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c/globalnews · by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz · 2y

Pre-teen pregnancies are rising in the Philippines – critics blame the Catholic Church

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/pre-teen-pregnancies-rise-in-philippines-catholic-church/

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HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 2y (14 replies)

It’s absolutely the Catholic Church. The country is incredibly Catholic. They often don’t use any form of birth control nor even tampons as it’s looked down upon. Overpopulated too

CaptainProton@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Something tells me PRE-teen pregnancies are a bigger problem than whoever's having sex with kids under-13 not using birth control.

GlitterInfection@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 2y

Unless it's pre-teens having sex with each other. Then sex education, birth control and access to reproductive rights is the issue to solve.

0110010001100010@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y

Fuck, I read that wrong. Pre-teen would be 12 or younger right? What the actual fuck?

Diplomjodler@feddit.de · 7 pts · 2y

They're the same people that oppose sex education and birth control

awwwyissss@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y (9 replies)

Almost everywhere is overpopulated.

HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y (8 replies)

Have you been to the Philippines though? I met a guy who has 19 siblings

Lemminary@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

I can't imagine spending the greater part of my life pregnant and caring for one kid after another for even longer.

brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Bruh you ever seen this

goldenbug@fedia.io · 3 pts · 2y (3 replies)

How... HOW DO YOU BIRTH 69 BABIES?

brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Numbers in bold and italics are likely to be legendary or inexact, some of them having been recorded before the 19th century.

But 33 though, still…

goldenbug@fedia.io · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Anything above 4 already impresses me

awwwyissss@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

I don't even want to give birth to one baby let alone an entire herd

brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

(btw your reply is what inspired me to look that up - meant it as a “yes and”) :)

awwwyissss@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

Wow that's wild

ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y

If the Catholic Church only had 100 000 members, it would be called a dangerous cult, with politicians calling for its ban.

Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

The obsessively pro-life religion that also strongly shames people, while also not really caring for them either unless they contribute to the cause?