Sadly, our President P-Noy “NoyNoy” Aquino seems to have been gravely mis-informed by those briefing him on this RHBill issue. If the article on the Inquirer is to be believed is true, P-Noy reveals why he has marked the RHBill as urgent. P-Noy based his decision on a MICROCOSM of 1 example in Tondo… and NOT nationwide official statistics. What is the National Statistics Office for? Running a country, making multi-billion peso decisions REQUIRES FACTUAL STATISTICS so top executives can make sound decisions! The Inquirer article reports:
“Encounter in Tondo
Explaining why the issue needed state intervention, Mr. Aquino again recalled his encounter with a 16-year-old mother during a visit to the Baseco compound of Tondo, Manila.
The girl, who was barely out of puberty, had just given birth to a second child and had a common-law husband without a stable source of income, he said.
“She’s now 18 and she’s pregnant again with a third child, and she has a new common-law partner,†he told reporters.
“You have a responsibility to those being born into this world. You can’t rely on bahala na (God will provide). What’s wrong with informing them of all these (family planning) choices? Let them choose the size and what method to plan the family etc.,†he said. “