CBCP and the CONDOM issues

[sharkey360]

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The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has called for a ban on condom advertisements in public places, in print, and broadcast media, saying these commercials “weaken the moral fiber" of the youth.

The “multi-million dollar condom business… heavily targets the adolescent market, at the expense of morality and family life," the CBCP said in a statement posted on its website on Wednesday.

The announcement came after the Department of Health distributed condoms last month.

“Condom advertisements should be banned on television, radio, movies, newspapers, magazines, and public places, as they desensitize the youth’s delicate conscience and weaken their moral fiber as future parents," CBCP president Bishop Nereo Odchimar said in the same statement.

Odchimar also called on the Department of Health (DOH) to require condom manufacturers to place a government warning saying that “condoms may fail to protect from AIDS [Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome] and other sexually transmitted diseases" on the packaging of these artificial contraceptives.

“Consumer groups should insist on the right to know the real characteristics of products they use, and that corresponding labels be conspicuously displayed in packaging," he said.

The CBCP president also maintained that the use of condoms, which is currently being promoted by the DOH, does not stop but contributes to the further spread of AIDS.

“Given its high failure rate, the condom cannot really put a stop to AIDS. Moreover, by creating a false sense of security, it condones and encourages promiscuity outside of marriage, and hence contributes to the further spread of AIDS," he said.

The health department’s move to distribute condoms last Valentine’s Day for AIDS awareness was considered “immoral," by the bishops.

The department said that it had recorded two cases per day of the deadly disease last year.

But Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral defended her department’s condom distribution efforts, and criticized the Catholic Church by saying that it should share the blame for the government’s failure to stem the rising number of AIDS cases in the country.

In the same statement, Odchimar also asked the government to re-channel all funding involved in promoting condoms to efforts in fighting other diseases such as cancer, influenza and tuberculosis, and to the provision of basic needs such as food and medicine.

“It is unjust that the taxes of the people including Catholics are used for purposes against their moral beliefs," the bishop said.

Condom distributor to continue its advocacy

In the meantime, one of the companies which distribute condoms in the Philippines said that it will “remain supportive of its advocacy to educate people so that they will make informed choices."

“We will continue to provide products and information that are accessible and affordable to the poorer segments of the population," Jojo Ampeloquio, DKT Philippines Inc.’s head of product development told GMANews.TV in a phone interview.

Besides distributing Trust condoms, DKT Philippines Inc. also sells oral and injectable contraceptives, its website says.

It is also engaged in daily community activities “all across the country" which promote family planning, Ampeloquio said.

The Philippines’ National Family Planning Program is even discussed in our community activities, he added, refusing to name locations of these communities.

He added that condom use in the Philippines has risen at lower than double digit levels, which he considers “disappointing."

Increase in condom use is “at a rate very much lower than the HIV [human immunodeficiency virus] prevalence."

Ampeloquio also disputed Catholic bishops' allegations that the company’s products are of inferior quality.

“I cannot speak for products of our competitors but our products are very affordable and are of high quality," he said.

Condom ad ban may violate free speech

In Dumaguete, Liberal Party presidential bet Sen. Benigno Simeon “Noynoy" Aquino III said that the condom ad ban may violate the constitutional right to free speech.

Although he intends to study the matter further, banning such ads may touch on the freedom of speech, which is enshrined under Article III, Section 4 of the Philippine Constitution.

Calling for a condom ad ban involves “issues of freedom of speech among other things," he said. “The Catholic Church may have its concerns about morality but the state also needs to ensure the health of its citizens."

The only factors that can trigger such a ban involve offending morals and questions of obscenity, he said.

Aquino added that he will not likely bow to the Catholic Church’s call to stop giving out contraceptives.

Individuals who make informed decisions to use contraceptives see nothing wrong with it, he said.

Bishops seek ban on condom ads in media, billboards - Nation - GMANews.TV - Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs - Latest Philippine News

[kit_cebu]

if these people will feed the people or even the unwanted chhildren, fine by me... but if they don't, they better get busy with their own business and not instruct people on population control...

