Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
THE exhilarating news is that the increase in our population growth rate (PGR) in 2021 is the lowest in 75 years at 0.3 percent since the 1945-1946 period. The increase is minimal at 324,000 new Filipinos, or 2 million less than what was earlier projected based on a 1.63 percent PGR.
However, the discomforting news is that it was mainly attributed to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic causing the current health and economic crises. It must be underscored that it is the enactment and efficacy of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act (RH law), which have greatly supported and realized the choice of couples during the pandemic to postpone having children or not have additional children.
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