CAPIZ FORUM
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BY FELIPE V. CELINO
ROXAS City — About 2,000 persons participated in the interfaith rally against the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill the other day.
Led by the Catholic Church, most of the participants were students from Catholic schools and other public and private schools and members of the parishes from the different towns in the province.
The carried placards and streamers with the slogan, “Yes to life, no to RH bill.”
The city government also displayed huge anti-RH bill streamers at the public plaza.
Rep. Antonio del Rosario, together with his sister Melanie Arancillo, also joined in the rally.
Msgr. Vicente Hilata, Roxas City Metropolitan Cathedral vicar general and rector of the Colegio de la Purisima Concepcion, thanked those who attended the activity despite the inclement weather.
“This simply shows that the people in Capiz are pro-life and against RH bill,” said Hilata.
The activity was announced during last Sunday’s Masses in all the churches in the province.
The same activity was recently held in the Eastern Visayan cities of Tacloban and Ormoc, and in Bacolod City.
In Manila, “pro-life” advocates admitted they only have two remaining cards left in opposing the RH bill’s passage: Strong lobby in Congress and street protests.
Bishops and lay people continue to appeal to congressmen to reject the RH bill, according to Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo.
The House of Representatives has started the plenary discussion on the consolidated RH bills which aim to require the government to make a comprehensive range of contraceptives available to the public.
The gathering aims to inform the people in the Visayas region about the contentious issues surrounding the bill.
Also, Pabillo said the event will uncover the “true face” of the RH bill as the supposed final step “toward legalization of abortion in the Philippines.”/PN
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