Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao joins Catholic opposition to reproductive health bill in the Philippines

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Manno Pacquiao has lent his name to the Catholics in the fierce battle in the Philippines over “the reproductive health bill.” A national hero in the Philippines, the devout boxer is widely considered the best pound for pound boxer in the world, and he is the first boxer in history to win 10 world titles. The bill provides free contraceptives. Pacquiao says that he would have never been born or become an international boxing champion if his poor, uneducated parents had practiced birth control. Some critics of this bill also say it is a step leading next to abortion and divorce.
see www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/boxer-manny-pacquiao-joins-catholic-opposition-to-reproductive-health-bill/
 
I am glad to see that he is using his celebrity to spread awareness of how wrong it would be if such a bill were to be passed in the Phillipines. May God bless Pacquiao abundantly! 😃

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The greatest and most fearless fighter in the world and a Fighter for Truth and the Church.He always enters the ring with a rosary and kisses the corpus and kneels and prays before and after his fights.
 
How about he punch the lights out of those who support the RH Bill.
 
mdgspencer said:
Manno Pacquiao has lent his name to the Catholics in the fierce battle in the Philippines over “the reproductive health bill.” A national hero in the Philippines, the devout boxer is widely considered the best pound for pound boxer in the world, and he is the first boxer in history to win 10 world titles. The bill provides free contraceptives. Pacquiao says that he would have never been born or become an international boxing champion if his poor, uneducated parents had practiced birth control. Some critics of this bill also say it is a step leading next to abortion and divorce.
see www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/boxer-manny-pacquiao-joins-catholic-opposition-to-reproductive-health-bill/
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What makes it more compelling is the fact that he’s going against a President from his own party. If only we had people with his backbone in the American Congress…
 
Cojuanco said:
What makes it more compelling is the fact that he’s going against a President from his own party. If only we had people with his backbone in the American Congress…
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This is very true! Manny is truly one of the greatest boxers ever, but he will be (or has) entered that aging out zone of great boxers. He has already set his sights on politics - most successfully! So for him to willingly enter the fray on this subject, and risk his future political career, is courageous and a real sign of his commitment to the Church.
 
Several issues here. First, health care shouldn’t fall under the role of government. Secondly, however, reproductive health certainly falls under the umbrella of health care, and to try and exclude that is wrong. Third, in the article that was linked to, it stated that Pacquiao’s wife was on the pill - evidence of a “do as I say not as I do” mentality.
 
Christopher68 said:
Several issues here. First, health care shouldn’t fall under the role of government. Secondly, however, reproductive health certainly falls under the umbrella of health care, and to try and exclude that is wrong. Third, in the article that was linked to, it stated that Pacquiao’s wife was on the pill - evidence of a “do as I say not as I do” mentality.
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Uh, somebody correct me if I’m wrong but the bill isn’t really about prohibiting ABC drugs and more of using tax payer money to make such drugs more available/affordable to the public.

Frankly, I’d rather see that money go into fixing our pathetic-as-ever public education system.
 
Christopher68 said:
Several issues here. First, health care shouldn’t fall under the role of government. Secondly, however, reproductive health certainly falls under the umbrella of health care, and to try and exclude that is wrong. Third, in the article that was linked to, it stated that Pacquiao’s wife was on the pill - evidence of a “do as I say not as I do” mentality.
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Has been quoted is a vague term. When? Five years ago? A year ago? Yesterday? I mean, that does make a lot of difference. Not to mention it does not say who exactly published said quote - knowing the Philippines’ propensity for tabloid journalism, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was one of the less savory publications.

And it’s not about legalizing contraception per se, but about using taxpayer-funded money to fund it. In essence, the proposal is a reversed Hyde Amendment analogue (Not the same, because abortion is illegal in the Philippines, and more importantly, arguably unconstitutional).

IIRC, though, it seems that in the media war, the pro-contraceptive side of the debate seems to be losing out - partly due to the fact that Catholicism still means something for most people, partly due to the fact that unforseen circumstances could balloon the money devoted to it that even the most anticlerical of politicians would likely balk at the cost. Then there’s the fact American efforts to get the bill through come off as imperialism.
 
Cojuanco said:
Has been quoted is a vague term. When? Five years ago? A year ago? Yesterday? I mean, that does make a lot of difference. Not to mention it does not say who exactly published said quote - knowing the Philippines’ propensity for tabloid journalism, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was one of the less savory publications.
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I have never been to the Philippiness, and I am not familiar with any of their publications. However, I know that the Philippines is over 80+% Catholic. I had never equated our religion with tabloid journalism before.
 
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