MANILA, The controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill now being deliberated in Philippine Congress does not address “reproductive health problems,” say bioethics experts.
“We commend efforts to improve the quality of life of the Filipino people. We agree that there is a need to address the present problems in reproductive health. This bill (An Act Providing for a National Policy on Reproductive Health, Responsible Parenthood and Population Development and for other purpose of House Bill No. 5043), however does not address these problems in a holistic manner. It focuses mainly on pregnancy prevention,” said a group of bioethics groups of the country in a press statement.
The press statement titled, “Consensus statement on Reproductive Bill 5043) was signed and approved by Southeast Asian Center for Bioethics represented by Fr. Fausto B. Gomez, OP, president and Angeles T. Alora, MD, executive director; Edna Monzon, MD, president of Catholic Physicians’ Guild of the Philippines and chairman of Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of Dominican-run University of Santo Tomas (UST), Mayumi Bismark, MD president of Bioethics Society of the Philippines, and Mrs. Lucia V. Soltes, Catholic Nurses Guild of the Philippines.
Bioethics is the philosophical study of the ethical controversies brought about by advances in biology and medicine. Bioethicists are concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, philosophy, and theology.
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