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Planning clinic in Tondo, slum district in northern Manila, “But itis difficult to raise
children here, so 1 came to Set a contraceptive implant.” The Walll Street Journal (WSJ)
interviewed several men and women and asked why they felt they needed a better form of
“ontraception and many stated that they couldn't afford to take care of the children they
already have and didn’t want to bring another Child into this world when they could teal”
barely afford to take care of what they have. Alot of young single mothers also felt ery _elmgeet fnse
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Strongly about this matter. An example is Wensie Layco who is 19 and needs to help her
and two children before adding more to their ‘growing family. “Many Catholics hope that
Pope Francis will help heal rifts opened by the battle over the Reproductive Health Law.
But church officials have warned the Pope is unlikely to soften Rome's opposition to
contraception.” The WSJ reporter Trefor Moss stated at the end of his article. This is
leaving parents and young women with ‘very little hope of ever fully being accepted by
the church.
With this rise in contraception comes the issue of causal sex. The Catholic Church
believes in monogamy and no sex before marriage. Casual sex is a growing issue,
‘Women aren’t allowed to be priests in the Catholic Faith: Another old outdated tradition
of the church. The reason the church gives for not ordaining women is a bad answer.
‘They say Christ himself was a man. Many argue this statement saying, “His sex is
irrelevant, that a woman can act in the person of Christ as well as a ‘man can. This is a
misunderstanding of Catholic teaching on the differences between men and women,
which the Church insists are irreducible; men and women, by their natures, are suited to
different, yet complementary, roles and functions.” This argument tends to show sexist
remarks from the Catholic Church. The Catholic congregation is starting to fire back with