Key definitions of RH Bill
Senate Bill 2378 defines the term "reproductive health care" as follows:
Reproductive Health Care – refers to the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in all matters relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes. This implies that people are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life, that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so, provided that these are not against the law. This further implies that women and men attain equal relationships in matters related to sexual relations and reproduction.
Reproductive Rights is defined by Senate Bill 2378 as follows:
the rights of individuals and couples, to decide freely and responsibly whether or not to have children; the number, spacing and timing of their children; to make other decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence; to have the information and means to do so; and to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health.
The opposition says that by supporting such definitions, the country will guarantee this same right of having "a satisfying and safe sex life" and the freedom of decision to unmarried children and teenagers, since they are "people." They argue that this will lead to promiscuity among the young, as they will be granted the unstoppable right to "decide if, when and how often to reproduce".[8]
They say that the terminology is part of deceptive "verbal engineering"[9] since RH is not in favor of reproduction, and contraceptives are not healthy, but RH is presented as something good.[10]
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