“multi-million dollar condom business…"

... LOL... what about theirs? LOL...

[kwicksilver]

mao jud..... maluoy ta mag tan.aw naay manuktok sa ato sakyanan kay manglimos. d pabor mga pari kay wa na nyay magpabunyag taga adlaw sa simbahan.

haaaahaaaay

[moz_k2]

Sus nalang jud.
Kung tingsimba gani nga daghan man kaau magpakigol.
Nya ang simbahan himoon nga meeting place sa manag uyab.
Hala padre badlonga pud na sila, i ban pud sulod sa simbahan.

[oninrocks]

we should ban the religion.

[mannyamador]

Condoms are the most INEFFECTIVE and COUNTERPRODUCTIVE means to prevent AIDS infections. Scientific studies show that condom usage encourages irresponsible and casual ***. This leads to more unplanned pregnancies and abortions.

Studies also show that increased contraceptive use also results in similar behavior, resulting in a net INCREASE in unplanned pregnancies and abortions. Some of the evidence is below.

• Increasing Condom Use Without Reducing HIV Risk: Results of a Controlled Community Trial in Uganda
  http://journals.lww.com/jaids/pages/...&type=abstract
  
  
  Conclusions: In this study, gains in condom use seem to have been offset by
  increases in the number of *** partners. Prevention interventions in generalized
  epidemics need to promote all aspects of sexual risk reduction to slow HIV
  transmission.
• From Saint Peter’s Square to Harvard Square
  http://article.nationalreview.com/?q...GUyOWYxNmEzN2E
  
  
  We have found no consistent associations between condom use and lower
  HIV-infection rates, which, 25 years into the pandemic, we should be seeing
  if this intervention was working.”
  
  So notes Edward C. Green, director of the AIDS Prevention Research Project
  at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, in response
  to papal press comments en route to Africa this week.

Increased use of artificial contraception also encourages similar behavior, which results in MORE unplanned pregnancies and MORE demand for abortion. Scientific studIes also prove this.

• Habit Persistence and Teen ***: Could Increased Access to Contraception have Unintended Consequences for Teen Pregnancies?
  http://www.econ.duke.edu/~psarcidi/teensex.pdf
  
  
  The persistence in sexual activity is such that policies that affect access to
  contraception will have very different effects in the short run than the long run.
  Our results suggest that increasing access to contraception may actually increase
  long run pregnancy rates even though short run pregnancy rates fall. On the other
  and, policies that decrease access to contraception, and hence sexual activity,
  are likely to lower pregnancy rates in the long run.
  
  
• Contraception – It’s time to stop ducking the issue
  http://www.noroomforcontraception.co...t/view/106/57/
  
  
  According to the study Trends in Premarital *** in the United States, 1954-2003,
  the increase in premarital *** amongst a group of teens turning 15 during the
  years 1964-1973 “may be partly due to increased availability of effective
  contraception (in particular, the pill), which made it less likely that *** would lead
  to pregnancy.” (Finer, 2007)

By the way, we haven't even covered the many side-effects associated with Pills and the fact that they can also cause abortions by preventing the implantation of the fertilized egg onto the uterus (they are therefore ABORTIFACIENT CONTRACEPTIVES).

Let's stick to the facts and not listen to the propaganda of the pro-RH fanatics. There is a lot of scientific evidence to back up the Church's stand. The Church is right. We should listen to the truth instead of some foreign-funded RH ideology.




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[peewee_toot]

@oninrockz

hahaha. ayaw sd ng i-ban ang religion oi. there's nothing wrong with the religion mn. only those religious persons ang naay kuwang. hypocrites!(not all though)...

[itzurisen]

Do you agree with the stand of CBCP with regards to contraceptives particularly condoms?

[mannyamador]

Of course. The Church is right on this issue. Condoms are the most ineffective and coutnerproductive means of preveting AIDS. Scientific studies show that condom usage encourages irresponsible and casual *** which leads to more HIV/AIDS infections and other STDs.

[Dark]

OK ra... peru d man ko mogamit ana...
skinless man ko brad...
peace!