Human Life has Inherent Value In Philippines
Manila, Republic of Philippines—When I first arrived here December 8, 2022 the most shocking thing was the traffic from the airport into the city. It was dark and seemed so random–a river of high-speed automobiles, Jeepney personnel carriers and busses moving like blocks of ice on the Yukon River at breakup, with death-defying motorcycles seeming to dare anybody to TRY to hit them. It was unnerving, but the taxi driver knew when to push and when to allow the other guy into the flow.
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Very few traffic lights mean periodic U-Turn lanes on Marcos Highway, and sometimes an officer in a safety vest stands in an intersection to facilitate flow. People walk between lanes of rapidly moving traffic and even between vehicles selling things. After six months I still marvel at how everybody manages to get to their destination because every person matters. I have yet to see an instance of road rage–everybody just wants to go home safely at the end of the day. I have yet to see a single auto accident—even a fender-bender—or a single tow truck!
This blind man seeking alms is led through momentarily stopped cars at one of the few traffic signals at a busy intersection in Manila.
This is how Civilized People Act–
they PROTECT each Other from Harm
On the other hand, there are people in other professed civilized places who live in a culture of self-absorbed self-gratification. Some believe, for instance, an unintended pregnancy justifies the barbaric practice of killing a baby in the womb—and has something to do with Women’s Health! In fact, these organized death merchants say that because potentially tens of thousands of babies were NOT killed in Philippines over the last year, a thousand women have died!
[1]Reproductive Laws of Philippines]
This information from the pro-Abortion Guttmacher Institute shows that more people are learning why they get pregnant and how to make it happen on their terms. The reality of more women refusing to carry the pregnancy to term likely shows a growing disregard for human life from Death Cult propaganda .
[2]Global and Regional Estimates of Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion
I hope none of my former ABE students would fall for that kind of
logic. Being an old guy I might be expendable!
Think about that. Every birth must be planned. But, if a birth is NOT intended, what kind of woman who decides to extinguished the quickened soul in her womb, cannot wonder what that soul might have become?
As Americans have come to grip with the reality that Choice happens before conception, the levels of unintended pregnancies and abortions have declined considerably. Funny how that works, huh?
It’s Orwellian to call Abortion Women’s Health Care. Since Roe v. Wade determined a women has a constitutional right to kill a living being in her body, we who have lived during this time have witnessed a holocaust. Millions of potential Americans refused protection of our constitution are today being replaced under current immigration policies by undocumented aliens. This Death Cult is national suicide.
The Philippine Legacy of Life
Families are a big deal in the Philippines, and most people don’t need Ancestry.com to determine who they are related to. With large families the job of gathering food and working together to achieve common goals is easier. There are no homeless camps. The Philippine economy is ingrown with store equivalents of Anchorage Garage Sales. Manual labor is honorable and many pursue it. People are engaged in driving cargo or passengers in a wide range of vehicles. The place is always moving and it is not uncommon to see a dump-truck full of workers coming or going to a job site.
Recently–once again to their credit–Filipino leaders have rejected United Nations Human Rights Council demands to embrace our western Death Cult. Philippines has ignored those who have called for abortion-on-demand since Roe, and ironically the US Supreme Court under a case called Dobbs last July struck down that travesty law after nearly 50 years.
[3]USSC Dobbs Decision
And that’s not all the wise people of Philippines rejected.
[4]The Manila Times, Govt rejects UN proposal to allow divorce, abortion
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla during a press briefing at the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday, October 18, 2022.
PHOTO BY: RENE H. DILAN
Govt rejects UN proposal to allow divorce, abortion
Manila Times November 22, 222:
THE Philippines has rejected outright the recommendation of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to legalize same-sex marriage, as well as to allow abortion and divorce.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said such recommendations of other UN member-states during last week’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva are “not acceptable.”
“It’s a matter of policy whether we accept it or not and I think we know as a country, we are not ready for that,” Remulla said in a press briefing on Monday.
This is what Courage Looks Like
In the face of a world gone mad, Philippines stands alone if necessary to protect the values of people who somehow survive—and thrive–when a child is “UNPLANNED,” or a marriage becomes too difficult. They also believe same-sex marriage is contrary to their Christian values–but they do not condemn people for being different.
Marijuana is illegal and during the term of last President Rodrigo Duterte some 6,000 drug traffickers were executed. Plenty of people and organizations who support abortion have expressed outrage at these extrajudicial killings, but I have yet to see a marijuana leaf print on a t-shirt or the smell of pot in the air anywhere here. People are sober and happy. Overall, the Philippines I have experienced is a wholesome no-drug zone; anyone with a cannabis monkey on their back should not come here.
