Zimbabwe: Mudede May Have a Point On Contraceptives

Registrar-General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede earlier in the week torched a storm when he called on Government to ban contraceptives -- which have become the key word in family planning. The RG in calling for a ban, said he had consulted some medical experts who corroborated his assertions that contraceptives have some harmful side-effects. He went on to allege that the use of contraceptives is killing productive women and also affecting the country's population growth.

Reactions came in fast and furious after Mr Mudede's calls. Others went as far as asking if the RG wished to usurp Minister of Health and Child Care Minister, Dr David Parirenyatwa's, powers and duties by dabbling in issues that are very much heath-related. Those who champion the cause of women were quiet offended by his remarks and dismissed him as a raving lunatic who refuses to see the benefits of contraceptives, key among them being the way they allow women to develop themselves away from the home.

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