Comments on: Yes to population control http://www.iloiloviews.com/yes-to-population-control.html Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:09:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Dr. Antonio Gestosani http://www.iloiloviews.com/yes-to-population-control.html#comment-895 Dr. Antonio Gestosani Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:09:33 +0000 http://www.iloiloviews.com/yes-to-population-control.html#comment-895 I stand to be corrected, but my views toward the Reproductive Health Care Act as a tool by the government to solve overpopulation in the Philippines needs to to be redefined as you are a CHRISTISAN NATION. The CBCP is a pro-life advocate, and to legislate HB 812 with total disregard to the teaching of catholic church (who serves the majority of Filipino faithfuls), then it is a blatant violation of their faith and religion. The CBCP has the right to review and recommend correction because once this is legislated, then it becomes the law. I stand to be corrected, but my views toward the Reproductive Health Care Act as a tool by the government to solve overpopulation in the Philippines needs to to be redefined as you are a CHRISTISAN NATION. The CBCP is a pro-life advocate, and to legislate HB 812 with total disregard to the teaching of catholic church (who serves the majority of Filipino faithfuls), then it is a blatant violation of their faith and religion. The CBCP has the right to review and recommend correction because once this is legislated, then it becomes the law.

]]> By: Bruce in Iloilo http://www.iloiloviews.com/yes-to-population-control.html#comment-893 Bruce in Iloilo Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:46:09 +0000 http://www.iloiloviews.com/yes-to-population-control.html#comment-893 Dr. Gestosani is incorrect to say that comprehensive family planning has been legislated in the United States. It has not. Some schools and some school districts have sex education but this is not uniform across the country. The United States does not have a single national education system or curriculum. Further, there is no national comprehensive family planning policy. There is some federal money spent -- very little relatively -- but there is no national policy, goal, office or bureaucracy setting a national policy. Indeed, I know of no state that has legislated comprehensive family planning. Any efforts are piecemeal. American-born Americans (i.e. not immigrants) have a below-replacement-leve birth rate not because of family planning efforts by the government or otherwise. They have it because they choose it. Family planning efforts are not the most effective - or even a very effective -- way to reduce the number of children. The number of children are reduced when the level of education of women is raised and when there is increased economic opportunities. Reduced fertility rates is a secondary affect, not a cause. We should spend our time and money on improving education and opportunities for women rather then on artificial contraception. Besides, if we are going to put our time and money into disputing pills, I can think of many more important pills and vaccines that should be a higher priority then birth control pills. How about ending TB in this country? Dr. Gestosani is incorrect to say that comprehensive family planning has been legislated in the United States. It has not. Some schools and some school districts have sex education but this is not uniform across the country. The United States does not have a single national education system or curriculum.

Further, there is no national comprehensive family planning policy. There is some federal money spent — very little relatively — but there is no national policy, goal, office or bureaucracy setting a national policy. Indeed, I know of no state that has legislated comprehensive family planning. Any efforts are piecemeal.

American-born Americans (i.e. not immigrants) have a below-replacement-leve birth rate not because of family planning efforts by the government or otherwise. They have it because they choose it. Family planning efforts are not the most effective - or even a very effective — way to reduce the number of children. The number of children are reduced when the level of education of women is raised and when there is increased economic opportunities. Reduced fertility rates is a secondary affect, not a cause. We should spend our time and money on improving education and opportunities for women rather then on artificial contraception.

Besides, if we are going to put our time and money into disputing pills, I can think of many more important pills and vaccines that should be a higher priority then birth control pills. How about ending TB in this country?

]]> By: Dr. Antonio Gestosani http://www.iloiloviews.com/yes-to-population-control.html#comment-888 Dr. Antonio Gestosani Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:30:19 +0000 http://www.iloiloviews.com/yes-to-population-control.html#comment-888 I agree that the Philippine Government has to address overpopulation and the rice crisis in the country. It is estimated that 90 million more mouths to be fed at the end of this year. Therefore, I agree with the author to control the population growth. I am only speaking (as a catholic) to voice my views to this critical problem in the Philippines and encourage the legislators to abide with the teaching of the catholic church. The original House bill 812 (Reproductive Health Care Act) authored by Cong. Janet Garin was too radical and it goes against the teaching of the church. It needs to be amended and redefined and endorsed by the CBCP. Here in the States, because comprehensive family planning has been legislated, and sex education is part of the program in the grade school, the incidence of teen pregnancy is down. I will also emphasized that the more educated the population is, the less children they choose to raise. So, implement comprehensive family planning early, and abide by the teaching of the catholic church. You are a christian nation. I agree that the Philippine Government has to address overpopulation and the rice crisis in the country. It is estimated that 90 million more mouths to be fed at the end of this year. Therefore, I agree with the author to control the population growth. I am only speaking (as a catholic) to voice my views to this critical problem in the Philippines and encourage the legislators to abide with the teaching of the catholic church. The original House bill 812 (Reproductive Health Care Act) authored by Cong. Janet Garin was too radical and it goes against the teaching of the church. It needs to be amended and redefined and endorsed by the CBCP. Here in the States, because comprehensive family planning has been legislated, and sex education is part of the program in the grade school, the incidence of teen pregnancy is down. I will also emphasized that the more educated the population is, the less children they choose to raise. So, implement comprehensive family planning early, and abide by the teaching of the catholic church. You are a christian nation.

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