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Senate, House OK RH bill on final reading
« on: December 17, 2012, 10:06:17 PM »

by Jojo Malig, ABS-CBNNews.com

Posted at 12/17/2012 6:17 PM | Updated as of 12/17/2012 8:18 PM

MANILA, Philippines (6th UPDATE) - The Senate and the lower House approved the reproductive health (RH) bill on 3rd and final reading Monday.

The lower House version of the bill, sponsored by Rep. Edcel Lagman, was first approved 133-79, with 7 abstentions.

The vote was made quickly, with 199 representatives present.

It passed by a higher margin of 54 votes on 3rd reading, in contrast to the close 113-104 vote on 2nd reading.

Some lawmakers made it to the plenary session to cast their votes despite being ill or having important matters to attend to.

Rep. Miro Quimbo, who voted in favor of the measure, attended the session despite being ill with dengue.

Quimbo, on a wheelchair, was accompanied by a doctor who held up his dextrose bag.

"Para sa bayan, I vote yes," he said when his name was called.

"Can't breathe well. Nursing a cold and headache. I almost screamed inside the plane bcoz of the pressure. But must go to Batasan," Negros Occidental Rep. Mercedes Alvarez said earlier in the day.

Those who voted no include party-list Rep. Juan Miguel "Mikey" Arroyo and Rep. Mitos Magsaysay.

"Mr. Speaker, this practicing Roman Catholic will always vote no," Arroyo said.

"I just voted NO!" Magsaysay said on Twitter.

House Speaker Sonny Belmonte Jr. and Rep. Lorenzo "Erin" Tañada III, who was the presiding officer in the 2nd reading, voted in favor of the measure in the final reading.

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The Senate, meanwhile, approved it 13-8, on 2nd and 3rd reading.

The bill, sponsored by Senators Pia Cayetano and Miriam Defensor Santiago, immediately went to 3rd reading after the 2nd reading because President Benigno Aquino certified it as urgent.

The bicameral conference committee will get both versions of the bill for consolidation before the President signs it into law.

The Senate vote was made after the upper House tackled amendments proposed by Senator Vicente "Tito" Sotto III.



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Re: Senate, House OK RH bill on final reading
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2012, 10:06:54 PM »
Those who voted yes were: 

Edgardo Angara,
Joker Arroyo,
Pia Cayetano,
Alan Peter Cayetano,

Miriam Defensor Santiago,
Franklin Drilon,
Chiz Escudero,
TG Guingona,

Ping Lacson,
Loren Legarda,
Bongbong Marcos,
Kiko Pangilinan, and
Ralph Recto.

The senators who voted against the measure on 3rd reading were:
 
Tito Sotto,
Jinggoy Estrada,
Gringo Honasan,
Koko Pimentel,

Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr.,
Antonio Trillanes IV,
Manny Villar, and,
Juan Ponce Enrile.

Senators Sergio Osmeña III and Lito Lapid were absent.


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Re: Senate, House OK RH bill on final reading
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2012, 10:07:25 PM »
'Freedom of choice!'

The vote drew cheers from Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, whom President Aquino earlier tapped to talk to congressmen regarding the bill.

"History in the making! Freedom of Choice!" Roxas said on Twitter.

Angara said the RH bill "is an affirmation of human rights."

"Provisions of the RH bill respond to challenges of the times," he added.

Angara said that while he acknowledges concerns of the Catholic community, the bill does not legalize abortion.

"We have to consider that not all Filipinos are Catholics. We have Muslims, Protestants, Buddhists, non-believers," he said.

"Today, I vote as a Filipino, a public health advocate, a father," Angara added.

Arroyo, who voted "conditional" yes, said the bill should be subject to further amendments in the bicameral conference  committee.

"This bill promises more than it can deliver, because sex is not the root of poverty, it is not the cause of underdevelopment," he said.


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Re: Senate, House OK RH bill on final reading
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2012, 10:07:56 PM »
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, who voted in favor of the bill, said the RH bill is part of the solution to family problems.

"If I had a daughter who is a teenager now, gusto ko bang bigyan sya ng condom? Of course not. But as a parent, I can only do so much," he said.

"Don't you want your daughter to have [someone] to approach on reproductive health concerns?" he asked.

"We will fight not only to protect marriages. This is not an incentive to the married, this is also for the unmarried," Cayetano said.

His sister, Sen. Pia Cayetano, had tears in her eyes while explaining her vote.

