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[poy]

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I think mas effective man tingali ang newer methods of control kaysa natural nga abstinence ug planning

[AmorsoloX]

I think mas effective man tingali ang newer methods of control kaysa natural nga abstinence ug planning

the catholic church doesnt agree with that.. it still sticks to its absolete and ineffective methods...

[poy]

Bitaw sad pero sometimes we need to adjust to cope with the changes surrounding us...

[mannyamador]

I think mas effective man tingali ang newer methods of control kaysa natural nga abstinence ug planning

I'm afraid modern science does NOT agree with you. Natural Family Planning has been proven to be the nmost effective and safest means to prevent unplanned pregnancy. Science has also proven that abstinence is thew most effective means to fight AIDS.

In fact, science has also proven that contraceptives are the MOST INEFFECTIVE way to prevent unplanned pregnancy since it encourages risky behavior (more s3x partners and casual ***) which results in more unplanned pregnancies and more demand for abortions. The Church is right. The contraceptive pushers are still living in the dark ages.

Here's the scieitific evidence.

FACT: Contracetpvies are ineffective at preventoing unplanned pregnasncvy; increased contracetpive usage leadsw to MOREunplanned pregnancies.

• Increased access to contraception not linked to decrease in numbers of unplanned pregnancies, abortions
  http://www.news-medical.net/?id=20761
  
  
  The belief that increased access to contraception will “reduce rates of unintended
  pregnancy and abortion” has “intuitive appeal, but the data prove otherwise,”
  Susan Wills, associate director for education for the U.S. Conference of Catholic
  Bishops’ Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, writes in a Washington Post letter to
  the editor in response to a Post opinion piece by William Saletan, science and
  technology reporter for Slate magazine.
  
  
• Habit Persistence and Teen ***: Could Increased Access to Contraception have Unintended Consequences for Teen Pregnancies?
  http://www.econ.duke.edu/~psarcidi/teensex.pdf
  
  
  The persistence in sexual activity is such that policies that affect access to
  contraception will have very different effects in the short run than the long run.
  Our results suggest that increasing access to contraception may actually increase
  long run pregnancy rates even though short run pregnancy rates fall. On the other
  and, policies that decrease access to contraception, and hence sexual activity,
  are likely to lower pregnancy rates in the long run.
  
  
• Contraception – It’s time to stop ducking the issue
  http://www.noroomforcontraception.co...t/view/106/57/
  
  
  According to the study Trends in Premarital *** in the United States, 1954-2003,
  the increase in premarital *** amongst a group of teens turning 15 during the
  years 1964-1973 “may be partly due to increased availability of effective
  contraception (in particular, the pill), which made it less likely that *** would lead
  to pregnancy.” (Finer, 2007)

FACT: Abstinance is more effective at preventing unplanned pregnancy.

• Efficacy of a Theory-Based Abstinence-Only Intervention Over 24 Months
  A Randomized Controlled Trial With Young Adolescents
  Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010;164(2):152-159.
  http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/con...ract/164/2/152
  
  
  Conclusion: Theory-based abstinence-only interventions may have an important role in preventing adolescent sexual involvement.
• Abstinence Education Works - New Report Offers More Evidence
  Contraception educators have been lying to kids for decades says leader
  http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/dec/04121004.html
  
  
  SIOUX FALLS, SD, December 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Amidst cries for scientific proof and medical accuracy the National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) released two reports today offering more evidence that abstinence education works.

Here's another fact proven by science: condoms are INEFFFECTIVE for preventing AIDS infections because they also encourage risky behavior, which eventually overcomes any protection the condom can provide, resulting in more AIDS infections.

• Increasing Condom Use Without Reducing HIV Risk: Results of a Controlled Community Trial in Uganda
  http://journals.lww.com/jaids/pages/...&type=abstract
  
  
  Conclusions: In this study, gains in condom use seem to have been offset by
  increases in the number of *** partners. Prevention interventions in generalized
  epidemics need to promote all aspects of sexual risk reduction to slow HIV
  transmission.
• From Saint Peter’s Square to Harvard Square
  http://article.nationalreview.com/?q...GUyOWYxNmEzN2E
  
  
  We have found no consistent associations between condom use and lower
  HIV-infection rates, which, 25 years into the pandemic, we should be seeing
  if this intervention was working.”
  
  So notes Edward C. Green, director of the AIDS Prevention Research Project
  at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, in response
  to papal press comments en route to Africa this week.

But as usual, some people choose to remain blind to the facts.




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[mannyamador]

I think mas effective man tingali ang newer methods of control kaysa natural nga abstinence ug planning

I'm afraid modern science does NOT agree with you. Natural Family Planning has been proven to be the nmost effective and safest means to prevent unplanned pregnancy. Science has also proven that abstinence is thew most effective means to fight AIDS.

In fact, science has also proven that contraceptives are the MOST INEFFECTIVE way to prevent unplanned pregnancy since it encourages risky behavior (more s3x partners and casual ***) which results in more unplanned pregnancies and more demand for abortions. The Church is right. The contraceptive pushers are still living in the dark ages.

