#Reproductive purchasers trying to force a woman into abortion

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Sounds like the fertility agency misled the couple into thinking that twins were guaranteed so worth the price which led to a feeling of not getting what they paid for. If she aborted they might not have had to pay her so they could save that money for another try at twins.

"It's a baby. It's a healthy baby. I'm not understanding," the surrogate recalls

By Hannah Sacks Published on January 23, 2024

Signing up to be a surrogate can be a way to give a gift to another couple — but what happens if they change their mind?

A TikTok user named Heathyr signed up to be a surrogate in the middle of 2019 after she spent nearly five years wanting to get involved with the process.

"For me to be a parent, that is literally my favorite thing in the world," Heathyr says in a series of videos posted to her TikTok account. "And to be a surrogate, to give somebody else that feeling, like being a parent. That is why I wanted to be a surrogate."

Though it took a while for Heathyr to match with a couple, she eventually found one that she felt was "on the same page" as her. She says that from the beginning, she made it clear that the one thing that was very important to her was her stance on termination.

"I personally, this is my own opinion, you don't have to agree with me. I personally do not believe in termination unless there is something that will hurt the quality of life of the child," she shares. Heathyr says that while she is largely against abortions, she thinks it isn't fair to bring a child into the world if there is a life-threatening disease or injury.

The couple she matched with said they were Catholic and didn't believe in termination, so Heathyr says she figured they would get along well. The parents were hoping to have twins, a boy and a girl, which Heathyr says they told her repeatedly.

She proceeded with the surrogacy process, however, the first transfer didn't take. In February of 2020, they did another transfer and Heathyr successfully got pregnant — but things weren't exactly as the couple had hoped.

"When I went to get my ultrasound done, my first ultrasound, it only showed one sac, which just means that only one of the embryos attached," Heathyr explains. "So we didn't know if it was the boy or the girl but we knew that I was pregnant and the beta numbers were rising accordingly, which is the start of showing it's a healthy, successful pregnancy."

Soon after, Heathyr called the mom to tell her the exciting news, but the mom voiced some concerns, saying that she wasn't sure why both the sacs didn't stick. "This really confused me," Heathyr says in the video. "What do you mean? It's a baby. It's a healthy baby. I'm not understanding."

The couple wanted her to have another ultrasound to double-check that there was no twin hiding. After having another ultrasound, Heathyr confirmed that there was just one sac and that this time, there was a heartbeat.

By the time the next ultrasound came around, the COVID-19 pandemic had started to shut down parts of the world. At around seven or eight weeks pregnant, Heathyr got an email from her match manager at the surrogate agency who asked her to call her.

"She's like, 'I want to read you a letter from [the parents] because they are just very heartbroken and they don't know how to tell you this. So they wrote this letter and they want me to read it to you,' " Heathyr recalls.

"So she reads me this letter and the gist of it was, 'Heathyr we are so sorry, but you know, this virus is getting pretty bad and we just think it would be best for you to have a termination at this time. And we will try again when the virus is over with and we would be happy to work with you again.' "

The note came as a shock to Heathyr, who says she started to cry and thought the couple was messing with her. She decided to call her lawyer and ask if she had to go through with the termination, even though the baby was completely healthy.

She was told to set up a Zoom call with her lawyer and the parents, where the dad proceeded to yell at her for not respecting their wishes. "I'm just bawling and I ended up getting off the phone," she remembers.

"I talked to my lawyer and she pretty much just made it clear, 'Heathyr, I went over and over this contract and you do not have to have a termination. Obviously, that is your decision. They cannot sue you. In the contract, it states that you would only have a termination for a medical reason that would end in quality of life issues for the child.' "

She got a few other opinions from different lawyers, who all told her that the couple would not be able to sue her if she decided not to terminate the baby. While Heathyr notes that things could've changed if she'd contracted COVID-19, she never got the virus and the baby was perfectly healthy.

In May, Heathyr got a call from her OB, who told her that the intended dad was sending her doctor emails every day about different COVID-19 cases. "He was sending her certified mail to the office about the emails. They were pretty much just printed out. And he was calling the office every day," she says.

When the time came to give birth, Heathyr says the couple flew out to her home state of Ohio to pick up their baby. Although the intended mom had expressed wanting to be in the delivery room, she ended up changing her mind and decided to stay in the waiting room.

