The Unseen Cost Of Philippines' Pandemic Baby Boom | Undercover Asia | CNA Documentary
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Published 2022-03-19
Most women who are too poor to raise another child, unwed, or too young to bear any children seek the help of backstreet abortionists and abortion pill traders. Others turn to peddling their unwanted child. What must be done to stop the trend?
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All Comments (21)
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The first problem is putting the responsibility of birth control solely on the women when they're only half of the equation.
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NOT ONE WORD ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FATHERS TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR CHILD.
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Education and awareness is the solution to this problem. It's tragic that this is happening as information has never been so readily available.
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Age of consent in the Philippines has been 12 years until recently changed to by Duterte to 16 years. Coupled with lack of educational opportunities, low or no income, and forced marriages it is a disaster. Religion plays a large part in prohibiting abortions and encouraging child marriages. Duterte has the guts to do the right thing. I have the guts to say Religion has lost its meaning and purpose along the way.
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Great content. Also, one factor why birthrate has increased among teenagers during the pandemic and even before the pandemic is due to sex abuse. This type of abuse sometimes happens at home (domestic). Meaning the perpetrator is either an immediate family member or a relative and sometimes a neighbor. Someone she knows personally.
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The fact is this country is predominantly Catholic. The Catholic religion has a lot of responsibility when it comes to unwanted pregnancy Any bith control is frowned upon even for married menopausal women when there is a danger to life of the mother & baby.
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instead of just blaming it on the pandemic, the men should grow some balls & accept the fact they are messing up!! They should be held accountable! Also the women are giving such stupid "out of boredom" reason is beyond me!!!
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No mention of the responsibility of the men in this story.
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People who are against family planning should spend their lives living in the squatter areas and seehpw unfair it is to dictate what they should do with their bodies.
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this is why sex education should be teach in schools so that the earlier they know the better to avoid unwanted pregnancy also abortion should be legal
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5 minute joy turned into lifetime of burden
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I'm a Filipina and when I was in my teens, I was made to believe by the community that the end goal of life is to get married and have children. I'm in my 30s now, single and child free.
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this is why the ChildFree movement exist too. it's frustrating how many people call us childfree people selfish, it's frustrating when people bingo us to have kids. it's even more frustrating that a heavily religious countries like our philippines look down on not having kids or at least birth control
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Have been watching this for 10 mins and I was like, why can't men stop having sex temporarily when they don' t have birth pills?. So angry they risk their wife's health and create an unwanted child.
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Men control pregnancy better by not being sloppy and promiscuous and don't release your sperm. Both bear responsibility
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My sympathy is for the poor babies coz they aren't aware that they are being sold. What future holds for them when they fall into the wrong hands specifically abusive predators.
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Am Ugandan and we have the same problem. Am a warrior ready to ensure every woman and man gets access to contraceptives of their choice
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It wasn't just lack of condoms, it's a huge problem there. People do not go to school and have no idea about family planning or pregnancy prevention
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Every child deserves a parent but not every parent deserves a child.🤦♂️
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I'm a girl I'm from Indonesia and I work in the Philippines,, I hope the Philippine government pays more attention to these children ❤️❤️
