The Church openly opposes RH Bill due to its teaching about the unitive and procreative role of sex in marriage. For Catholics, the conjugal act is a sacred act that it couldn't mean anything less than "procreation and union" (these two cannot be separated; sex would unite the two people and at the same time be open to a life that may form). RH Bill promotes contraceptives, a device that would split union apart from procreation (meaning, the purpose of the conjugal act would be only to unite but not to procreate). Contraceptives deny openness to life, as it blocks a life that is supposed to be formed by the conjugal act. It destroys God's original plan of the sacredness of sex.
One might argue that the Church keeps on infringing this belief on contraception when everyone may choose to just refuse to accept the contraceptives the government will fund.
But consider this scenario: I am a Catholic employer. RH Bill mandates me to provide reproductive health services to my employees, and that includes providing them contraceptives. As a faithful Catholic, I have a moral obligation to keep others away from sin, so I do not want to give away contraceptives as I find them immoral. If I give my employees contraceptives, I actually invite them to sin. However, RH Bill mandates me to do this; or else, I will be sued as violating the RH Bill. Isn't that infringement of my religious freedom? How do I exercise my rights as a Catholic here? Do I choose to break the law of the state or the law of the God I believe in?
Another scenario: I am a teacher opposed to contraceptives. I am teaching sex education to students, so I say "Class, do not engage in sex unless you're married... But if you really can't resist, here are the contraceptives you may choose from." I do not want to teach contraceptives to children because I believe it is my moral obligation to not teach them that. However, RH Bill mandates me to teach about it, no matter how my conscience objects. If I don't follow this, I could get arrested. Where is freedom of choice here?
It is for this reason that the bill is coercive; while it claims to be "pro-choice", it respects no religion and no standard of morality whatsoever. It may seem that the Church is forcing her beliefs on people regarding the immorality of RH Bill. But isn't it the other way around - the bill forcing its godless ways down our throats?
Another issue about the Law that the Church so passionately fights against is its leaning towards abortion. You might ask: how will the RH Bill lead to abortion? That horrible act is directly prohibited by the very same bill. I couldn't decipher it too before, until it has been pointed out to me.
Contraception varies from simple bought-over-the-counter condoms to complicated surgical IUDs and vasectomies. Much of these contraceptives are taken after the sexual act is done, such as morning-after pills and IUDs. The sperm and egg might have been united already (so life has already begun), but then blocked by the contraceptive. That, clearly, is abortion.
The Church is firm on her belief that all life is sacred, and even the little zygote that has been formed in the womb is sacred, regardless of its consciousness (a pro-RH Bill congressman argued otherwise). But the Church will never change her stand that life is sacred from the very moment of conception. For her, God breathes life to a human being the very moment it is conceived in the womb. Even if the zygote is not yet attached to the uterus, but once the sperm and egg has united, life has already begun (which other people argue otherwise); thus, the life, no matter how frail its state is, must be taken care of. In fact, all the more it must be taken care of.
In politics and other similar affairs, the Church (usually, but not always) doesn't have a say. However, if the sacredness of life itself is getting compromised, you can't expect the Church to just shut up. Issues regarding abortion and contraception are the ones that the Church will fight against until her very last breath. The Church will protect her people - those who are already born and those who are not yet. What an irresponsible Church it would have been otherwise! This is the reason that the clergy meddle so furiously and tactfully with RH Bill in the country.
These issues, among others, are the basis of Catholics in rejecting the RH Bill. The Church rejects it for other reasons, too (political, economical, etc.) but their statements are not infallible regarding these matters. In matters of politics, governance and other non-religious aspects, you are not supposed to regard the Church as infallible. However, in matters of faith and morality, the teachings of the Church are infallible.
The Church's teaching on the sacredness of sex is infallible. Her teaching on the immorality of abortion is infallible. Using sex apart from God's plan was, is and always will be a sin. Abortion was, is and always will be a sin. This is because Truth was, is, and always will be truth. When God says abortion is evil, there will be no time when it can be good. When He says contraception is contrary to His will, contraception was, is, and always will be evil, even if everybody else outside the Church believe otherwise.
It is for these reasons that I, together with the Catholic Church, reject this horrifying bill. I stand with the Catholic Church, the Bride of Christ, my religion and my spiritual family, whom I believe cannot err in matters of faith and morals. I firmly believe that she had been guided by Christ so as to assist me in these issues, and I entrust moral judgments, especially modern issues, in the Church's God-given charism of infallible discernment. I believe that Christ did not leave His flock lost and helpless; thus, He left us with a community, the Church, in whom He will be ever present and working. I stand with the Catholic Church. I REJECT RH BILL.
(A large chunk of the explanations here was taken from seminars in St. Therese of the Child Jesus Parish, Los Banos; and Defensores Fidei Foundation apologetics classes. I thank them so much for shedding light on the issue.)
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