1) Overpopulation is a major cause of poverty in Cambodia, with the population growing by 1.67% per year from 5.7 million in 1960 to 15.2 million in 2013. Passing a law for birth control in Cambodia could help address overpopulation and poverty. 2) There are health, environmental, and economic benefits to legislating birth control in Cambodia. Uncontrolled birth can negatively impact maternal and child health. It can also contribute to climate change by increasing pollution from more vehicles and industry. With fewer children, families' limited resources could be distributed among fewer members to boost the economy. 3) Without birth control, Cambodia's population could grow to over 30 million by 2060, exacerbating

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Phanara Mao
Ms. Yana Galay
Oral Communication
April 18, 2014
Should Birth Control Be Legislated In Cambodia?
You know what global warming is, do you know why people live in poverty line? Well,
one of the major causes is overpopulation. Specifically, Cambodia is
a small country where population growth has been increased significantly since 1970s; the World
Bank reports at least 1.67% per year, population growth in Cambodia. The total population in
Cambodia was last recorded at 15.2 million in 2013 from 5.7 million in 1960. The results of this,
many Cambodian people live in poverty line. Therefore, it motivates me to do a
research specifying on how to fix this problem, and I then got a good suggestion to prosper
Cambodia. It is; passing the law of birth control in Cambodia.
To begin with, let me define, the birth control for you. Well, according to oxford
dictionary, birth control is about the practices of controlling number of children a person has by
using various methods of contraception. Questionably, how benefits of passing this law are?
Generally speaking, there will be three political benefits to passing birth control in Cambodia
such as; health benefits, environmental benefits, and economic benefits.

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Firstly, health benefits, which is focusing on females, and children rather than males.
Specifically, Family Planning and Women's Health Organization reports on its
website that, uncontrollable birth
will associate with economic hardship, marital dissolution, poor child health and children
development. Female’s health issues, not mentioned in this report is also considered as
a problem. Bases
on the medical studies show that, the more females raise children, the higher chance that females
face health difficulties. Also, the more family has more children, the higher chance that
the children health will be worse and worse. Also, in this 21st century world, people have a lot of
work to do, so they have the less opportunity to take care of their children properly. As a
result, many new babies born are raised with unhealthy childhood physically, and mentally. Not
only females, but males, and children in the next generation will also be burden. And this
happens to many countries in the world, specifically Cambodian case.
Beyond of mother and children’ health, many of you may realize that Cambodia becomes
hotter and hotter from year to year. Does overpopulation associate with climate change in
Cambodia? Does it associate with birth control regulation? If so, what are the effects of this birth
control?
Yes, overpopulation relates to birth control, which is a major cause climate change. So,
birth control is very helpful for the world environment and Cambodia. Generally
speaking, the more people live on the universe, the more need of vehicles are used.
Additionally, the more vehicles will be used, the more gas pollutions exerted

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to the atmosphere. As results, it would cause the acid raining, the flood, and other natural
disasters to the Cambodia, and also contribute partially to the climate changes. These are the hot
issues we are facing together.
Well, some of you may say that, only these two issues are not able to pass birth control
law. There is another main reason behind these two main effects, and that is economic benefits.
Cambodian citizens will benefit significantly according to the third factor of birth control
law. To support this argument, let’s think mathematically related to wealth distribution. Imagine
in two family have the same wealth, but one is a big family, and another
is a small family. If we divided the wealth equally
to each member, we understand that the members of the family which is smaller
will benefit much more than the bigger. Likewise, according to BDL Sports.net website claims
that if the family is big, mostly the parents may not be able to satisfy
their children financially and especially the educational supports, which is the most important
weapon to change the world.
All in all, I believe that the royal government of Cambodia should pass the law related
to birth control as soon as possible in order to reduce the poverty rate, improve
Cambodian economy, and strengthening educational support, which are very crucial to develop
Cambodia. Scientifically projection, the population in Cambodia would be projected to be more
about 30,000,000 people in 2060, twice as much as now, according to World Population Review.
Imagine what will happen to the trafficking issues in Phnom Penh, imagine how many people
live in poverty, how many people will be uneducated, how worse the economic condition is.

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References
Cambodia Population. (n.d.). TRADING ECONOMICS. Retrieved April 18, 2014, from
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/cambodia/population
College Athletes Should NOT Be Paid | BDL Sports. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://bdlsports.net/2011/07/19/college-athletes-should-not-be-paid/
Family Planning and Women's Health - Clinical Services. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://health.hamiltontn.org/ClinicalServices/MCHS/FamilyHlt.aspx