Here's the scieitific evidence.

FACT: Contracetpvies are ineffective at preventoing unplanned pregnasncvy; increased contracetpive usage leadsw to MOREunplanned pregnancies.

• Increased access to contraception not linked to decrease in numbers of unplanned pregnancies, abortions
  http://www.news-medical.net/?id=20761
  
  
  The belief that increased access to contraception will “reduce rates of unintended
  pregnancy and abortion” has “intuitive appeal, but the data prove otherwise,”
  Susan Wills, associate director for education for the U.S. Conference of Catholic
  Bishops’ Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, writes in a Washington Post letter to
  the editor in response to a Post opinion piece by William Saletan, science and
  technology reporter for Slate magazine.
  
  
• Habit Persistence and Teen ***: Could Increased Access to Contraception have Unintended Consequences for Teen Pregnancies?
  http://www.econ.duke.edu/~psarcidi/teensex.pdf
  
  
  The persistence in sexual activity is such that policies that affect access to
  contraception will have very different effects in the short run than the long run.
  Our results suggest that increasing access to contraception may actually increase
  long run pregnancy rates even though short run pregnancy rates fall. On the other
  and, policies that decrease access to contraception, and hence sexual activity,
  are likely to lower pregnancy rates in the long run.
  
  
• Contraception – It’s time to stop ducking the issue
  http://www.noroomforcontraception.co...t/view/106/57/
  
  
  According to the study Trends in Premarital *** in the United States, 1954-2003,
  the increase in premarital *** amongst a group of teens turning 15 during the
  years 1964-1973 “may be partly due to increased availability of effective
  contraception (in particular, the pill), which made it less likely that *** would lead
  to pregnancy.” (Finer, 2007)

FACT: Abstinance is more effective at preventing unplanned pregnancy.

• Efficacy of a Theory-Based Abstinence-Only Intervention Over 24 Months
  A Randomized Controlled Trial With Young Adolescents
  Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010;164(2):152-159.
  http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/con...ract/164/2/152
  
  
  Conclusion: Theory-based abstinence-only interventions may have an important role in preventing adolescent sexual involvement.
• Abstinence Education Works - New Report Offers More Evidence
  Contraception educators have been lying to kids for decades says leader
  http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/dec/04121004.html
  
  
  SIOUX FALLS, SD, December 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Amidst cries for scientific proof and medical accuracy the National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) released two reports today offering more evidence that abstinence education works.

Here's another fact proven by science: condoms are INEFFFECTIVE for preventing AIDS infections because they also encourage risky behavior, which eventually overcomes any protection the condom can provide, resulting in more AIDS infections.

• Increasing Condom Use Without Reducing HIV Risk: Results of a Controlled Community Trial in Uganda
  http://journals.lww.com/jaids/pages/...&type=abstract
  
  
  Conclusions: In this study, gains in condom use seem to have been offset by
  increases in the number of *** partners. Prevention interventions in generalized
  epidemics need to promote all aspects of sexual risk reduction to slow HIV
  transmission.
• From Saint Peter’s Square to Harvard Square
  http://article.nationalreview.com/?q...GUyOWYxNmEzN2E
  
  
  We have found no consistent associations between condom use and lower
  HIV-infection rates, which, 25 years into the pandemic, we should be seeing
  if this intervention was working.”
  
  So notes Edward C. Green, director of the AIDS Prevention Research Project
  at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, in response
  to papal press comments en route to Africa this week.

But as usual, some people choose to remain blind to the facts.




DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS AND THE LIVES OF THE UNBORN!
NO TO THE COERCIVE, TOTALITARIAN RH/ABORTION BILL (HB 5043)!
Please sign the petition AGAINST the RH/Abortion Bill (HB5043)
http://www.petitiononline.com/xxhb5043/

[mannyamador]

7000 Youth Rally for Chastity in Guatemala City
By Hilary White
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/mar/10031907.html

GUATEMALA CITY, March 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - More than 7,000 young people between 12 and 25 participated in a rally in Guatemala City and pledged themselves to chastity this week. The rally was part of the first National Congress of Catholic Youth, an event organised by the Augustinian Recollect Youth (JAR), March 13-14.

The group said that it wanted to promote the message: "Be purified. If you purify yourself and allow only good things to enter within you then you can decide and have the power to do so through the Grace of Christ."

A highlight of the rally was the presence of Mexican actor and producer Eduardo Verastegui, the star of the award-winning pro-life film Bella, who shared his conversion story. Verastegui was honoured recently by the Italian government with the Mother Teresa of Calcutta European Award for Life for his efforts to defend the right to life.

The Congress filled the Dome in Guatemala City, where young people heard the testimony of a former soap opera Mexican actress, Karyme Lozano, who abandoned a successful career in order to live according to the teachings of the Catholic Church. This was followed by a conference on Eucharistic Miracles by a Bolivian scientist, Dr. Ricardo Castañon, who presented evidence for Jesus' Real Presence in the Eucharist.

