February 2012
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Happy Hearts Day from Face the Facts
Along with flowers and candy, please give the gift of safety.
Happy Valentines Day from Face the Facts.
January 2012
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Abortion Rates Are Higher In Countries Where... →
Worth noting: “Experts couldn’t say whether more liberal laws led to fewer procedures, but said good access to birth control in those countries resulted in fewer unwanted pregnancies.”
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2012
A new year, but what have you heard lately about the RH Bill?
December 2011
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Philippine contraception bill causes fierce debate →
A video by BBC.
Tens of millions of people in the Philippines live in poverty and the country also has one of the highest birth rates in Asia.
The government now wants to encourage its citizens to have fewer children, and is putting forward a bill in parliament to provide free contraception.
But many Filipinos are Catholic and the church is unhappy with the bill, Kate McGeown reports from...
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Soda-soap mix as contraception - experts are... →
BAGUIO CITY- Young Filipinos have been resorting to a concoction of detergent or bath soap plus cola drink, which they consume after engaging in premarital sex because they believe that the mixture can prevent the transmission of sexually-transmitted infections, a doctor revealed in this year’s national school health and nutrition congress here.
RH Bill not a priority? For how long? And how...
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Amnesty International-PH urges Congress to pass RH... →
Amnesty International-Philippines appealed to lawmakers not to let 2011 end without the much-needed measure being passed, saying not one more mother should suffer from preventable maternal death.
Aurora Parong, director of AI-Philippines, said Congress should pass the bill that would help millions of women prevent mistimed and unwanted pregnancies, and have safe pregnancies and child birth.
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HIV cases worldwide decreasing except in PH →
A Global AIDS Report released recently by the UNAIDS observed there has been a 25 percent decline in HIV infections and AIDS-related illness and deaths, and that countries who have given enough funding and attention to the problem have stabilized the rise, spread and deaths caused by the virus.
Merceditas Apilado, a UNAIDS social mobilization adviser, said the Philippines is “one of...
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December 1 is World AIDS Day
Face the Facts supports the fight against AIDS.
Be safe, stay informed, get tested. Learn more about it from the following websites:
Positivism.ph, the No Day But Today Project, and The Red Whistle.
November 2011
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RH Bill won't be passed this year →
House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II said deliberations on House Bill (HB) 4244, or the “Responsible Parenthood, Reproductive Health and Population Development Act of 2011,” will have to drag on to next year due to the number of congressmen who want to debate on the measure. “Don’t expect that this [the RH bill] will be passed this year. I’m just being honest,” he said at a...
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The world at 7 billion →
Who are you among the 7 billion? Plug in your birthdate, get your number.
From the site:
“The world’s population is expected to hit seven billion in the next few weeks. After growing very slowly for most of human history, the number of people on Earth has more than doubled in the last 50 years. Where do you fit into this story of human life? Fill in your date of birth below to...
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“The more children you have, the more macho you are.”
– common belief
October 2011
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September 2011
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“One of Lapid’s concerns is the possible effect of artificial...”
– Lito Lapid Fears the RH Bill (abs-cbnnews.com)
Dear Sir Lapid.
Someone needs to pick up a college level science book and actually read.
Nasa textbook yan, sir. Basahin mo lang. Mag-consult ka muna sa mga doktor. Yung mga totoong doktor ha. Pwede mo rin basahin sa wikipedia.
Also from the...
August 2011
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Miriam Defensor-Santiago: The Reproductive Health... →
There are a number of constitutional provisions that underlie the RH bill. But the most salient is what I would call the “Sanctity of Life” Clause found under Article 2, as a declaration of state policy:
Sec. 12. The State recognizes the sanctity of family life and shall protect and strengthen the family as a basic autonomous social institution. It shall equally protect the life of the...
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Priests to forgive abortion in Pope Youth Festival →
We can hope that one day makes all the difference.
The Vatican has granted priests the right to forgive the sin of abortion when hearing the confessions of hundreds of thousands of young people attending a Roman Catholic youth festival in Spain this week. The termination of pregnancy is a sin punishable by excommunication under Church law. The World Youth Day (WYD) pilgrims will attend a mass...
Survey #4: Christ on a Stick
Have you seen Mideo Cruz’s “Poleteismo”?
For those wondering, you can see the video of the installation here. Dildos blurred out.
Do you find it offensive, or no? Why or why not?
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Part 1: Primacy of conscience in Catholic Theology →
A very good summation on the theological issues at hand with the RH Bill. This is part 1 of a speech by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago.
For those conflicted with their faith and sensibilities, this is worth the read.
The RH bill is supported by a big majority of Filipinos in the country, as shown by certain nationwide surveys. In October 2008, Social Weather Stations reported that 71...
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“RH bills have been passed by the majority of Catholic countries. Only 6 Catholic...”
– Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, twitter
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Poor women speak on RH; is anyone listening? →
How ironic that the women most affected by the decisions of political and religious leaders about their wombs and sexual behavior, are accorded the least say on their expressed need for reproductive health services. Although it is their lives that hang in the balance, celibate males and conservative Catholic laity unabashedly speak for them in these matters. Let us for a change listen to poor...
July 2011
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Sex Education, or, What Boys Will Want From You →
I am angry that the so-called “sex education” I was provided with was so incredibly inadequate. I find it hard to believe what I’m about to say, but I know it’s true, because I lived through it.