One of the finest qualities this writer has noticed about Filipino people is their nonjudgmental nature. They don’t need laws to tell them not to discriminate, they have been discriminated against by the best and worst! Filipinos can be found almost anywhere in the world because they are generally smart, capable, accommodating, and respectful of others. Filipinos send a lot of money back home to family, and the more Filipinos I meet the higher I regard them as a people.
Alaska’s Abortion Death-Cult Challenge
https://reproductiverights.org/maps/abortion-laws-by-state/
Alaska has long been a go along to get along place. Many people come here to get away from someplace they don’t want to be anymore, return after military career, or to just live life in a pristine environment without the political baloney that creates division and animosity everyplace else. So, when Alaskans saw Roe v. Wade become the law of the land we jumped on the bandwagon and tried to accommodate those hapless souls who thought having another mouth to feed was just too inconvenient for their miserable lives. We now know thousands of unwanted children have been summarily executed because the Culture of Death says life is cheap and very few people deserve to be born Alaskans.
Hope for Change
Abortion is legal in Alaska because our Supreme Court in 1997 recognized a fundamental right to reproductive choice under the Alaska Constitution. The court did not recognize the fundamental right to life of an unborn Alaskan in the womb. As a result of this misguided decision, public money from Medicare is today spent on abortions.
Gov. Michael Dunleavy—a former teacher who came here with other Oil Rush Argonauts—declared in his annual address in December that he wanted to make Alaska the most pro-life state in America. It is time to prove up on that claim, Governor! This is your golden opportunity to fulfill that promise, using your constitutional authority to challenge an unconstitutional legal decision.
[5]Alaska Watchman
Speaking from a place where the people have courageously stood for traditional values and humanity against the Culture of Death, I pray Alaska leaders will have courage to do likewise.
References:
[1]Reproductive Laws of Philippines
https://reproductiverights.org/pchr-philippine-commission-human-rights-abortion-decriminalization/
[2]Global and Regional Estimates of Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion
https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/induced-abortion-worldwide
[3]USSC Dobbs Decision
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf
[4]The Manila Times, Govt rejects UN proposal to allow divorce, abortion
https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/11/22/news/govt-rejects-un-proposal-to-allow-divorce-abortion/1867196
Story copied here:
Govt rejects UN proposal to allow divorce, abortion
(UPDATE) THE Philippines has rejected outright the recommendation of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to legalize same-sex marriage, as well as to allow abortion and divorce.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said such recommendations of other UN member-states during last week’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva are “not acceptable.”
“It’s a matter of policy whether we accept it or not and I think we know as a country, we are not ready for that,” Remulla said in a press briefing on Monday.
“Culturally, our values may conflict with many of the values that they (Western countries) want to impose upon us. We are not ready for that, culturally we are not ready for that. That is our position right now,” he added.
“Actually, I think we are the only country together with the Vatican that still does not recognize divorce. We just do not recognize it because the premises of that has not been laid out properly. We want the legislature to do their job,” Remulla said.
He stressed that the matter on divorce is legislative “so we can’t really promise them that.”
“We have to reject it,” he said.
Justice Undersecretary Raul Vasquez said the recommendations were rejected outright by the Philippine delegation “because of national identity, our religious beliefs and our cultural traditions and the Philippine sovereignty that need to be protected and upheld at all times.”
The UPR is a peer review mechanism where the promotion and protection of human rights in all 193 UN member states are reviewed on a regular basis.
“It provides an opportunity for all states to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to overcome challenges to the enjoyment of human rights,” Assistant Secretary Jose Dominic Clavano 4th, Department of Justice (DoJ) spokesman, said.
Out of the 179 UN member-states, 117 participated in this year’s review.
Remulla said more than 100 member states sided with the Philippines or had positive notes “in the human rights performance of the Philippines.”
He said around 15 UN member-states “remained in the negative.”
“These are the usual countries that always pick on the Philippines. These are the rich countries from Europe that are very, very high on individual rights and have no notion of community rights. But I think we did very well,” the Justice chief said.
The Philippine delegation to UPR accepted more than two-thirds of the recommendations put forth by the reviewing countries.
[5]Alaska Watchman
Gov. Dunleavy can end public blood money for the execution of Alaska’s preborn babies
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