Question

Open Book Assessment

‘Healthy reproduction, legally checked birth control measures and proper family planning programs are essential for the survival of mankind’ Justify.

Answer 1

Reproductive health and proper family planning programmes are highly essential for the survival of mankind. Reproductive health refers to the state of physical, psychological and social well-being merely in absence of illness in all matters related to the reproductive system and its proper functioning. Family planning has the following health and social benefits.

1. Protecting the health of women by reducing frequent pregnancies.
2. Reducing abortions.
3. Providing stable population growth.
4. Assuming the infants well being by providing adequate time lapse between successive pregnancies.