THIS month of October we are celebrating Children’s Month. I find it very inconsistent though that the very same body which started all these rights-of-the-child thing, the United Nations, would be the very same body also that would spearhead something that violates one of the basic rights that have been ratified by governments and states of the world after a decade of consultations with various religions, cultures, societies, institutions, organizations, etc.
Then here in the Philippines, which is one of the states which ratified the Rights of the Child, our lawmakers are trying to pass a law which once again destroys the spirit of the Rights of the Child through a bill comfortably labeled as something for the sake of women.
This very fundamental right is the Right To Be Born. Maybe I see it in a very simplistic way but isn’t it ironic that the United Nations initiated this activity but then again they would disregard such a very important right (the very first right according to the Rights of the Child) and promote the use of contraceptives among its member-nations?
It is written in very simple English and has been translated in all languages and dialects I suppose. This right is a very significant part of the entire list of children’s rights because upon it stands all other rights. It is a foundation upon which all the other rights stand as pillars. Without this right all the other rights would be useless. How can one enjoy the right to grow and develop if he or she is not provided with all the support to enjoy the right to be born?
The celebration of the Children’s Month would be another useless waste of time, money and resources if the sanctity of this right would not be upheld. If we really want to have a true celebration of Children’s Month then let us support all the rights of the child especially the fundamental right which is the right to be born and oppose every program, project or activity that would make this right a thing of the past!
Lance2008 via Reader’s comment
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October 27th, 2008 at 1:36 am
…hello Senatong…before you complain, try to call your Lola Gloring first. Instead of giving a paper bag of worth P500,000 to her Tongressman, she should have given it to the poor directly. I guess that a world record. A paper bag worth P500K. Also, don t tell your Lola Gloria not to say Hello Garcia kasi buking na buking na cya. Mag Hello Jocjoc na lang cya. Pinuhin nya naman at di man cya ma buking ulit.
October 26th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
The church should be responsible for all the hungry children in this country. What a bunch of hypocrites. They are against reproductive health but cannot even discipline their flock when it comes to responsible parenthood. The religious has nothing but empty words. When poor families who have more than five children go hungry, they cry out that the government isn’t doing anything. For your information, the lowly taxpayers who limit the size of their family are the ones being burdened by these irresponsible people. Why don’t the churches feed them for a change.
October 17th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
what about castigating irresponsible parents who continuously bear children but are unable to feed them? and even let these poor kids work by begging in the streets?
lance, will you just turn a blind eye to these pathetic parents? or you lay the blame on govt. again?
October 15th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
right to be born…
it is very confusing, i don’t know what this means.
Thus this means a sperm cell has a right to be born being the main component of human life.
Or how could a child need to be born where he is already a child, meaning he/she is already walking.
thus this also means that in sexual intercourse, there is already right to be born or there is right to be born in conception.
it is wrong to say right to be born where there is nothing to be born.
kindly rephrase…
October 12th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
where is it written “the right to be born” at all times?