What are the benefits of implementing the one-child policy in the Philippines? ÖÜ?

Question

i need answers.. please!! i need to have answers for a debate and im on the negative side.. should've been on the affirmative side.. thanks!

Answer 1

You've got to be kidding me! What pinoy family would ever go for that?? You'd have EDSA III !

You know, the reason why Manila is so congested has nothing to do with population growth. Everyone in the country thinks that there's promise of work in the city and they all migrate from the provinces.

What PI needs to do is develop infrastructure throughout the country and develop the economies in other cities, like Davao and Cebu and perhaps even smaller cities. That would attract workers away from Manila and relieve the city of congestion.

(One of the unintended consequences of China's one-child policy is the cultural changes. Women are valued less, suffer within the culture, and in some cities the population is about 2/3 male to 1/3 female, which creates a brand new set of problems.)

Answer 2

Although I am an advocate for Family Planning, I think it would be a tremendous challenge for the government to implement this policy due to the following (but not limited to) the following factors: a. The influence of the authorities of the Roman Catholic Church towards the government is way too strong. The politicians are dependent on the vote of the Catholics (major religion in the Philippines c/o Spain) and if the politician know any better, they will not go against the teachings of the Catholic church. b. The government has to educate the Filipinos (especially those with lower educational attainments) about family planning but with limited (and oftenly corrupted) funds, the program ceases to be successful. c. The US aid provided to the Philippines for contraceptives have been cut down. d. The sex education in the country for students has been stopped due to pressure from the Catholic church. I guess these really are not disadvantages but more like roadblocks on why this policy will have a hard time in implementation.

Answer 3

My coworker is from China where they have the one child policy however there are certain exceptions to it for example at the time she was born her parents were given the chance to have another child in hopes of having a boy. They had another girl. She has told me that growing up she spent nights crying and wishing she was not born because her parents were so poor. If they only had one child then there may have been a lot less stress on them. On the other side they really learned how to share and life was not so lonely as maybe it would have been. A plus though is that once her younger sister graduates college and gets a job her parents will have twice the relief.
There are several ways you can look at this issue and many ways to rebuke it. Hopefully you can get some feedback from someone who has actually was not allowed to have more than one child and see what they think. I would imagine that a society would be outraged that they cannot make the choice of how many children they can have.

Answer 4

The policy lessens the growth of population thus decreasing the rate of poverty and unemployment.