Why rich people cannot afford many kids

Philippine Daily Inquirer

The rich cannot afford to have many children because more children will deprive them of time to make more and more money. Only the poor can afford to have many children because they trust that God will bless their best efforts to provide for their children.

If only the government would honestly use the billions and trillions of money allotted for good governance and public service, including proper infrastructure development, good education and health care, then all of us can work for a decent life. Then those who teach the morality of treating pregnancy as a disease like the proponents of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill do, and those who consider abortion simply as a process of “evacuating uterine contents,” would have no reason to force their morality on us.

A large majority of women who seek abortion are those who had failed in their attempt at contraception. Legalizing artificial contraception through abortifacients will surely lead to legalizing abortion.

Also, doctors do not have to be sick in order to treat their patients with similar cases of cancer, tuberculosis and other sicknesses. In the same way, the Church hierarchy under the infallible teaching of the Holy Father the Pope on faith and morals, do not have to have first-hand experience of married life in order to teach us about the sacredness of life and family.

—LELLA M. DE JESUS,
Commission on Family and Life,
Mary Mother of Good Counsel Parish,
Parañaque City,
email: lellamdj@gmail.com