The Vatican representative, the Nuncio of Guatemala, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, delivered a message from Pope Benedict XVI.

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[Taki_07]

even kato mga unwanted pregnancies especially because they are being raped, is not an excused para iabort ang bata coz we dont have any authority to take someone's life. only God can. its a big sin jud ang muabort. i am not allowing abortion at all bisan feel na atong generation na normal ra na buhaton. we are all not an accident at all. i understand life when i read the PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE. such a living book. you all should read it

[water_bearer]

stop abortion!

[peewee_toot]

even kato mga unwanted pregnancies especially because they are being raped, is not an excused para iabort ang bata coz we dont have any authority to take someone's life. only God can. its a big sin jud ang muabort. i am not allowing abortion at all bisan feel na atong generation na normal ra na buhaton. we are all not an accident at all. i understand life when i read the PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE. such a living book. you all should read it

read it already sir... that's why im against abortion...

[mannyamador]

Curbing the myth of over-population to fight poverty
Saturday, February 7, 2009
By Nicholas Eberstadt, Special to The China Post
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commenta...urbing-the.htm



WASHINGTON -- President Obama has ended the ban on federal funds imposed by the Bush Administration on groups that promote or perform abortions abroad and on the United Nations Population Fund. He must take this opportunity to put pressure on the UNFPA to concentrate on the health of women and babies -- and to stop wasting money assaulting the poor with wrongheaded population-control schemes.

"Continued rapid population growth poses a bigger threat to poverty reduction in most countries than HIV/AIDS," the UNFPA said in an hysterical statement on World Population Day, last July. This is plain wrong: it is not human numbers that cause poverty, but bad economic policies, laws and institutions.

The densely-populated Netherlands and Japan are prosperous but poor in resources, while much of impoverished Africa is thinly populated but rich in resources. The United States rose to affluence with one of the world's highest long-term population growth rates, while now-prosperous Ireland had negative long-term rates. Clearly, neither human numbers nor natural resources are keys to the modern story of global wealth and poverty.

The UNFPA talks of "women's empowerment and gender equality" and "universal access to reproductive health" but, despite this politically-correct discourse, it remains committed to its original purpose of reducing population growth: reproductive healthcare is "the most practicable option for slowing population growth," it says, equating this with poverty, food insecurity and environmental degradation.

These fallacies hark back to the 18th century economist Thomas Robert Malthus. Like many other pressure groups and NGOS, the UNFPA continues to commit elementary analytical errors: ignoring evidence staring us in the face.

The 20th century saw human numbers quadruple to more than six billion but food production widely outstripped population growth, average life expectancy doubled to well over 60 years, while global GDP per capita more than quintupled.

In the 1960s, alarmists such as Paul Ehrlich predicted imminent mass famine around the world. Indeed, in the last couple of years global food prices briefly shot up -- maize, wheat and rice all doubled or tripled in a short time -- but fell back again. In fact, the long-term trend in real grain prices over the past century has been heading steadily downward, at an average of seven to 10 percent per decade (depending on the product).To be sure, a horrifying number of people today still live in squalor, scourged by disease and hunger -- but the correct name for this is poverty, not "overpopulation." In countries where people cannot securely own property, cannot sell their produce freely and get scant protection in law, government is poverty's handmaiden.

Population alarmists and their allies in the U.N. are deluding themselves when they claim government intervention can reduce fertility rates and "stabilize" population. Their mantra is that education, high literacy and cheap birth control lead to lower birth rates.

Health, literacy and voluntary contraception are meritorious objectives in their own right, irrespective of any influence on population growth. But it is misleading to claim they predictably reduce birth rates.

Take literacy. The adult literacy rate in 2006 was about a third higher in Malawi than Morocco (54% vs. 40%), yet fertility levels in Malawi were double. Family planning campaigns are similarly unpredictable: in 1974 Mexico started a vigorous campaign to cut population growth and got fertility levels down by 56% but Brazil's fertility level fell by 54% with no campaign at all, in the same quarter century. These are not cherry-picked examples: there is simply no way of knowing in advance the impact of family-planning programs on birth rates.

It turns out that the single best international predictor of fertility levels is the number of children that women say they would like. The only proven way of curbing population growth is coercion, as in India briefly in the 1970s and in UNFPA-client China today. There is no other assured way of accomplishing immediate and dramatic birth reductions through population policy -- period.

Many organizations, including the World Health Organization and UNICEF, already work to promote the health of women and children internationally. Plainly, many global health threats, from maternal and neonatal deaths to diarrhea, malaria and other infectious diseases, are creations of poverty. Only economic growth and freedom, not deceitful population programs from the UNFPA, can empower women and spare them poverty and premature death.

Nicholas Eberstadt is a political economist at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.

Copyright © 1999 – 2010 The China Post.



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