FR. Anton Pascual, Radio Veritas president, said the Catholic
Church will be gifting congressmen with a copy of the book written by Novaliches
Bishop emeritus Teodoro Bacani titled "Catholics and HB 5043-Reproductive Health
2008" when Congress reopens next week.
Pascual said they hope the book will enlighten the lawmakers.
"Hopefully the minds of those pushing the passage of this bill will realize that
life is sacred and that this is God’s gift to mankind."
The Church considers the bill anti-life.
Pascual said that aside from book-giving, the Church will
also put up pro-life billboards in different parts of the country as part of
their campaign against the controversial bill. He said the billboard will bear
the words "Yes to Life, No to RH bill."
The Church has been chipping away at the RH bill in the past
months, gathering signatures from the faithful, releasing pro-life DVDs and
organizing indignation rallies. Pro-life groups and several prelates have also
attended debates on the bill at the Lower House to show their strong opposition
to its passage.
The bill’s principal author, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, had said they need only
eight more congressmen to sign up to get the measure passed into law. –
Gerard Naval
