- What is your opinion about the practice of family planning? Are you for it or against it?
I am for the practice of family planning.
The practice of family planning has been in place for many years already. It’s main goal is to achieve a stable family that can support its needs. With adequate socioeconomic support, families can live with a balanced nutrition, proper housing, and a good mental health amongst many other benefits. The long term economic benefit that family planning to each family is already enough for me to agree with it.
As a student nurse, the other aspect of family planning that I agree to is the reduced burden of teenage pregnancies to the maternal and infant mortality as young couples are educated about their developing reproductive system. This would help in making the decision to not have a child in the wrong time, thus reducing teenage pregnancy related birth defects, disabilities, etc.
- Are you in favor of the Reproductive Health Law and its provisions? Elaborate your answer.
I am in favor of the Reproductive Health Law and its provisions.
The Republic Act No. 10354 on Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health is a law that guarantees universal and free access to contraceptives for all citizens, especially impoverished areas. The Law also provides reproductive health, maternal, infant, and child education and treatments to reproductive tract infections, abortion complications, sexual dysfunction, etc. It also provides the necessary foundation for providing manpower, resources, facilities, and infrastructure in order to give access to quality care for expectant mothers and for reproductive health related services. With this Law, women are now able to exert more control of their fertility and reduce the amount of unintended pregnancies. It also reduces spontaneous abortions as they do not have to rely on chance of having a child due to having knowledge of the reproductive cycle. Increased access to quality care also increases percentage of normal births, reducing the need to procreate to increase chances of survival and greatly increases of the survivability of people with HIV and recovery rate from STDs.
Cabral, E. (2013). Reproductive Health Law in the Philippines. Retrieved from https://www.asean-endocrinejournal.org/index.php/JAFES/article/view/48/471