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Population Day 5

Yolanda and Noel Naz, a Philippine couple who live in poverty in Manila, decided early in their marriage to stop at three children. But when the mayor issued an executive order in February 2000 that contraceptives no longer be offered in public health clinics, birth control was out of reach for millions of impoverished residents, including the Nazes. The couple now have eight children, and struggle to support them.
Yolanda and Noel Naz, a Philippine couple who live in poverty in Manila, decided early in their marriage to stop at three children. But when the mayor issued an executive order in February 2000 that contraceptives no longer be offered in public health clinics, birth control was out of reach for millions of impoverished residents, including the Nazes. The couple now have eight children, and struggle to support them.
(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
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