Bill protecting unwanted babies filed
MANILA, Jan. 17 (PNA) -- A lawmaker has filed a measure seeking to stop abortion, child abuse and other anti-child acts by allowing the parents of unwanted babies to give up their children to the government without fear of arrest and prosecution.
Rep. Eduardo C. Zialcita said House Bill 3227, also known as The Safe Haven Act of 2007 or The Moses Law, permits parents to entrust the custody and care of their baby 60 days or younger, unharmed, to a member of any hospital, medical emergency facility, police or fire station or to an office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The baby shall receipt prompt action.
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I always thought this country has a lot of good heads up there; it was just a question of whether they were on the right shoulders. His intentions are good, the bill is also something remarkable (unlike a recent local legislation in my city moving to provide roughly Php20 million worth of cars to city lawmakers when the city's waste management system lacks disposal trucks. Anyway, I digress.)
It sounds humane. It probably is intended to be so. And lately, in this setting, humanity + intelligence is a rare mix.
But there is a downside to their intelligence: they tend to look a kilometer ahead without seeing the glaring hole barely a yard from their noses.
They can't even find a way to address the problem of streetchildren begging in the streets. The Social Welfare centers are not even equipped enough because the funds due them already went through some politician's deep pockets. How on earth do they expect to take in more?
In a way, won't this also encourage more irresponsibility among the individuals concerned? It's like giving them a license to be even more reckless. "It's fine, I can just let the government take care of the child...."
And they can 'reclaim' the child they left in the government custody? What is this, a bloody human pawnshop?
I have nothing but distaste for people, mothers, who dump their children - alive or stillborn - no matter what their reason or justification is. It's a life. They created it. Whether they wanted to or not, it's LIFE.
If one can't be responsible for anything else, at least be responsible with LIFE, whether it's one's own or not.
Sometimes their stupidity knows no bounds......
ANYWAY. My January's hellish so far, but work is work, and we all have to deal one way or another.
