Clearly this is wrong. What is wrong is putting money into contraception rather than education, livelihood programs and character formation programs which will further the development of the country.

Contraception is taking God out of the picture, the author of life and saying that man can take life. It’s one step towards legalizing abortion and divorce which others may find a “convenient solution” to the country’s woes.

Population figures are meaningless if we don’t take into consideration the area where that figure lives. For example, what does it mean that Japan has 128 million people? Or that the U.S.A. has 300 million?

Let’s take a look at a sample of Wikipedia’s listing of countries according to population DENSITY, or the number of people in every square kilometer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density), Fegruary 7, 2010:

Rank Country People/Sq.Km.
1 Macau 18,534
2 Monaco 16,923
3 Singapore 7,022
4 Hong Kong 6,348
…
43 Philippines 307
…
129 Ethiopia 71

Compared to the thousands of the top 4 most-densely populated countries, the Philippines at 307 is hardly “over-populated”.

And what about the overpopulation=poverty myth? The top 4 countries are so RICH! Macau is Asia’s playground for billionaires, streets choked with Rolls Royces. Monaco is summer capital to Europe’s kings, princes, dukes and other royalty. No need to say anything about Singapore and Hong Kong.

These top 4 countries are so small and have no natural resources to brag about but yet so rich. So is the Philippines poor because there are “too many” Filipinos and that we have no natural resources? Look at Ethiopia in Africa. If less people means more wealth to be shared, Ethiopia should be at the top of the list, instead of being one of the world’s poorest.

Some people may argue that the top 4 are rich because they are small and easy to manage in spite their large population. So let’s look at huge China with its 1.3 BILLION. It is the fastest growing economy in the world, predicted to overtake the U.S.A. very soon, and even now lends money to the U.S.A.!

Right within our own country, compare the population-to-wealth ratio of Sequijor, Cebu and Manila. Obviously, the more population, the better off the place.

Now guess what is our country’s biggest dollar earner? It’s our Overseas Foreign Workers – human life.

Clearly, life is God’s GIFT and a nation’s WEALTH!

So what is causing our poverty?

RIIIGHT! CORRUPTION! And the guilty ones hide their sins by blaming us the people for having too many children! What if by a miracle, our population is cut in half a year from now, will our country start getting richer if corruption is still there?

Hmmm…

As for the breaking down of the bill, I think the RH education aspect would find an easier time passing if it were a separate law.

For example, I find the provision on punishing with imprisonment or fines ‘malicious disinformation’ of the bill (or law, should it pass) highly objectionable. This provision gives the state power to muzzle dissent by giving it the power to interpret what malicious disinformation is. This also opens a precedent in bill-authoring wherein provisions against ‘malicious disinformation’ will be tacked on to future bills. All in all, the RH Bill before Congress gives too much power to the state including the power to fine or imprison conscientious objectors, in effect criminalizing religious beliefs.

And you forget that Cha cha’s on the station, ready to go full speed.