Are you in favor of Population Control?

  

           Population control is the most debatable topic today. Based on my research it is the practice of artificially altering the rate of growth of a human population. If you haven't known yet, the Philippines currently rank the 12th country having the biggest population around the world. According to National Statistics Office statistics, Philippines have 97.6 million total populations at 2012. We can all see the big difference of our population from the past. Each year it is getting bigger and bigger. That’s the reason why we should implement population control.

     Every year the population increases over the world and the main problem is poverty because the more population the world has, hungry people increases. Parents are unable to send their children to school; newly graduates cannot find jobs because of increasing numbers of graduating students each year.  Overpopulation also directly or indirectly add a range of problems affecting the earth like pollution and global warming, also the scarcity of living space and disruption of ecological balance of earth. How can we live a healthy life that we wanted if there is no food to eat, space for us to live, career, etc.? Life is very challenging so we must make a move to make it better.

  

   Am I in favor of population control? Yes I am. As a woman it is my responsibility to take care of my well-being and my body. I should have self-discipline and I believe that all of us should also have that. Husbands and wives should decide which family planning method to use to control reproduction. Family planning help reduces the number of unplanned pregnancies and abortions among women, and allows women the opportunity to choose when the time is right to have a child. Family planning gives women the option to wait until they are financially able to care for a child, and gives them time to pursue educational and employment goals without worrying about the financial burden of an unplanned pregnancy.  Family planning is a one way method of controlling the population. It is very important for the health of the mother and her children. 

There are government agencies that educate and help parents choose their method of family planning .  Since parents are responsible for providing their children of their basic needs like education, shelter, clothing and food, it is right and able that they must learn how to control the population.

 
     We should all know that population control is a big help in making our country a productive and successful one. All of us will benefit from it, it is for our own good. We should have self-discipline and put in our minds that God values children and we should too. Parents should be responsible enough with their children. We all must be careful stewards of our resources, we should definitely not use the excuse of overpopulation to implement abortion, or other immoral and dangerous means of birth control. Population control in a good way to make a better future.