Church and state in the Philippines: tackling life issues in a "culture of death".
Church and state in the Philippines: tackling life issues in a "culture of death".
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10.1355/sj25-1b
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2010-01-01
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Bautista, J.
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Bautista, J.
本文反映了“生活问题”的人口增长和生殖健康在菲律宾的背景下，正在进行的国会审议众议院法案5043。通过分析菲律宾天主教主教会议（CBCP）的机构声明和法令，特别关注罗马天主教会对这一进程的影响。HB5043是否会成为法律还有待观察。然而，即使在这个阶段也可以看到，一方面教会关于基于信仰的性道德的宣言与另一方面在困难的经济和社会环境下的民意和实际做法之间很可能存在不一致。在这方面，菲律宾的可持续人口控制仍然是一场艰苦的战斗，因为教会一直将人工避孕与有害的“死亡文化”联系在一起。
This paper reflects upon the "life issues" of population growth and reproductive health in the Philippines in the context of the ongoing congressional deliberation of House Bill 5043. Specific attention is paid to the influence of the Roman Catholic Church upon this process, through an analysis of the institutional pronouncements and edicts made by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). It still remains to be seen whether HB5043 will be passed into law. What can be observed even at this stage, however, is that there may well be a discordance between Church proclamations regarding faith-based sexual morality on the one hand, and popular opinion and actual practices under difficult economic and social circumstances on the other. In this respect, sustainable population control in the Philippines continues to be an uphill battle, given the Church's persistent association of artificial contraception with a pernicious "culture of death".