Bishops: Contraceptives to cause more problems

PHILIPPINE bishops warned the government over the weekend that “contracepting” the present generation to the point of “aborting the next generation” will cause problems in the future.

“A government that pursues the short-sighted policy of contracepting the present generation is committing the resources of future government to provide for the social security requirements of this contracepted generation,” the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said in a statement.

“This is precisely the problem faced worldwide by countries that have contracepted and aborted their next generation labor force. From an advantaged position of having a huge labor force of young people we should learn from their experience,” the bishops said

The CBCP statement was issued as the country’s Catholic bishops gathered in Manila for the CBCP’s annual plenary assembly.

The bishops said contraception mitigates the strain that additional children will pose on an already large family. They, however, said contraception does not add to the material wherewithal for the family’s survival.

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