After Heathyr delivered the baby boy, she says that the parents completely changed their tune. "The parents kept bringing him into my room. I would be wheeled over to him in their room. I got to hold him and get pictures with him. They each wrote me cards thanking me for all I did and how I kept their baby safe."

"And how they'd never forget me and they just appreciate what I've done for them, I've completed their family. You wouldn't have thought those last 9½, 10 months happened because it was just surreal."

At the end of the day, Heathyr was happy that the parents seemed to be excited when they met their son.

"I just know I saw the way they looked at him and the mom was just so happy and crying," she shares. "And that's what I wanted. You can't force somebody to want a baby, but the whole journey I was so scared. And I just knew when I saw them that they are happy."

#Anti surrogacy #Babies are not commodities #If the couple was really catholic they wouldn't have tried surrogacy in the first place #Reproductive purchasers changing their mind during the pregnancy #The purchasers ended up wanting the baby anyway #They subjected their surrogate to all that stress just to take the kid anyway #Reproductive purchasers trying to force a woman into abortion #Was she paid? Or did they try to weasel out of that?

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Abortion Monologue #22

In 2010 I found myself pregnant. I will not get into the mundane (or not so mundane) mechanics of it except to say that I was devastatingly unprepared, in more ways than one, and terrified out of my wits. There was something in me that knew I was pregnant before the one friend I felt comfortable enough to tell, convinced me to do the test. I had done one before but it was too early. Despite that initial negative, I knew. I remember it like it was yesterday. We planned a time when neither of us had classes, from the night before. The next day we met and walked to the university health centre; my heart beating at unhealthy rates. When we got there she did the dirty work for me. She purchased the test and took the mandatory talk by the nurse while I waited outside, trying desperately to calm my overworked nerves. She came out several minutes later and we walked to the bathroom to get it over with. I took several deep breaths before I entered that dreadful corner stall. I stood there looking at it, willing myself not to get an anxiety attack while simultaneously willing the little white stick not to get two lines when I peed on it. I eventually got around to doing it and left the stall to await my fate. The longest three minutes of my life. I gave it to my friend to break the news, being too nervous to look at it myself. She never said yes or no. Just a nod. I was officially pregnant. Confirmation is a bitch. I felt dizzy. I wanted to cry but the tears wouldn’t come. I needed to be calm to keep that impending anxiety attack at bay and I think I did it by stepping outside of myself. Suddenly I was calm. I could hear my friend telling me it was going to be ok and trying to explore my options with me. I knew it was going on but it no longer felt like it was happening to me. We walked back to the centre of campus. My next class was in less than 15 minutes. The rest of that day dragged on and on with me just going through the motions. It didn’t hit me until I got home that night. I was pregnant and I had no fucking clue what I was going to do. I cried myself to sleep that night and several nights after that. I had never felt so alone in my entire life. I started feeling sick every day. No, not just in the morning, all the fucking time. At first I couldn’t eat at all without throwing up. Then I couldn’t have enough to eat. Then all I wanted was god-forsaken St. Mary’s banana chips and 7-up all damn day. My hormones were out of kilter, I cried at the drop of a hat and I just could not deal. I realized that I could not deal with the changes my body was going through much less to handle and throw myself head first into motherhood. I was in no place financially or emotionally to care for a child. I began despising the thing inside me that was causing me all this anguish but mostly l hated myself for the way things were. I found everything to blame myself for. It was easier to deal with the disgust I felt for myself than to face the real problem. That I was pregnant and I didn’t want to be. Now I had always been pro-choice. I strongly felt that a woman’s body belonged to her and therefore the decision to keep or not keep a foetus inside that body was solely hers. It was not so black and white when I was in the position where I had to choose. I felt extremely guilty about wanting to abort. I struggled with the decision for a very long time. My position had not really changed. I still believed that only women could decide this for themselves. While in the position however I could not isolate myself from the cultural context I grew up in and was surrounded by. Suddenly I was aware that every taxi or bus I ended up on was playing one of the many vitriolic songs that vilified women for exercising their sexual and reproductive health rights. Every ‘dash weh belly’ and 'walking cemetery’ song felt like a personal attack. I was even more confused. Maybe I am a bad person for wanting to do this. Perhaps I am indeed being selfish. After class one day I went to my lecturer, whom I trusted and had somewhat developed a relationship with, and asked about her position on abortions. As expected, she said she was pro-choice. We had a brief  (and general) conversation about it and I started