropriate LGU bodies to plan and…
Keeping faith in the Court
By Francisco S. Tatad | Posted on Jul. 19, 2013 at 12:01am The Supreme Court’s decision to extend indefinitely its status quo ante order on the Reproductive Health Law does not at all rule on the merits of the 13 petitions against it. But it allows the petitioners to argue their case, without having to feel it’s all over and done with. The opposing parties not being equal in weight—13 prolife and pro-family groups against the Executive Department and Congress—the petitioners might have felt short-changed had the order been lifted and the Department of Health allowed to implement the disputed law while…
A Month to Remember
This month has seen us pro-lifers trooping to Padre Faura for the Supreme Court’s Oral Arguments on the RH law. We started off with a festive celebration and a mass to pray for our lawyers in the morning of July 9. During the oral arguments that day, Atty. Noche was grilled by the judges on the truth about the beginning of life, and how this is related to the constitution. As expected, the RH side went to the media to say that they really do not know…
The Inequality of Same-Sex and Traditional Marriage Couples
While the recent ruling of the SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) on the Defense of Marriage act did not legalize same-sex marriage per se, the ruling did say that same-sex marriages are on the same footing as traditional marriages (between one man and one woman), and therefore afforded the same rights and privileges. But is there any basis to this clamor for equal rights? Will allowing same-sex marriage be beneficial to society in the long run? One of the ways of understanding the implications of same-sex marriage is to take a look at the statistics on homosexual relationships….
Protests Show Abortion Advocates Now on Defense Fighting a Losing Battle
Back in the day abortion proponents had all the mojo and pro-lifers were on the defensive. The photo below, via PBS, is of a pro-abortion rally demanding a repeal of pro-life laws in Washington,D.C., circa 1971. At the same time, feminists were pushing the Equal Rights Amendment in all 50 states. The photo below, via illinois.gov, is of feminists writing the names of ERA opponents in pigs’ blood on the floor of the Illinois State Capitol on June 24, 1982… I take this little trip down memory lane to justapose the pro-abortion protests of yesteryear with those we see today. And while the aggression has certainly not abated, as was…
