**The Effects of Family Planning on a Nation's Population and its Economy **

The topic of family is the most misunderstood and controversial. A lot of people feel, it's God who gives children and by so, we should not limit God.

Indeed children are blessings from God, but a lot should be put into consideration before deciding the number of children you should give birth to and one of the things to consider is the economy of the country.

Looking at this topic I want to approach it in my own understanding, it might not be a professional advice but it would definitely be what I can relate with.

^{What do you understand about Family Planning?}

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Family planning is a system that puts you in control of how many children you want to have.

It can be mechanically or natural.

Family planning prevents unwanted pregnancy and in some cases can treat infertility.
Before the invention or better still the popularity of family planning, we have a lot of maternal mortality due to inadequate care and resources. This provides us woman with a lot and lots of love options and makes desired spacing possible.

Family planning still includes the decision of not having any children at all.

The family planning method of condom use can also help in the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.

The benefits the world has enjoyed since the introduction of family planning in recent times.
It's indeed a beautiful thing to finally have control over the number of children you what to have instead of leaving it to nature and chance.

^{Do you think countries should regulate their population using Family Planning? How do you think that will help them? Explain.}

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I don't really think family planning should be imposed on any body. Though I understand it's benefits but families and individuals should be given the option to decide what they want.

Anyway I believe seminars should be organized and also through different mass media the masses should be educated on family planning and how it benefits them and reduces financial strain

But when the economy is healthy, it automatically grows to meet up with the growing population.

The reason why it's very necessary to balance this is to avoid killing the growing workforce.

^{Do you encourage family planning? Tell us your reasons.in.}

Yes of course I encourage family planning a lot,

I used it to space and fully recover from the birth of my first baby for medical reasons.
So my first reason is definitely for medical reasons.
Another reason is so you don't become financial liability to others.
While growing my mum told us a story of a couple who gave birth to the first set of threeplet In the village, this drew a lot of attention and support, but instead of the couples to stop or get a family planning method as advised by the medical team in the village, they went ahead and had another baby.

To cut the long story short, they had a quadruplets and the villagers who supported during the first, all backed out on this.

The couple had believed that it would be business as usual and they made the children pay for their ignorance.

Bringing me to my third point, is this above story, when you family plan, it prevents the children from suffering unnecessarily because you would plan according to the available resources.

^{Tell us about some of the methods or types of family planning you know or have heard of.}

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Injectables
Condoms
Contraceptives pills
Virginal rings
Implants
Lactational amenorrhea methods
Withdrawal method.

For this contest, I would love to read the views of my friends on this topic. @alexanderpeace @ruthjoe @ninapanda and @goodybest .