to feel better. Somebody understood; even if it was in a vacuum. Not long after that I told her I was pregnant, that I didn’t know what to do and she was supportive. This became the only solace for me. I stopped going to school and classes except when I had her classes. Even when we didn’t talk, seeing her was enough to remind me that I had someone on my side who wasn’t judging me. By this time however I had isolated myself from my friends, who were my main source of support. I was unreachable to all the people I cared about and who cared about me. Perhaps it was my own doing but I was so alone that it hurt physically. There were times when I had anxiety attacks because I felt unloved. Why was nobody there? I didn’t feel that I could talk to anyone about it. About how hard it was physically and mentally. How I often thought death was the only way out. I was depressed and doing poorly in school which brought on even more feelings of hopelessness. In all the back and forth with my conscience and dealing with the everyday task of getting out of bed, I had not been taking time into consideration. One day while walking from class an acquaintance joked that I looked fat. The hysteria that gripped my soul after this encounter cannot be explained. This was happening and I needed to make a decision fast. I then found out from my very good friend Google that I was further along in medical terms than I thought because it is checked from your last period. Full blown panic. What if it was too late and I was forced to carry this foetus to full term? I was devastated. In my heightened state of hysteria I turned to my lecturer who found a trustworthy doctor for me to go to. Did I mention that I was broke? Oh yes, I was. I had a fairly expensive phone and I sold it. I scheduled my appointment and was told I could come in that afternoon. My heart and mouth were in the same place as I listened for my name in that tiny waiting area. I looked at all the other patients suspiciously. I wondered if  they knew why I was there. If it was written on my forehead. When it was my turn to see the doctor I walked slowly inside and to stop myself from freezing up I blurted “I think I’m pregnant and I’m not sure I want it.” At this point I knew I didn’t. My mind was made up but I couldn’t bring myself to say the word abortion. I also didn’t want him to think I was flippant. I needed him to know that I struggled with the decision. I mentioned school and other activities I was involved in to convince him that I wasn’t careless. Perhaps I was trying to convince myself too. After a routine check up we agreed on the next morning to do the procedure. I was relieved. But the next morning came and I could not go. I just wasn’t able to. I was emotionally drained and wasn’t able to face it. I did not get out of bed that day. I cried until I just couldn’t cry anymore. That night I looked in the mirror and spoke to myself and the foetus. I told her (I imagined it to be a girl) that I liked her but she couldn’t be inside me anymore. I told her that I had things to do, dreams to fulfil, places to see and growing up to do before I could do a good job of taking care of her. I didn’t know I had gotten so attached and it was heartbreaking. The next morning I got up and went for the procedure sans thoughts. The waiting time was long, which threatened to give me cold feet but I stuck it out. I did paperwork (read: fake and code stuff because this was illegal). In the operating room, after prepping, I was given anaesthesia and asked to count to five. The last thing I remember was saying three…. A couple hours later when I woke up groggy, it was quite fitting that the island was placed on hurricane watch. I felt like the after effects of a hurricane for several months after. The bigger half of me was relieved but a slightly smaller half was sad and regretful. It took me a long time to understand that I did the best with what I had and needed to forgive myself. Today I am ok with the decision I made. It was the best decision for me at the time and I am at peace. Yes, there are still moments when I try to envision what could’ve been or something triggers a bad memory but I am no longer regretful. Up to this point I have avoided any serious contemplation and reflection on this part of  my past because it is unpleasant and rakes up old wounds. It rests greatly on me how many women, and especially young girls, go through this alone. So as I come out to and for myself, I also come out for all those women who think they are facing it alone and that they’ll never survive. It gets better. We often blame and shame women for making these decisions but do we take the time to understand in a nuanced way? I have met many women who have terminated pregnancies and it is never easy. The moral debate will possibly rage on into eternity but in the meantime can we support women so they can continue to be healthy and productive citizens? There is a perception that it is careless women who access abortion services but we’d be surprised at the people around us who’ve had to terminate pregnancies for whatever reason.

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Addendum: I wrote this 5 years ago when I contemplated publishing it in the newspapers. I ultimately decided not to. I wasn’t sure I was ready for the kinda 'fame’ that would inevitably come with it. There’s also no statute of limitations on abortions and mi nuh think jail would a fit mi.

Anyhow, I now have a toddler. When I found out I was pregnant this time, I felt ready enough - especially emotionally and financially. We are doing well. No regrets.