"We will fight not only to protect marriages. This is not an incentive to the married, this is also for the unmarried," she said. "I hope you can join me to strengthen it, to craft it. I will do my best to preserve the integrity of Senate version."

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Re: Senate, House OK RH bill on final reading
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2012, 10:08:33 PM »
Miriam: An idea whose time has come

Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, a co-sponsor of the measure, had words for the Catholic Church in explaining her vote.

"I vote yes. The Catholic church has steadfastly rejected RH bill. No force more powerful than an idea whose time has come," she said.

"Copernicus refused to believe that sun revolved around the earth. He was condemned by the Church," she added.

She said the Vatican has made many mistakes in the past "because it is a human institution."

"Today is the time for the RH bill. In antiquity, the Church committed grave mistakes. It is not perfect, it is only human," she said.

"Surveys showed women die because of birth complications because they are too ignorant to control their bodies," Santiago added. "God gave me a conscience, gave me a brain. He asked me to use it for the good of my fellowmen."

Escudero, who also voted in favor of the measure said he is against abortion and is in favor of the RH bill because he wants to ensure the well-being of women and children.

"Pabor ako sa RH bill dahil gusto kong bigyan ng pagkakataon ang mga kabataan na magpasya para sa kanilang mga sarili," he said.

Sotto, the staunchest voice in Senate against the measure, said he will ask for God's forgiveness "for we do not know what we are doing."

"We took an oath, a promise to God. We promised to support the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, not just the parts that suit us," he said.

"Malamang pagsisihan natin ito," he added.

He also claimed the bill will not even be discussed if President Aquino's mother, Cory, were alive today.

Enrile said the RH bill divided families.

"I hope that RH bill will bring the benefit that was sought to be accomplished," he said. "I vote no. But I hope those who propose the RH bill is proven right. Only time will tell." - with reports from ANC, dzMM



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Re: Senate, House OK RH bill on final reading
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2012, 10:48:23 PM »
by Jojo Malig, ABS-CBNNews.com

Posted at 12/17/2012 6:17 PM | Updated as of 12/17/2012 8:18 PM


"Mr. Speaker, this practicing Roman Catholic will always vote no," Arroyo said....


;D ;D ;D

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Re: Senate, House OK RH bill on final reading
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2012, 11:00:03 PM »
:'( crying, but not for reasons similar to pia cayetano's.

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Re: Senate, House OK RH bill on final reading
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2012, 11:00:52 PM »
it's like mourning the loss of a nation's core values.

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Re: Senate, House OK RH bill on final reading
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2012, 11:23:43 PM »
if, or when, this becomes law, tan-awon kuno nato bi kun mo-improve ba gyod, materially, ang atong national life.  as it is, lupig ang lobby sa catholic church sa big pharmaceutical lobby.  kuyawa gyod uy.   

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Re: Senate, House OK RH bill on final reading
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2012, 09:24:14 AM »
Yes, it's final. RH Bill is now a law.

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« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2012, 09:31:08 AM »

moagi pa na'g baykam komiti...nya permahan nako..;D

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« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2012, 10:13:42 AM »
Yes, it's final. RH Bill is now a law.

Law na? Maypag mag law law... ;D

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« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2012, 10:14:52 AM »
moagi pa na'g baykam komiti...nya permahan nako..;D

Bwahaha! Rebyohon una nako sa di pa nimo permahan, Kamahalan... ;D

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« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2012, 10:18:06 AM »
Bwahaha! Rebyohon una nako sa di pa nimo permahan, Kamahalan... ;D

maayo na nga suhestyon.....irisa ang kondom.;D

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« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2012, 10:21:34 AM »
maayo na nga suhestyon.....irisa ang kondom.;D

He he, naa na ra ba koy nadawat nga dako-dakong opir aron irison ang pipila ka probisyon... ;D

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« Reply #16 on: December 18, 2012, 10:29:13 AM »
He he, naa na ra ba koy nadawat nga dako-dakong opir aron irison ang pipila ka probisyon... ;D

sama pananglit sa unsa?...;D

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« Reply #17 on: December 18, 2012, 10:34:46 AM »
sama pananglit sa unsa?...;D

Tekret! Hmm, naa kay opir diha? ;D

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« Reply #18 on: December 18, 2012, 10:36:46 AM »
Tekret! Hmm, naa kay opir diha? ;D


jamo...;D

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« Reply #19 on: December 18, 2012, 11:13:31 AM »

jamo...;D

Hmm, basin naa kay kaila nga interesadong mo-opir... ;D

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