The RH Bill 

Here’s are some points that need to be considered:

1. Poverty in essence is a lack of choices – in goods, services, and jobs.

2. The lack of choices is not imposed by population size – but by government regulations and policies which restrict the flow of goods and services.

3. The increases in family size is prominent in agrarian economies as families rely on huge family size to provide cheaper labor that will till the family farms, therefore having higher income.

4. In transitioning economies, huge family size is used as a hedge against poverty. Children are seen as investments who will yield a return in the near future as they get jobs that can help the family.

5. In developed economies, family sizes are smaller because working people have less time to procreate. For short, jobs is a natural contraceptive which does not cost tax money.

6. Couples who have high educational attainment have smaller family sizes.

7. Population growth and fertility rates have been declining worldwide – regardless of government spending or not because technology has allowed the dissemination of information more rapidly and more widely.