Birth control has become necessary in the modern world.
We are told it is because of the danger of food shortage. It is believed that
through limiting the number of children to three or four, overpopulation will
be checked. Food will therefore go round. Besides, it is believed that it helps
in national and international planning.
It is not without some disadvantages. We know that the
original intention of the introducers of the artificial device has become
polluted to the extent that the emphasis has shifted from the normal to the
materialist. Hence new and new artificial devices are being introduced and they
do not guarantee any certainty in relation to the purpose they are supposed to
serve. And yet their existence in the markets has encouraged promiscuity and
other sex abuses.
Their presence in the shop has also led to the death of
many a youth who were lured into sexual intercourse on the reliance on the
prescriptions only to discover that they were deceived. The unwanted
pregnancies had to be removed and this had resulted to the death of the victims
_ the pregnant ones. Besides, the so-called pills are capable of affecting
internal reproductive organs in such a way that the effect may lead to
sterility in the female. The pills can also cause the malformation or
abnormality of the unborn child after damaging the uterus. We also want to know
the good sense in inserting contraceptives in the female organ permanently.
Perhaps, the temporary one can be defended. Suppose, a husband and his wife who
once decided they had got enough children later come to realise they must have
more.
QUESTION
Summarise briefly and clearly (i) Two advantages and (ii)
Two disadvantages of birth control.
ANSWER
(i)(a) It limits the number of people so that food may be
sufficient for all (b) It aids national and international planning
(ii)(a) It may cause physiological damage and death (b)
It is opposed to African tradition while it may later be found psychologically
disadvantageous to the family.
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