The latest RH Bill plenary debate has enlightened millions of Filipinos as the Honorable Senator Juan Ponce Enrile included the act of masturbation as a form of abortion, when Enrile said and it comes from his belief as a Roman Catholic.
The Roman Catholic Church views masturbation as an act that constitutes a moral disorder and absolutely and without any excuse, a seriously disordered act that has the same category as bestiality and sodomy.
At the Senate the RH Bill plenary, Enrile has said that…
“And the question that bothers me is… Is the sperm alive? Is the ovum of the woman alive? I have consulted doctors and the answer is yes.
The sperm of a man cannot fertilize any egg, not the egg of a whale, or a lizard, or a bird, or a fish, but only the egg of a woman. And neither can the egg of a woman be fertilized by any other sperm except the sperm of a man, so that these two elements must be together to create life. But each one of them has life. There is no question about that because they have mobility: They move; they develop.”
And with this statement, Sen. Pia Cayetano a co-author of the Senate’s version of the Bill, gave a hypothetical scenario where a man masturbates outside the woman’s vagina, here are the excerpts.
SEN. PIA CAYETANO: “So, if a man and a woman are sleeping together as husband and wife and a man avails of the withdrawal method and ejaculates outside the vagina of a woman, that is ‘interference’ in the same way a condom would be, because the man and the woman decided not to allow the egg and the sperm to meet, is that his Honor’s position?”
SEN. JUAN PONCE ENRILE: “Well, if the man wants to satisfy himself by manipulating himself alone, if it is only for pleasure, then it interferes with the production of life. That is my belief. That is a matter of faith to me.”
BUT, let's try to search on the word Masturbation, the word "Onanism" redirects here. For the Biblical origin of the term "onanism", Masturbation refers to sexual stimulation of a person's own genitals, usually to the point of orgasm.[1] The stimulation can be performed manually, by use of objects or tools, or by some combination of these methods.[2] Masturbation is a common form of autoeroticism. Masturbation with a partner, called mutual masturbation, is also common.
Benefits
It is held in many mental health circles that masturbation can relieve depression and lead to a higher sense of self-esteem.[38] Masturbation can also be particularly useful in relationships where one partner wants more sex than the other – in which case masturbation provides a balancing effect and thus a more harmonious relationship.[39] Risks
Those who insert objects as aid to masturbation risk them becoming stuck (e.g. as Rectal foreign bodies). Men and women can fall prey to this problem. A woman presented at a German hospital with two pencils in her bladder. She had inserted them into her urethra during masturbation.[45]
If you will be going to ask me, i think, Masturbation is a violation of Moral Law. So that means, we can't change the ideas, beliefs and principles of a certain individual.
