This is a bogus argument. I know, as many people do, that the Church does not hold the monopoly on morality, nor does being a Catholic or any sort of god believer ensure marital fidelity. Most of the people who cheat on their spouses, having lustful affairs while married, premarital sex, etc. are god believers. How many priests have been accused and convicted of sexually abusing children?

The Church should not have such power over the birth control rights of free people. Citizens should be able to make that choice for themselves. People should have options concerning birth control and the number of children one wishes to have. If a god had anything to do with it, there would be plenty for those who have his babies, but this god does not provide, therefore human beings must take action to protect themselves. Sex is part of being human.

The sterilization of the citizens will not solve the economic problems of the Philippines.

And using a condom is not sterilization, and if a woman or man chooses to be sterilized it is none of the church’s damn business. Lots of men and women in western nations use various types of birth control from condoms, to sterilization procedures. It is the responsible thing to do instead of continuously popping out hungry children in poverty conditions because of some ancient superstitious beliefs.

All the Catholic church is about is power…and this is a threat to their power and control over the masses.

The Catholic Church through the encyclical Humanae Vitae warns us on the consequences of such bills:

Responsible men can become more deeply convinced of the truth of the doctrine laid down by the Church on this issue if they reflect on the consequences of methods and plans for artificial birth control. Let them first consider how easily this course of action could open wide the way for marital infidelity and a general lowering of moral standards. Not much experience is needed to be fully aware of human weakness and to understand that human beings—and especially the young, who are so exposed to temptation—need incentives to keep the moral law, and it is an evil thing to make it easy for them to break that law. Another effect that gives cause for alarm is that a man who grows accustomed to the use of contraceptive methods may forget the reverence due to a woman, and, disregarding her physical and emotional equilibrium, reduce her to being a mere instrument for the satisfaction of his own desires, no longer considering her as his partner whom he should surround with care and affection.

Finally, careful consideration should be given to the danger of this power passing into the hands of those public authorities who care little for the precepts of the moral law. Who will blame a government which in its attempt to resolve the problems affecting an entire country resorts to the same measures as are regarded as lawful by married people in the solution of a particular family difficulty? Who will prevent public authorities from favoring those contraceptive methods which they consider more effective? Should they regard this as necessary, they may even impose their use on everyone. It could well happen, therefore, that when people, either individually or in family or social life, experience the inherent difficulties of the divine law and are determined to avoid them, they may give into the hands of public authorities the power to intervene in the most personal and intimate responsibility of husband and wife.

35-year olds are done with school and mature enough to handle the problems that come along with caring for a Down’s syndrome child. 17 year olds are barely able to take care of themselves. Just look how they go wild when they go off to college. It takes another four years after high school for most kids in today’s world to mature enough to be responsible parents. Usually when a teenager girl gets pregnant, the grandparents end up helping to raise the child.

The point here is that fundies are dictating what a woman should and should not do with their own bodies, and also telling everyone what better “moral values” that Christians have. They obviously aren’t any better than the rest of us, so they should just shut the fuck up about having moral superiority and better family values.