#abortion #abortion monologues #jamaica #jamaican #abortions

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Alabama's Abortion Ban Is a Political Stunt That Will Cost Its Taxpayers

The draconian law is a flagrantly unconstitutional attack on more than 40 years of established Supreme Court precedent.

This piece originally appeared at the Alabama Political Reporter. 

For years, the Alabama legislature has been passing laws that push abortion out of reach. Now politicians have finally shown their true colors and are trying to ban abortion outright.

On Wednesday, Governor Ivey signed H.B. 314 — one of the most extreme attacks on the right to abortion in recent memory — into law. H.B. 314 outlaws virtually all abortions in the state and criminalizes doctors who provide this safe and constitutionally protected health care, threatening them with up to 99 years in prison. With her signature, Gov. Ivey has given her blessing to state law enforcement to insert itself into one of the most personal and private decisions a woman and her family can make. Indeed, these penalties are so draconian, there is no doubt the law would chill doctors from providing all manner of pregnancy-related care — even for women whose life and health are in danger — for fear of being accused of violating the ban. Given that Alabama already faces a severe shortage OB-GYNs, this is unconscionable.

In fact, this bill is so extreme that even televangelist Pat Robertson and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy — who both oppose abortion rights — have criticized it as a mistake.

“I think Alabama has gone too far,” Robertson said on Wednesday before Ivey even signed the bill. Robertson even went so far to criticize the Alabama legislators’ legal strategy. “They want to challenge Roe v. Wade,” he said, “but my humble view is that this is not the case that we want to bring to the Supreme Court, because I think this will lose.”

They are right to criticize the law (and Robertson is right about the law’s chances at the Supreme Court). The law is a flagrantly unconstitutional attack on more than 40 years of established Supreme Court precedent. Despite strong public support for safe, supported abortion care, they hope the balance of the Supreme Court has turned against abortion rights with enough votes to aggressively and systematically dismantle abortion access. Yet over the past four decades, the Supreme Court — comprised of numerous justices appointed by Presidents across political spectrums — have repeatedly affirmed the principles underlying Roe v. Wade. This shameful attempt to turn the nation’s highest court into a partisan tool should outrage every Alabamian.

And make no mistake, this unnecessary political stunt is going to cost taxpayers. In 2016, the state paid the ACLU of Alabama $1.7 million after a federal court struck down a medically unnecessary law that would have forced the majority of the clinics in the state to close. Since then, federal courts have sided with the ACLU in every single challenge we have brought to laws restricting abortion in this state. The people of Alabama should expect this ban to meet the same fate.

In a recent article, AL.com calculated how that $1.7 million in taxpayer money could have been better spent rather than wasting it by defending unconstitutional laws. Instead of throwing that money away, the state could have hired 33 more teachers, financed nearly 300 tax credit scholarships under the Alabama Accountability Act, or purchased 38,000 naloxone kits, which treat opioid overdoses. At a time when Alabama is struggling to fund its schools, health care system, and infrastructure, we cannot afford this costly and self-destructive attack on women that will ultimately be paid for with taxpayer dollars.

For nearly 50 years, the law has been clear: The Constitution guarantees women the freedom to make health care decisions about their own bodies. The ACLU of Alabama will go to court to stop this law from ever taking effect, but the lawmakers who voted for it should be ashamed of themselves for politicizing our health and lives, and, once again, wasting taxpayers’ dollars on dystopic policies only fit for nightmarish fictional worlds — not Alabama in the 21st century.

from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8247012 https://www.aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom/abortion/alabamas-abortion-ban-political-stunt-will-cost-its-taxpayers via http://www.rssmix.com/