Nobody told me I had a clitoris.
Nobody told me I was capable of having orgasms.
For five years I was given “sex education”. It mostly consisted of periods and condoms. It didn’t talk about consent....
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Birth Control as Preventive Medicine? The... →
“Citing data showing that contraception lowers unintended pregnancy and abortion rates, the IOM also said birth control can help women better space out their pregnancies, which can have positive health impacts.”
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GMA News: Maternal deaths put heavier toll on... →
Behind the open door stood nine-year-old Michelle Esconde. Most kids her age are often seen holding a doll, but not Michelle. Her tiny arms were tightly wrapped around the small frame of her one-year-old brother. Their mother Julia died last year, just five minutes after giving birth to the eighth child in the family. Julia was 39 years old. Since then, the responsibility of taking care...
June 2011
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Amnesty International backs RH Bill →
Amnesty International Philippines has weighed in on the debate over the Reproductive Health bill, calling on the Roman Catholic church to reconsider its opposition to the measure.
At the recent launch of its 2011 Human Rights Report here, AIPh said it has agreed, after substantive discussions among its members, to officially support the campaign for the enactment of the RH bill.
“We add the...
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One born every minute: The maternity unit where... →
The ward is at Dr Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Manila in the Philippines where some 300 new mothers crammed three to a bed. It may look more like an overcrowded squat but this is actually a maternity ward.
It is one of the busiest maternity wards in the world with an average of 60 births a day but it can record as many as 100 in 24 hours.
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RH Bill is pro-youth - Kabataan Partylist →
“We support the RH bill because it emphasizes and reinforces the long-neglected responsibility of the State to provide the citizens, especially the marginalized, their reproductive health needs. For so long, the government has shunned this very important duty to profit-oriented and private health institutions that remain inaccessible to the poor. Furthermore, it has not mustered enough...
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Sponsorship speech on the RH Bill by Pia Cayetano →
“Mr. President, because of all the misinformation regarding the contents and objectives of the bill, let me start by what this bill is NOT.
1. This is NOT a bill that promotes or legalizes abortion. On the contrary, it is for the protection of the unborn along with its mother.
2. This is NOT a bill that imposes one mode of family planning method on all. Every person will be allowed to...
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Solons want to prohibit the use of sex toys and... →
Hmm, thoughts?
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Survey #3 Let's talk about you and me
Do you think Philippine sexual attitudes are more liberated, or conservative?
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Ailments and Cures of Medieval Women →
Contraception and reproductive health is not a modern anomaly. This website shows practices of contraception and reproductive health from the medieval ages.
“Each time those women have sexual intercourse, those who wish not to be with child put a teaspoonful of the seeds, saved from the autumn harvest, in a glass of water and drink it.” (Riddle, 1992, p.325) To determine if this form...
May 2011
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My Stand on the RH Bill by Fr. Joaquin Bernas →
A very good example of faith and reason at work.
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Free vasectomies at first Manila family planning... →
Last July 11, 2008. The very first Manila family planning fair was held.
“I really wanted to do this a long time ago because my wife’s health has suffered due to multiple pregnancies and births,” the 41-year-old Pagunsan told Reuters, adding that his wife was pregnant with their eighth child.
“I don’t know how and where to get this done. So, when social workers...
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Some quotes from the late George Carlin (some...
1.) Boy, these conservatives are really something, aren’t they? They’re all in favor of the unborn. They will do anything for the unborn. But once you’re born, you’re on your own…
2.) Pro-life conservatives are obsessed with the fetus from conception to nine months. After that, they don’t want to know about you. They don’t want to hear from you. No...
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“Yung isang tao ko kasi buntis yung asawa. Eh yung panganay nga niya laging...”
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“If you have sex standing up, you can’t get pregnant.”
– sex myth from high schoolers
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John Rock's Error →
John Rock was baptised Catholic, and was a pioneer behind stem cell research and birth control. This is the story of his struggle with his faith, science, the church, and what we didn’t know then. Written by Malcolm Gladwell.
“Rock, his friends would say, was in love with his church. He was also one of the inventors of the birth-control pill, and it was his conviction that his faith...
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“If your period gets delayed, that means you’ve lost the baby. When your...”
– another menstruation myth
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How a baby is made →
With Denmark being the first country to legalize pornography and same-sex unions, it seems understandable that a Danish author, Per Holm Knudsen, wrote How a Baby Is Made (originally titled The True Story of How Babies are Made, published in 1973) - an extremely detailed children’s book about the very happy process of making a baby.
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“If you wash yourself after intercourse, you won’t get pregnant. Even...”
– another commonly-believed sex myth
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“If you have your period, you shouldn’t take a bath, baka mabilis ka...”
– small-town menstruation myth
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This was relayed by a friend of mine on facebook.
There’s this one case during my internship at a government hospital.
It was the wee hours. As I was entering the delivery room, I heard the OB yelling angrily at the patient who was shouting and cursing due to labor pains. So I asked the doctor why yell at the patient. The doctor looked at me smiling. Then asked the patient, in a loud voice so as to overcome the voice of the patient....
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“You can’t get pregnant the first time you have sex.”
– common sex myth
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http://www.newsbreak.ph/2011/05/19/sagada-bontoc-ha... →
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“One day at a hospital in Malaybalay, Bukidnon: the oldest who gave birth was 20,...”