I've met an Isis International member last week during a seminar I went to with my mom.  My mom told me that she was Ms. Somera, a supporter of the RH Bill and an active member of the said feminist group. I asked what were her thought regarding the status of the passage of the Bill. She told me that the Bill was already long overdue and that she knows that the longer the Bill gets to be neglected by the government, more and more women are suffering from either the lack of knowledge on family planning or the being exposed to unwanted sexually transmitted diseases. She also told me that their organization is still hoping and trying to get to the government in making them realize the importance of the passage of the RH Bill.

    While talking with her, it also came to me that the Bill seemed to have stagnated yet again is being forgotten (like many of the other bills proposed in the Congress and Senate). I just hope that it still would get passed in this new administration.
 
“Kung sino may pinakakonti na kabuhayan ang may pinakamaraming anak,” Trinidad “Ka Trining” Domingo, president of the Pambansang Koalisyon ng mga Kababaihan sa Kanayunan (PKKK)


I got this statement from an abs-cbn news article when I read upon something about rural women being in favor of the immediate passing of the bill. These women even questioned the Church if they would be able feed their them with the non-passage of the bill. The group believes that the bill would strengthen the rights of women over their reproductive health.


Although abstinence may be an answer, it going to be quite difficult for couples, especially husbands to really do that (quite a reality to some, as some wives may claim). RH bill would be the answer for saving the lives women (see my post "Ang Istorya ni Elsa."
 
Basically this one's about women in Manila, preventing them from gaining access from any modern contraceptives such as condoms and pills. Its was passed by former Mayor "Lito" Atienza.  I've read this article from abs-cbn news .com  which describes what happend thereafter:
    
                   "Mothers attend to their babies inside a ward of a government hospital in Manila July 23, 2008. An estimated 50 to   60 deliveries occur daily at a government hospital in Manila, forcing staff to discharge new mothers as early as 12 to 24 hours after birth. In the face of a burgeoning population growth rate, women's rights groups and members of the Philippine Congress are currently pushing for reproductive health and birth control legislation, but strong opposition remains in the form of the influential and staunchly traditional Catholic Church."    --- REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES)


Simply put, it worsened things for the women in Manila. And quoting from the same news article,with the RH Bill, it can nullify the said EO 003.