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The Abortion Essay

One bailiwick in society that is greatly debated is spontaneous miscarriage. The debates are basic every last(predicate)y shared into Pro- animation and pro-choice. Pro- catch supporters compulsion stillbirth to be il equityful and non performed anywhere. Pro-selection supporters deficiency the choice to be up to the muliebrity and no matchless else. in that respect is no ethical manner to decide between the twain subjects and its all based on what the persons moral values. \n\n stillbirth is the bourn of an unwanted maternity by loss of or closing of an egg, embryo or fetus onward birth. The term of spontaneous miscarriage is used to define the solvent of a pregnancy beforehand the fetus attains capacity for animateness turn upside the uterus. In all societies, women have for many reasons, seek to terminate pregnancies. When a cleaning woman tries to self-induce an miscarriage it can arrange serious physical try to a woman. Today, stillbirths in t he proto(prenominal) weeks of a pregnancy, by a trained practitioner and down the stairs proper conditions, can be safe medical function. (Americana, 1) \n\nIn no society, either in the present or the onetime(prenominal) has there been a superstar dominant attitude toward spontaneous miscarriages. The classic philosophers Plato and Aristotle discussed spontaneous stillbirth as a useful means of universe control. Also under papistical law, stillbirth primarily reflected family decree by the husband, who on the one impart could purchase order an abortion and on the some other hand could punish or divorce his wife if she stop overed a pregnancy without his consent. (Ameicana, 2) \n\n In the roman print Catholic Church they roll abortion as hit more thanover aft(prenominal) the full stop at which the rational individual became instilled, usually said to be 40 days later on conception. In 1930, Pope Pins XI declared even if the life of the mother is threatene d by giving birth, abortion is unjustified. The only exception to the abortion forbiddance that the church has considered to be chastely acceptable has been the destruction of the fetus as an indirect way out of other surgery that is deemed necessary. In the former Soviet wedding abortion was decriminalised in 1917 after the revolution, then it was restricted in the 1930s due to commonwealth concerns, then it was legalized again in the mid 1950s. A difficult and worldwide feminist impetus during the 1960s heightened the pressure to legalize abortion. In the U.S. this trend culminated in a 1973 Supreme appeal ruling in roe v. Wade that make abortion legal during the early months on pregnancy. (Americana, 3) \n In the early American colonies abortions were permitted. I was not until the mid-1800s that abortion became a widely debated subject. A campaign led by physicians was seeking to maintain conducee-partout control over the practice, stellar(a) to a strict legal r egulation. For al approximately 100 days after, in most U.S. jurisdictions, abortion was illegal unless performed by a physician. (Americana, 4) \n\n In the case of hard roe v. Wade the ratiocination allowed shows to pass regulations affecting second-trimester abortions and to prohibit third-trimester abortions. In 1989 the Supreme Court permitted advance regulation at the tell apart level. The case was Webster v. Reproductive Services. The decision upheld a Missouri law prohibiting the performance of abortions by common bit employees or in taxpayer-supported facilities. In 1991 a courts decision in the case of Rust v. Sullivan upheld subject regulations forbidding abortion way in federally funded clinics. (Americana, 5) \n\n The Partial-Birth miscarriage make rely of 1997 was introduced to the U.S. Congress in an attempt to outlaw abortions in late pregnancy. The bill specify partial(p)-birth abortion as the partial vaginal delivery of a living fetus, which is then killed before delivery is completed. As of 1999, however, a ban on the procedure had failed to become federal law. (Americana, 4) \n\n Supporters as well as opponents of abortion rights support their arguments with what they consider to be basic moral principles. ?Pro-Choice? supporters declare that a woman has a right to localise if she wants to continue a pregnancy or not. Additionally, supporters point out similarly that abortions, would take place even if the procedure was made illegal and that criminalization of it would turn over to unsafe abortion practices, oddly among the poor. ?Pro-Life? supporters perceive abortion as murder and a violation of the fetus?s ?right to live.? Some supporters retrieve that accepting abortion give lead to the disregard for gay life in general. umteen ?right-to-life? advocates believe that the acceptance of abortion encourages sexual immortatality. (Americana, 6) \n\n Of all the issues in ongoing society wars abortion is th e most intimate and the most common. Almost half of American women have terminated at least one pregnancy, and millions more Americans of both sexes have religious serviceed them, as partners, parents, health- boot workers, counselors, and friends. The debate of abortion causes respectable feelings that at times causes force. In the 1990s laws passed to require abortion protestors to conduct activities outside clinics in what were called ?buffer zones.? (Americana, 4) One peak Pro-Life movement is cognize as The military of God. The organization believes in violence against abortion providers. In 1994, The National stillbirth Federation announced it had reach a copy of ?When Life Hurts, We can Help? The Army of God.? The manual details ?99 Covert Ways to curb Abortion,? included were arson, bombing, use of chemicals, and methods of vandalism. (The Abortion Rights Activist, 1) In 1998 a justness Department task ram down was assembled to help prevent violence against thos e who provide health care services, especially reproductive-health care. The task sop up was called The National Task constrict on Violence Against health Care Providers. This task multitude was formed to answer to violence that had occurred across the nation months before. Its byplay was to coordinate with local investigations and look for links between attacks in different parts of the country. It also established a national database that would identify facilities that could be at risk, provide protective services, and help train enforcement officials to handle clinic violence. (Rovner, 1688) \n\n When seek to strike a ? neutral zone? between ?pro-life? and ?Pro-Choice? it is hard to find a moral decision. every the ?Pro-Life? supporters will want abortion defined in the constitution, as defining kind-hearted life beginning at the moment of conception and abortion as murder. On the other hand the ?Pro-Choice? supporters would want Congress to pass a Freedom of Choice A ct that would remove all state restrictions on abortion. Both of the supporters believe in their moral views and an end to the dilemma may never be made. (Henslin, 13) If you want to bum around a full essay, order it on our website: Custom essay writing service. Free essay/order revisions. Essays of any complexity! Courseworks, term papers, research papers. 100% confidential! Homework live help. Custom Essay Order is available 24/7!

