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Date Posted: 23:41:32 11/22/12 Thu
Author: IMRD
Subject: Nov 23, 2012 news

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/311471/advocates-tell-house-to-vote-on-rh-bill-now

Advocates tell House to vote on RH bill now
By Christian V. Esguerra, Leila B. Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
2:11 am | Friday, November 23rd, 2012
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Former Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral
As tension escalated between reproductive health (RH) proponents in the House of Representatives over the supposed death of the bill, its advocates from other sectors on Thursday stepped up calls for lawmakers to act on the measure, warning them of consequences in the 2013 elections if they failed to do so.
With only 12 session days remaining for the House, former Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral publicly appealed to lawmakers to do their job, show up on the floor, and put the crucial RH bill to a vote.
“As we see the urgency of a reproductive health law, we call on our legislators to take a stand and vote for this bill to be enacted into law,” said Cabral, the lead convenor of the Purple Ribbon for RH campaign.
The RH bill would allow the distribution of contraceptives and make other family planning methods available to the poorest of poor, among other provisions.
The bill is now undergoing amendments in the House, but cannot gain progress because of quorum problems. Earlier, opponents stood up to make privilege speeches whenever the bill was taken up on the floor.
Cojuangco’s tweets
Pangasinan Rep. Kimi Cojuangco took to her Twitter account to disclose that Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II had told her that the RH bill was dead.
She sat with Gonzales last week to ask him about the fate of the bill, according to Cojuangco. She said the majority leader’s response was: “Wala na yan, forget the RH bill. If ever baka 16th Congress na lang. We can just repackage it (That is no more, forget the RH bill. If ever, it will be in the 16th Congress, we can just repackage it.)”
She added that she was “flabbergasted” and asked why Gonzales was leading Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman along and telling Speaker Feliciano Belmonte something else.
She said she kept this to herself for a few days, but then decided she could not handle the “blatant politicking.”
“No way will I keep quiet. We were all being [taken] for a ‘ride’ by such trapo style politics,” she said.
“I can’t live with myself if I become just one of the many who will just accept things as they are. If this means that I should not be a member of the [House of Representatives], that’s OK with me. I would rather not be a rep than be there [and] be part of a big lie,” she later added.

http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/news/top-stories/35876-rh-bill-not-yet-dead-palace

RH bill not yet dead – Palace
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Malacañang is not losing hope that the Reproductive Health (RH) bill may be passed by the 15th Congress, as discussions for the measure are still ongoing in the House of Representatives.


“As they say, ‘it’s not over until the fat lady sings.’ There are discussions in the House right now,” said Palace spokesman Edwin Lacierda, who also claimed that House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales 3rd never proclaimed that the RH bill is already “dead” in the current 15th Congress.

“Congressman Gonzales has not said anything to indicate that it’s already dead in the water. He never said that. There are discussions in the House, so let’s just wait for those development to take place,” he added.

Lacierda said that the President has not yet discussed with the Lower House if the bill will be certified as urgent.

“They have not yet had the opportunity to speak considering that he just came from the Asean [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] meeting,” he said.

Lacierda added that the government has made its position that it wants “a Responsible Parenthood Bill passed into law.”

Earlier, Gonzales said that the chances for the passage of the bill are now very slim, considering that representatives will be busy campaigning for the next year’s mid-term elections.

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