Opression, Sex, and Life

Note: If you don't read this, you care too little about this hell hole you call home. This is all about the reproductive health bill (appendixed) and the Oct 15 statement by 14 of Ateneo's faculty regarding the said bill (appendixed). Please take the time to read both articles, and of course, try to familliarize yourselves with the different viewpoints in order to come to the proper conclusions. I would add the CBCP stand (as in the theologically thought out, much like the faculty stand) but I can't seem to find it. If anyone has a copy, please send me a copy :) email: mic.cabauatan@yahoo.com

Dear friends,

Greetings of peace.

Please find attached the position paper entitled "Catholics Can
Support the RH Bill in Good Conscience" by 14 individual faculty of
the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), on the Reproductive Health
Bill (HB 5043). The authors of this paper come from six different
departments of the ADMU: Economics, Interdisiplinary Studies,
Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology-Anthropology, and Theology.

We would like to stress that the views of the 14 faculty, as expressed
in the position paper, are solely theirs and do not necessarily
reflect the views of their respective departments nor other Ateneo
faculty. Neither do they represent the official position of the Ateneo
de Manila University nor the Society of Jesus.

A brief summary of the entire position paper, as well as the stand of
the authors on the RH Bill, can be found in the final section of the
main paper, entitled "A Call of Conscience: Catholics in Support of
the RH Bill." We hope, however, that you will be able to read the
entire paper, as it provides research-based empirical evidence, upon
which we built our position on this issue.

Thank you very much, and we hope that you can help us disseminate to
the public our paper's findings and our stand on the RH Bill.

Sincerely,

Marita Castro Guevara (Department of Interdisciplinary Studies)
Raymond B. Aguas (Department of Theology)
Liane Peña Alampay (Department of Psychology)
Fernando T. Aldaba (Department of Economics)
Remmon E. Barbaza (Department of Philosophy)
Manuel B. Dy, Jr. (Department of Philosophy)
Elizabeth Uy Eviota (Department of Sociology-Anthropology)
Roberto O. Guevara (Department of Theology)
Anne Marie A. Karaos (Department of Sociology-Anthropology)
Michael J. Liberatore (Department of Theology)
Liza L. Lim (Department of Sociology-Anthropology)
Cristina Jayme Montiel (Department of Psychology)
Mary Racelis (Department of Sociology-Anthropology)
Agustin Martin G. Rodriguez (Department of Philosophy)

15 October 2008