Philippine village AYALA ALABANG ranked #9 in Twitter's trending topic last night. Thanks to the hilarious baranggay ordinance that the baranggay officials of Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa City came up with.
As per gmanews.com, the ordinance made effective February 24, 2011 states that "Every purchase of condoms, hormone pills and other contraceptives at pharmacies w/in the jurisdiction should require a doctor's prescription. As quoted, health services within the territorial jurisdiction are required to use only "safe, ethical, effective, legal and non-abortifacient medicines or drugs or machines, devices or methods of treatment that do not cause abortion intentionally or unintentionally."
Everybody thinks the idea is hilariously funny. Who the hell would go to a doctor just to get a prescription for a condom? Does it mean that convinience stores like 7-11 and Mini-stop selling flavored Frenzy in the area should also ask for a prescription?
Filipino people promoting Reproductive Health Bill (RH Bill)
Personally, I am not a contraceptive advocate and I do believe that abortion is a major sin. I am a self-proclaimed Christian and I do understand when they say that "no drug or chemical product or device capable of provoking abortion... shall be delivered or sold to any person without a proper prescription by a duly licensed physician." I even agree to that. But hey! Do they really think a condom can kill an "unborn" baby? I don't think it should be referred to as an "abortificient". The ordinance even defines abortifacients as "any device, medicine or substance that may damage or interfere with the natural development or cause the expulsion or death of an unborn child". So is condom considered as such?
This, for me is a laughing matter to the international community. The Philippines is an intercultural country and although I live far from the area, I know Ayala Alabang is a big baranggay wherein residents' cultural beliefs vary. So how about those foreigners living in the area who are using these stuffs on a daily basis? Shouldn't they be respected?
When every place in the world is promoting safe sex and reproductive health, here they are trying to go against the flow. Are they really doing this for a good "humanitary" reason, or they are just trying to come up with anything that will separate them from the government's campaigns? They are probably just Anti-administration (Ninoy Aquino Administration).
Here are some popular tweets regarding this topic:
@marcosumayao: Dear Ayala Alabang, A sperm cell is not an unborn child, in the same way that a speck of pollen is not an unborn tree. Love, Science.
@jon_avila: This condom issue is outrageous.condoms are just here to help,help population control,disperse hiv and promote safe sex..idiots fuck off..
@WillDevaughn: Condom ban in Ayala Alabang? This is a joke right? No one is that stupid...
@FakeNoynoy: Why the fuck would a person go to a doctor to get prescription for condoms? Ayala Alabang, you just broke the world record for stupidity!
For Ayala Alabang residents, you guys don't have a choice anymore.. But you can go somewhere else to buy it, so you won't be much affected. Let's just give our sympathies to the poor convinience stores and pharmacies within the area for sales will surely be affected. Anyways, no matter how we blog and comment about it, it had already been approved. So that's now a LAW in the baranggay. And the penalty?
1st Offence - P1000 to P5000
2nd offense - P5000 to not less than 6mos imprisonment
Let's just wait for the record of the "first person convicted for buying a condom".. LOL
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