Pro-lifers have renewed the call on legislators to pass two important bills in Congress which support the promotion and defence of life.
The lobby group in a statement urged lawmakers to deliberate on and pass two proposed life bills titled “Citizen Protection Act” and “Protection of the Unborn Child Act 2010.”
The call was made after a Manila policeman turned hostage taker killed eight HongKong tourists as seen in television worldwide.
“Why a dismissed policeman should be allowed to possess a high-powered rifle is an issue that lawmakers should address as they deliberate on a proposed bill calling for stricter measures for the carrying of firearms,” said Andrea Mendigo of Pro-Life Philippines Foundation.
But support for life should be applied in all human activities, said Mendigo, as one cannot condemn a law enforcer in torturing a prisoner and yet advocate the murder of defenceless and voiceless human beings through abortion.
“Respect for life must apply in all human activities, whether it be in sports, sexual encounters, or one’s profession,” Mendigo stressed.
She said doctors “who perform abortions on the one hand, and deliver healthy babies on the other hand, may feel conflicted in their professional psyche.”
“We all are part of the web of life,” she said. “When we begin to devalue the life of one member of the human race, we escalate into the cheapening of the rest of human life,” she added.
Mendigo said legislators should consider this “domino effect” when they deliberate on the bill calling for protection of the unborn child.
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