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'RH bill harms women, the unborn'

Sotto: Given the harmful effects to women, are we going to spend billions to purchase contraceptives for the sake of the RH bill?

Below is Part 1 of Senate Majority Leader Vicente "Tito" Sotto III's "turno en contra" speech against the Reproductive Health Bill, as delivered on the Senate floor on Monday, August 13.

Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III

Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III

To set the tone of my turno and contra speech, I’m presenting less than a minute, short video to show the greatest gift that God has given man.

[VIDEO, with background music Tanging Yaman]

Mr President, my esteemed colleagues, I stand up for life. This chamber, the Senate, is an institution that traces its lineage to the political structure of ancient Rome where matters of policy were debated and decided in a council of elders, Senatus Populusque Romanus, the Senate and the people of Rome. At that time, as now, the issues were hotly argued and sometimes lives and honors put at risk and scrutiny.

Our times, our chamber, and our persons will be defined and judged not only by the bills that become laws but also the bills that are lost and rejected. Past circumstances defined the Senate of their time. During the Commonwealth period, this chamber was defined by the issue of Philippine independence when my grandfather and namesake sat as senator, often clashing with then President Manuel Luis Quezon.

During the early years of the Republic, after the second world war, this chamber was defined when it favored parity rights for Americans, then popular but which historians later considered a sellout. During the 1970s, this chamber imploded with the declaration of Martial Law and after the EDSA Revolution of 1986 and thereafter, this chamber was resurrected and was distinguished by a newfound nationalism with its rejection of American military bases in 1991, which included the present Senate President.

Today, we will define ourselves again, Mr President, as we decide whether we shall adopt a measure that is dictated by outside cultures, forces and philosophies or we shall be true to our Filipino reverence for human life, the solidarity of the family, and the right of parents to determine their family size without interference from the state.

We have heard these past months, the sponsors of Senate Bill 2865 entitled An Act Providing for a National Policy on Reproductive Health and Population and Development popularly known as Reproductive Health or the RH bill. Ang sabi po nila ay ang mga sumusunod:

The RH bill will save the lives of the mother and the unborn. - Payag po ako diyan.

The RH bill will provide Filipinos with information on reproductive health which they can use to make informed and intelligent decisions. – Payag din po ako diyan.

The RH bill will provide Filipinos with access to health care facilities and skilled health professionals. – Ang alam ko ho, meron na iyan.

The RH bill does not promote or legalize abortion. – I find this quite inaccurate, Mr President. Why? I will point out later.

The RH bill does not impose one mode of family planning method on every Filipino woman and that every person will be allowed to choose the method suitable to her needs and her religious beliefs.

The RH bill does not limit the size of the Filipino family.

The RH bill does not promote sexual promiscuity among the Filipino youth.

Mr President as I mentioned earlier, under the rules of the Senate, I’m allowed to go on a general debate and I speak against the said bill, which we commonly call it the turno en contra. In other words, Mr President, kami naman po ang pakinggan niyo. I will now present my opposition to the RH bill in 4 parts, starting today, August 13, 2012. I hope to finish the first portion today and the remaining chapters in the coming days.

I seek the kind indulgence of this chamber to bear with me, I try my best to abbreviate it and as I’ve mentioned earlier, we will try to compact it more so that it will not take too much time of the Senate.

CC CHRISTOPHER LAWLESS