READING: Family Planning

Family Planning / Birth Control

Considering the population explosion, increasing inflation and scarcity of resources, the family trends have shifted to nuclear families with number of children limited to one or two. Family planning refers to the natural and artificial birth control methods that allow you to control the size of your family and the gap between your children.

Family planning helps you prevent conception and reduce the risk of pregnancy. The biggest advantage of family planning tools is that they save you from the hassles of pregnancy termination and abortion. Adopting a family plan directly effects a woman's health in a good way by preventing unwanted and unplanned pregnancies and subsequent abortions. Restricting the family size allows more resources for bringing up your children and sustaining a family in a balanced way. Adopting family planning methods helps couples to let their children have a more focused upbringing, better education and other amenities. Family planning perspectives are being given serious thought worldwide, and so, important birth control FAQ are being referred more often than ever for effective family planning.

Source: http://health.indiamart.com/familyplanning/

List of vocabulary

• Consider        : mempertimbangkan
• Explosion      : ledakan, letupan
• Scarcity          : kekurangan
• Limited          : membatasi
• Artificial        : buatan
• Prevent          : mencegah
• Hassles          : percekcokan
• Amenities      : sikap ramah-tamah
• Planning        : perencanaan

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