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May 03, 2012
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PH Tops Teenage Pregnancy in Southeast Asia

Ceredeña also  cited the NYC’s National Youth Assessment Study that revealed that unplanned pregnancy was one of the main reasons  young people do not complete their education.

The UNFPA study indicated the rate of teenage pregnancy in the country at 53 out of 1,000 Filipino women aged 15 – 19.

…The youth official is recommending “Age-appropriate reproductive health education” to address is problem.

Parents, have you talked with your kids? Talked WITH, not AT, not TO. Do they know and understand what sex is, how it’s done, and what could happen?

Without the RH Bill, without proper sex education, the worst can and will continue to happen. 

Face the facts today. 

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Video
February 20, 2012
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Cabinyan, a 55-year-old housewife, lives in Baseco, Tondo, Manila, one of the poorest communities in the city, with her husband and their 17 children. Her husband works as a janitor.

Cabinyan has been pregnant 22 times, but 5 of her children died.  

“I first got pregnant when I was 16 years old. We lived in a very remote part of Baseco then. There were health workers who would visit us and talk to us about family planning and birth spacing. I was open to it, but we lived so far that they could only visit once every three months,” Cabinyan recalls.

-Report by Ana P. Santos of Rappler [article]

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Video
January 24, 2012
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PBS does a report on the birth control programs in small, rural areas in the Philippines and their effect on the community.

Resident Jason Bostero explains why he and his wife Crisna chose to have only two children: “I am a farmer and fisherman. My income is just right to feed us three times a day. It’s really, really different when you have a small family.”

A community-based family planning program is making condoms and the birth control pill “as easy as buying soft drinks or matches” in the village, according to the report.

Watch the video, or read the article here.

(from carlosceldran)

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Link
January 19, 2012
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Abortion Rates Are Higher In Countries Where Procedure Is Illegal, Study Finds

Worth noting: “Experts couldn’t say whether more liberal laws led to fewer procedures, but said good access to birth control in those countries resulted in fewer unwanted pregnancies.”


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December 16, 2011
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Soda-soap mix as contraception - experts are alarmed

BAGUIO CITY- Young Filipinos have been resorting to a concoction of detergent or bath soap plus cola drink, which they consume after engaging in premarital sex because they believe that the mixture can prevent the transmission of sexually-transmitted infections, a doctor revealed in this year’s national school health and nutrition congress here.

RH Bill not a priority? For how long? And how much longer do we let this go on?

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