The document discusses subtle attacks against the family, including topics like demography, new age values, mis-education, pornography, and the truth about human sexuality. It provides information arguing that concerns about overpopulation are unfounded and that falling birth rates actually pose problems. It also critiques approaches to sex education and family planning that fail to uphold moral and religious values.

1. www.safe.ph SUBTLE ATTACKS against the FAMILY EXPLAINED S A F E

3. DEMOGRAPHY SAFE ( Subtle Attacks against the Family Explained ) www.safe.ph

4. PHILIPPINES: OVERPOPULATED??? RP : 88 million 300,000 sq.km. 290 persons/sq.km. Metro Manila : 10 million 636 sq.km. (0.2% RP) 15,617 persons/sq.km. (54x RP) Put even just 2 million per province x 75 prov. = 150 million (total which RP can easily accommodate, plus 10M in MM) If we use Laguna’s density (731persons/sq.km.), RP could accomodate 234 million!

6. Falling fertility rates (children/woman) N.America=1.8 Europe=1.4 Australia=1.8 Latin America 5.0=>2.7 Asia 5.1=>2.6 Africa 6.6=>5.1 In the last 25 yrs, the no. of children/couple has fallen from:

7. WORLD POPULATION COLLAPSE: LESSONS FOR THE PHILIPPINES

8. Consequences of a lowered popul’n Labor Force: Japan will need 1 million immigrants/yr Economy: less consumers (clothing, toys, food, school supplies)  SSS will collapse with less workers supporting the old (pension) Security: immigrants’ next generations highly educated & competent  no. of soldiers

11. State Sec. Henry Kissinger, NSSM 200 (12Dec74): Impli-cat’ns of Worldwide Pop’n Growth for U.S. Security & Overseas Interests 30. The strategy must include the ff. elements & actions: (a) Concentration on key countries: India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, Mexico, Indonesia, Brazil, the Philippines , Thailand, Egypt, Turkey, Ethiopia and Colombia. (b) Integration of population factors and population programs into country development planning. (c) Increased assistance for family planning services, information and technology.

13. SHIFT IN EMPHASIS POP. CTRL Overpopulation Reproductive rights Reproductive health

14. THE GOSPEL OF LIFE SAFE ( Subtle Attacks against the Family Explained ) www.safe.ph

15. When does CONCEPTION occur? And not during IMPLANTATION (a pro-abortion claim) Because at FERTILIZA-TION begins * a new being, distinct from the mother & the father * with its own genetic make-up * how can it divide & implant, if it is not alive? it has to be during FERTILIZATION

16. Contraceptive pill’s modes of action 1. Prevents ovulation 2. Forms thick mucus plug (impenetrable to sperm) 3. Prevents implantation Contra-ceptive effects ABORTIFACIENT effect! (IUD’s also prevent implantation) also: injectibles, implants, patches

17. Abortion Methods Dilation and Curetage (D&C) Saline abortion Surgery / Hysterotomy Suction Pills: * contraceptives * prostaglandin-induced abortion * RU486 "abortion pill” * cytotec overdose Hilot IUD’s are NOT contra-ceptives but abortifacients

18. Baby pictures Freedom of choice? Safe and legal? Civil rights? Reproductive health?

19. Partial-Birth Abortion

22. Gov’t warnings needed! * Smoking is dangerous for your health. * Drink moderately. * Breastmilk is best for baby until two years old. * CONDOMS DO NOT GUARANTEE PROTECTION FROM AIDS OR STD’S * PILLS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO INCREASE INCIDENCE OF BREAST CANCER * IUD’S AND PILLS CAUSE ABORTION BY NOT ALLOWING IMPLANTATION

24. US SURVEYS ON MARRIAGES 1. Couples married civilly: 50% of marriages end in divorce 2. Married by the Church: 33% ( NOTE: high because Protestants allow divorce; Catholic figures lower) 3. Married by the Church & attend Church together: 2% 4. Couples using natural methods: only 3-5% 5. Couples married by the Church, go to Church together, and pray together: 0.1% (1 out of 1,105) (sources: Chicago Catholic, William and Nancy Luellen, 1980 * NFP Update, Office of NFP Diocese of Charleston, June 1991 * Humanae Vitae: A Generation Later, Dr. Janet Smith, p. 127, 1991 * The New Counter Culture, Philipp Lawler, The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 13, 1993 * Family of the Americas)

25. VALUES (MIS-)EDUCATION SAFE ( Subtle Attacks against the Family Explained ) www.safe.ph

26. Araling Panlipunan, Unang Taon, Modyul 2: Kalagayan, Karapatan at Tungkulin ng Mga Kababaihan #14. Kapag nagtaksil ang kanyang asawa, ano ang dapat gawin ng babae? a. makipag-away sa asawa at sa babae nito. b. ipagsakdal ang asawa sa hukuman. k. umiyak nang umiyak. d. patayin ang asawa habang natutulog. (letter d is the most appealing and often retained; none: dialogue, reconcil’n, seek help, forgive… )

27. Pagpapahalaga (Values Ed., 1st Yr) Lagyan ng tsek ang antas na sa palagay mo ay angkop sa mga tanong na ito. (Walang maling sagot, lahat ng sagot ay tama.) __ Maliit lamang ang impluwensiya ng magulang sa anak. __ Hindi dapat pakialaman ng magulang ang mga anak kapag sila ay tinedyer na. __ Ang mga magulang ang may kasalanan kapag lumaking palalo ang kanilang mga anak. __ Mas mahalagang pakinggan ang payo ng pinakamalapit na kaibigan kaysa sa magulang. __ Ang payo ng magulang ay lubhang sinauna at hindi na nakatutulong sa pangkasalukuyang panahon. __ Ang mga magulang na naging pabaya sa kanilang mga anak ay dapat ding pabayaan pagdating ng panahon ng kanilang katandaan.

28. 1993 Edukasyong Pampopulasyon para sa Araling Panlipunan, 1st Yr, Modyul 2: Ang Kalagayan, Karapatan at Tungkulin ng Mga Kababaihan” p5: “ Ang ilegal na paglalaglag ng sanggol ay ipinagbabawal ng batas sapagkat hindi makabubuti sa kalusugan ng ina. ”

29. The Long-Term Result of Secular Sex Education (US data, 1960-1991) Abortion: increased 800% Illegitimate birth: increased 457% Child abuse: increased 500% Divorce: increased 133% Single-parent families: increased 214% “ Living together”: increased 279% Venereal diseases: increased 245% Teen suicide: increased 214% Juvenile violent crime: increased 295% Brian Clowes, Ph.D., The Facts of Life, Human Life Internat’l, 1997

30. They now target our young ones E.g.: Found’n for Adolescent Dev’t / Population Comm. Sun., Jun. 10, 2001

31. SAFE ( Subtle Attacks against the Family Explained ) www.safe.ph * Demography * New Age * Values (Mis-) Education * Gospel of Life * Pornography and Violence in the Mass Media * Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality * The Family in God’s Plan * To be forewarned is to be forearmed. When the subtle attacks are exposed, existing organizations and programs (family and life, education, youth, catechesis, etc.) become more effective.