PRESS RELEASE
12 September 2011
Around a hundred women members of Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) held a picket-rally today at the Senate of the Philippines, GSIS Bldg. in Manila to push anew the passage of the RH bill. PM members brought with them tambourines to create a resounding noise to jog the memories of the senators why the immediate passage of the bill is necessary.
“’The giving of the life to a child should not cost the mother her own.’ Every day of delay in the passage of the RH bill means loss of women’s lives. Whatever the number the statistics provide, the fact remains that more and more women are being deprived of their right to life,” PM Secretary General Judy Ann Chan-Miranda reminded the members of the Senate.
“Para sa mahihirap at manggagawang kababaihan, ang pinaka-esensya ng laban na ito ay ang pagkilala ng Estado sa reproductive health bilang karapatan ng mamamayang Pilipino, lalung-lalo na ng kababaihan, at ma-exercise ang karapatang ito,” added Miranda.
The labor group, for this reason, asserts that providing funds is an essential part of the measure to ensure that the poor shall truly benefit. Contrary to statements that taxpayers money should not be spent for RH services, all citizens have the right to avail themselves of public funds, in this case, for reproductive health services and commodities.
“These are very important issues on reproductive health that, regardless of educational status, Filipinos should be able to understand. It seems that being a Harvard student does not make one an authority to the issues of RH. Nasa pag-alam at pag-unawa ito na ang RH ay karapatan kung kaya dapat nae-exercise ang karapatang ito lalo ng kababaihan na pangunahing biktima ng kawalan ng batas para dito,” Miranda ended.
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