RH Bill Debate: Baguio Priest to Rep. Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel, "Ang ganda-gandang babae niya...pero ang pangit-pangit ng stand niya."

A sermon of a Baguio Cathedral priest rather went controversial when he threw a remark on Reproductive Health (RH) Bill supporter, former Akbayan party-list Rep. Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel.

A screen capture of Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel's RH Bill Video

"Ang ganda-gandang babae niya...pero ang pangit-pangit ng stand niya, Risa Hontiveros," the priest reportedly said during a mass.

A few moments later, he ordered the church-goers to stop hearing the mass and leave if they support the RH Bill.

"Kung meron nakikimisa dito pero pro-RH bill… Please, go out. It's useless," the priest said.

"What is this mass for if you are pro-RH bill? What is going to Church for if you're pro-RH bill?," he added.

In an interview by ABS-CBN, the ex-representative said she was shocked by the statements of the priest.

“Nakaka-shock, nakakalungkot, nakakagalit. Can’t they let people worship in peace? Mahal na araw pa naman ngayon."

“Don't use the pulpit, which belongs to all the lay people, as attack vantage point,” Hontiveros-Baraquel told ABS-CBN.

Recent reports say the priest has apologized to the former legislature but he was firm in stand to send RH bill supporters out of church.

Here's a related video on Youtube, courtesy of "PINASISM6":

Party-list group gives away free condoms on Valentine's Day

The Pro-Reproductive Health (RH) party-list group, Akbayan gathered at the Mega-Q Mart (formerly Nepa-Q Mart) along EDSA to give out free condoms to vendors and market goers Valentine's Day, 2011.

Despite the opposition coming from the Catholic Church on the distribution of condoms, the Party continued to distribute the materials in an effort to inform people on reproductive rights and secure support for the passage of the RH bill.

The group said the activity was in continuation of the Department of Health's (DOH) initiative under then Secretary Esperanza Cabral, last year.

The DOH earlier said on reports that they will not distribute condoms this year.

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) earlier encouraged the DOH not to dispense condoms, saying that it sends a wrong message to the youth encouraging premarital sex.