Locals talk about new contraceptive

Locals talk about the new contraceptive implant which was launched by the health minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, recently.

Ms Anna Mazibuko said, “The implant will help reduce high teenage pregnancy. It will help prevent unwanted pregnancies until the woman decides she is ready to start a family. This implant will avoid problems where women decide to dump their children, kill them or terminate their babies. It is for a good cause.”

Ms Jennifer Moholola said, “I think the implant will save time, with women not going back and forth to clinics every month. We sometimes forget to take our pills and fall pregnant. Mistakes do happen and some people think women fall pregnant as they wish. No women would want to see herself suffering, nor her children. Some men lie to women, promising them the moon. Immediately after the woman fall pregnant, he vanishes and does not care about the pregnancy. That is why many single women are frustrated and end up dumping their children. The contraceptive will help prevent unwanted pregnancies.”

Ms Amanda Matlou said, “It will help avoid abortions. Young women used to drink poison or take medication in order to illegally terminate their unwanted pregnancies. We have buried so many teenagers for illegally terminating their pregnancies. This implant will help young women plan for their future. It will reduce teenage pregnancy and there will not be the problem of girls delivering babies on school premises. Girls dropping out of school will also reduce. The implant will help school girls to not miss classes.”

Ms Mpho Seema said, “The contraceptive could be for good reasons but might also have bad effects. It could result in women never being able to conceive. I do not encourage women to use contraceptives – they should use condoms. In, fact women should learn to abstain to avoid problems and unwanted babies. They should rather wait for marriage and that should be when they start planning for a family. Some young women grow up using contraceptives and at a later stage, when they want babies, they struggle. When they are married, they end up being divorced for failing to conceive.”

Ms Kamogelo Mphahlele said, “If you are a busy person who does worry about remembering birth control, the implant is the solution. You would not have to remember to take pills. It would be an easier birth control method but we just don’t know much about its side effects. I recommend it to young girls because it will help them prevent unwanted pregnancies and allow them to finish their education.”