Interview with Sarah Pope on Ratsada Inquirer

Ratsada Inquirer got to talk to Sarah Pope via Skype during the Ratsada Inquirer show at DZIQ 990khz. Here is the 14 minutes audio interview via Skype.

Sarah Pope’s intention in her blog post is not to inform women of the harmful effects of the pill but not deprive women of the choice. In her blog, she apologized to the Filipino women on how Senator Sotto used her post for political gain.

“Women of the Philippines: I am terribly sorry my blog was used and twisted against you. You deserve the choice to use The Pill if you want or need to based on your particular circumstances. While I want you to know that this choice has health consequences, I in no way would ever condone taking this choice away from you! Mabuhay!”

Sarah Pope has no plans to sue. She says “the right course of action is for Sotto to apologize. I…still Sotto should take responsibility for his staff a any leader should when they make a mistake. It makes sense for Senator Sotto to take responsibility, say I’m sorry and we can all move on.”

Inquirer.net wrote an article based on the skype interview:

“None of this would have happened if he [Sotto] has the guts, he must be very spineless, to not be able to be man enough to just say ‘I’m sorry,’ she added.

“How hard is that to do?” asked Pope.

When asked whether she would file a case against Sotto, Pope said that while she was seeking legal counsel, this wasn’t her style and that the “right course of action would be for the senator to just apologize and then move on”.

“He should take responsibility for his staff as any leader would,” said Pope.

At the same time, Pope said that if there would be anything “positive” that would come out of this, it would be for “the Filipino people see him for what he really is”.

“He thinks he’s above the law, he can do whatever he wants, then the Filipino people should take action and vote him out of office,” said Pope.

When informed of online efforts to have Sotto subjected to an inquiry by the Senate ethics committee, Pope said, “He does need to shunned by his fellow legislators for very bad behaviour.”

Pope also took exception to Sotto’s comments about her being called as just “a blogger”, saying, “I’m not just a stupid blogger, a stupid mom who’s blogging about recipe. I’m no dummy. When a woman is condescended to like that, that is very rude.”

@teddyboylocsin suggests that “Sotto shud say: I apologize 2 Sarah Pope and agree w her suspicion of the pill, I wish I credited her for her wise opinion. Deeply sorry.”

Here is the reaction of the tweeps on Sarah ‘s audio interview.