Unprogressive Family Planning in the Philippines

1. Impact

1.1. Maternal deaths

1.2. Unintended pregnancies

1.3. Unsafe methods or unsafe abortion

1.4. Failure to meet MDGs

1.5. Over population

1.6. Poverty and hunger

1.7. Increase in HIV/ AIDS cases

2. Causes

2.1. Cut funds for contraceptives

2.2. Church frowns upon contraceptives

2.3. Taboos on contraception

2.4. Insufficient sex education

2.5. Lack of family counseling

2.6. Government negligence

3. Solutions

3.1. Provision of free contraceptives

3.2. Consider sex education as health education

3.3. Empower women

3.4. Counseling programs in community level

3.5. Expansion of contraceptive choice

3.6. Political pressure