I found this story at nola.com. It’s quite interesting as some lawmakers are studying a plan to stop poverty by sterilization.

Worried that welfare costs are rising as the number of taxpayers declines, state Rep. John LaBruzzo, R-Metairie, said Tuesday he is studying a plan to pay poor women $1,000 to have their Fallopian tubes tied.

Do you think people here in the Philippines would welcome such an idea?  I would think this would be a big issue here since the Philippines is a Catholic Country and artificial birth control is already a big issue between the Church and the government.  However, some might believe that parents that can not provide their children with basic necessities such as food, shelter, clothing, and education is committing a more bigger sin.

If you pass by some poor areas in our cities, you would very well know that most of those areas have hundreds of children ages 0 to 12.   In spite of the fact that they already know that they cannot support a family, they still go and give birth to a couple more kids.

I think poor people would agree even for a couple of thousand pesos (ie PHP2000-PHP4000) just to have their fallopian tubes tied.

I don’t say I agree or disagree if such plan takes place in our country.  But  I know this will be very controversial.
So what’s your take on this?