Family issues.Manila -- One group of agitators the president has to fight off are the sponsors of pro-abortion, pro-sex-education policies. Focus on the Family has once more revealed that American tax-dollars are being used to fund sterilization sterilization Any surgical procedure intended to end fertility permanently (see contraception). Such operations remove or interrupt the anatomical pathways through which the cells involved in fertilization travel (see reproductive system). programs in the country (July 27, 2006). The funds are being channeled through the USAID USAID United States Agency for International Development USAID Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (Spanish) agency, which contributes to International Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood A service mark used for an organization that provides family planning services. groups. This is supported by various parties inside the government. But plans to introduce sex-education programs into public schools were put on hold by Mrs. Arroyo, following public opposition from the Bishops' Conference. As formulated, the program emphasises use of condoms and contraception while it ignores abstinence abstinence: see fasting; temperance movements. . |
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